I already said this earlier. This motor is a better built, better parts, stronger motor. We already have everything for it. So why not?

 

I say sell that motor and buy the parts you need to build an LT1 like it.

 

I'd say that if you are having reliability problems, it is less of a result of the LT1 being a bad motor and more of a result of daily driving a 12 year old car that's been modded and rode hard. The 355 SBC will have the same issues 30,000 miles later.

Age + Mods are mutually exclusive of reliability. It's part of driving a bada$$ed car that you don't have a morgage on. Otherwise, get a Toyota for commuting.

Remember this when you are stranded on the roadside: breaking stuff is cool and chicks dig scars. Also, nobody cars what's under the hood of a Prius!

 

I am really curious how you are going to do the distributor. I really want to see pics.

 

It's gonna look bad ***.
And Ellis, It's not just that. Like I said before, this motor we have just laying around is a way better motor. Why not put it in? I don't understand why some of you guys are so against me doing this?... lol

 

I'm not against a Gen I in lieu of a LT1, I just don't think it's a magic bullet. Aside from parts availability, the LT1 is a better design. But as long as you are happy with the car and what it does for you, then have at it. We all do this for fun, not because it's easy or sane, right?

 

the downsides are that your going to blow ~$1,000 for the intake/tb, up to $500 getting the rails hooked up, ~$350 for sbc distributor/plug wires.....
and then you have your custom stuff such as throttle cable, opti pickup in the distributor, harness re-routing/wiring, coolant hose routing, and alternator/power steering drive system.

ask me how i know... lol

 

Hmm... Where di you get your numbers? Try about 100$ for a Victor Jr., My current LT1 Throttle body, nothing to do with rails we have that figured out and done our selfs LT1 rails, and already have the distributor figured out and no money there either....

 

are you mcgyver? lol
i paid ~$400 for my intake/rails, tb was $500, injectors were $300.
distributor was $300, $90 wires, $xxxx stainless braided lines/fittings
$400 low mount alternator..... and there was other odds n ends.

 

Hella riggin' with McGuyver.

 

Damn near...

I'm not sure what you did or bought. But it didn't cost me that much, not ever near that with heads, intake, and electric water pump. We make a lot of custom parts and do a lot of our own machining.

 

Picturing paper mache intake with stock TB JB welded on.

 

lmfao, you guys are funny. Wait until it's done. I'll post pictures when were done... Then criticize... For now, you guys have no idea what were capable of making in our shop...

 

Dude your dad's shop must be badass!!! I can't wait to see it. Hopefully you will have it done by the end of the month. I'm leaving on the first and moving to South Carolina. Duty Calls.

 

I hope it will be too but not counting on it. Believe me, when it's done you'll see me around. We need to setup a cruise before you leave! And really it's not necessarily the shop, my pops is really just a bad *** fabricator and can make something good outa nothing. My under drive pulley that was on my car was made by him out of a chunk of aluminum. He made himself a monoblade throttlebody that works bad *** outa a stock LT1 throttle body. Give him a chunk of aluminum and some time on his lay and he can pretty much make anything. I wish I could learn half of what he knows!