Chevy tip... The older heavy duty trucks from 1970 Thu early 90's like camper vans, rollbacks, tow trucks, 4x4, stake trucks, most all of them have forged steel cranks and heavy duty rods, and 4 bolt mains for sure. That c10 at the end of this video more than likely has the steel crank version 350 because it's a manual transmission, which are known to be harder on drive train. Run numbers stamped the pad in front of the passenger side head, the numbers will tell you 350 4 bolt steel crank and so on. Good luck and have fun.
I use the tbi (95 and back) small blocks and put the old carb intake just drill the holes on the intake or they make a actual crossover intake for carb
You really don’t need a forged crank and 4 bolt mains for a carbed street and strip driven vehicle. Save your money. Flat tappet cams and quadrajets are fine too if you’re down on cash… been playing this game over 40 years.. lol
looking for an good condition 350 smal block Chevy that isn’t completely rusted with completely messed up cylinder bores like I am down for going looking for 350 sbcs but I would have to look into the engine and look that the cylinder bores and look at the coolant passages like can’t you just go and ask the yard to show you all of the good condition 350 sbcs they have that run and look decent in the inside like in the parts area?👀
Any of the older small blocks you can easily and cheaply change the intake and put a aftermarket carb on. Alot of them that you were calling 2 barrels were throttle body injection. I would look for an early vortec engine (not LS) and just put an edelbrock intake and carb on it. Or just use the motor and trans from the C10 you were looking at. Should have been a 350 with an sm420 tranny behind it which is a granny low 4 speed. If the motor is halfway decent should be able to get it going for really cheap.
Go with the vortec 6.0 out of a 2500 HD bad ass reliable motor and if it's lower milage like 120k or less you can turbo it the way it is with 9 lbs of boost and make 400-550hp easy and cheap and if you blow it up in a year or two just go get another one and put it in real quick one weekend
I'm not going to lie man just doing LS swap with a standalone harness they're cheap and easier yes carburetors are cheap and easy too but most of those carbureted motors you're looking at you going to put a bearing kit rods pistons in it and rebuild the motor a cheap junkyard LS and just use the stand-alone harness that just needs a ground will be your best bet because you can find those motors diamond dozen especially the 6.0 L for two three hundred 500 bucks at Max and the last few five six years for they blow up in that truck and just go get another one cuz I have a 2500 HD 2007 the original motor finally blew up after 430,000 miles I just went to the junkyard found the same exact motor that had 60,000 miles for 500 bucks dropped it right in been running like a top for another 160,000 miles and hasn't even made a noise and what's the kind of build you're going forth the carbureted 350 to get you a turbo 350 that has the red band racing kit in it with like a 2500 stall torque converter or a three-speed Muncie with a dual or triple disc 10 inch clutch with a Ford 9-inch floating rear end that would be perfect for this build if you're going for a lightweight Street hot rod truck
I agree and Again @ 5.35 into it, that’s the 350 you should of snagged. You should have been armed with some block number to confirm your find. Also the radiator support has most of the info you need to determine the engine. Pulling an engine out in those grassy conditions is tough.
Yup. Armed with some casting numbers you should be able to readily identify a 350. The 90’s era vortecs are typically 880 blocks and you can find that number on the drivers side front of the block. Maybe hidden by the power steering pump though. A lot of the 350 throttle bodies ( non vortec) from about 88-95 will have a 638 casting number in the same location. Both the 880 and 638 blocks are set up for roller cams. I agree about pulling an engine in those conditions. Perhaps the yard you are searching in could move the truck you select the engine from to another location in the yard where you can more easily pull it. The salvage yard where I am able to find parts is all hardstand and the vehicles are lifted up on steel rims so you have good access to parts underneath. Even with that, pulling an engine is hard work considering you need to remove the harness and lots of ancillary parts including the exhaust system. I usually look for a vehicle that someone has already removed most of the parts I don’t need like the transmission and radiator.
You are a dumbass they made this engine for almost 50 years and it was replaced by an even better one ,GM may have problems but the small block and ls series of engines are a masterpiece un equaled.
I just want to know what junkyard this is that has so many engines still there and not pulled out by people at 8 am with reciprocating saws.
