My friend wants to sell me his 350 engine for my 93 Z28 Camaro
I know somethings about engines but not much...
this is what he told me over the phone
is it worth $1500?

Bored 80 over
headers
turbo 350 trans
over sized heads (191s or something like that )
Eldebrock Carb 600 cfm
Eldebrock performer intake
over sized cam

Tell me what you think

Thanks!

 

.080 over is pushing it i would say, that means it probaly has been re built a number of times, assuming it has stock iron heads you would be better off staying with the lt1. It will make more power and be more fuel efficient. Droping in a carbed motor is also a bit of work clearancing for the distributor and whatnot. Its just not worth it in this case, now if it was a nasty 15* headed smallblock making 800 hp maybe, but not here

 

I'll tell ya what I think: "no"

 

Is it an LT1, or a Gen 1 SBC?

 

Does your current engine need replacement or are you just looking for something different? Personally, I think it may be more trouble then it is worth.

 

My car has about 95,000 miles on it, I was just wondering in case it blows up one day and he just mentioned it and I was curious. It is an LT1, his engine is just a basic V8 350, and yes it was bored out 70 over originaly.

THANKS

 

an lt1 is not carbed, is it a 1970's vintage lt1?

 

dont worry about your motor blowing up right now
my LT1 has 150k on it, and im sure it was beat every single day of its life (origional owner was a member of a nascar team)

 

No... my engine is an LT1.....the engine he wants to sell me is the one originally listed at the top (the carbed one)

 

Thats a good thing to know then....because I beat the crap out of it some days.

 

ahh, ok thats what i was thinking, i still say thats not really a good option...

 

For what it would cost you to get that carbed 350 in your car, you could buy a new LT-1 and come out ahead.