That black obs had a perfect engine you just needed to carb swap it all those at the beginning were straight 5.3
Chevy tip... The older heavy duty trucks from 1970 Thu early 90's like camper vans, rollbacks, tow trucks, 4x4, stake trucks, most all of them have forged steel cranks and heavy duty rods, and 4 bolt mains for sure. That c10 at the end of this video more than likely has the steel crank version 350 because it's a manual transmission, which are known to be harder on drive train. Run numbers stamped the pad in front of the passenger side head, the numbers will tell you 350 4 bolt steel crank and so on. Good luck and have fun.
I use the tbi (95 and back) small blocks and put the old carb intake just drill the holes on the intake or they make a actual crossover intake for carb
That old orange truck is cool
Don't mess with any Chevy if you don't know the difference between 8- 6cly go back to the office 😅
The one at 5:35 should have been your winner.
That one certainly is a good option! Also considering an ls swap plenty of those out there
You really don’t need a forged crank and 4 bolt mains for a carbed street and strip driven vehicle. Save your money. Flat tappet cams and quadrajets are fine too if you’re down on cash… been playing this game over 40 years.. lol
I think you can take all the electronic stuff off and build it old school. Am I wrong with this assumption?
looking for an good condition 350 smal block Chevy that isn’t completely rusted with completely messed up cylinder bores like I am down for going looking for 350 sbcs but I would have to look into the engine and look that the cylinder bores and look at the coolant passages like can’t you just go and ask the yard to show you all of the good condition 350 sbcs they have that run and look decent in the inside like in the parts area?👀
Any of the older small blocks you can easily and cheaply change the intake and put a aftermarket carb on. Alot of them that you were calling 2 barrels were throttle body injection. I would look for an early vortec engine (not LS) and just put an edelbrock intake and carb on it. Or just use the motor and trans from the C10 you were looking at. Should have been a 350 with an sm420 tranny behind it which is a granny low 4 speed. If the motor is halfway decent should be able to get it going for really cheap.
Not all 8 cylinders are5.7s
And throttle body's are not 2 barrel carbs
The side of the block will tell or stamp
Go with the vortec 6.0 out of a 2500 HD bad ass reliable motor and if it's lower milage like 120k or less you can turbo it the way it is with 9 lbs of boost and make 400-550hp easy and cheap and if you blow it up in a year or two just go get another one and put it in real quick one weekend
Is that a 4.3 L thats 3/4 of a 350
I'm not going to lie man just doing LS swap with a standalone harness they're cheap and easier yes carburetors are cheap and easy too but most of those carbureted motors you're looking at you going to put a bearing kit rods pistons in it and rebuild the motor a cheap junkyard LS and just use the stand-alone harness that just needs a ground will be your best bet because you can find those motors diamond dozen especially the 6.0 L for two three hundred 500 bucks at Max and the last few five six years for they blow up in that truck and just go get another one cuz I have a 2500 HD 2007 the original motor finally blew up after 430,000 miles I just went to the junkyard found the same exact motor that had 60,000 miles for 500 bucks dropped it right in been running like a top for another 160,000 miles and hasn't even made a noise and what's the kind of build you're going forth the carbureted 350 to get you a turbo 350 that has the red band racing kit in it with like a 2500 stall torque converter or a three-speed Muncie with a dual or triple disc 10 inch clutch with a Ford 9-inch floating rear end that would be perfect for this build if you're going for a lightweight Street hot rod truck
I have a 53 Chevy with k5 frame I have the tbi 350 with carb hooked up I'm goin to look for real vortec 350 now lol
Ls swap is way easier, they sell standalone harnesses that just need ground, power, and key switch to start
sbc are so much cheaper where I live
Try and keep it all stock if possible it will look great 👍🇬🇧🇵🇦👍
I agree and Again @ 5.35 into it, that’s the 350 you should of snagged. You should have been armed with some block number to confirm your find. Also the radiator support has most of the info you need to determine the engine. Pulling an engine out in those grassy conditions is tough.
Yup. Armed with some casting numbers you should be able to readily identify a 350. The 90’s era vortecs are typically 880 blocks and you can find that number on the drivers side front of the block. Maybe hidden by the power steering pump though. A lot of the 350 throttle bodies ( non vortec) from about 88-95 will have a 638 casting number in the same location. Both the 880 and 638 blocks are set up for roller cams. I agree about pulling an engine in those conditions. Perhaps the yard you are searching in could move the truck you select the engine from to another location in the yard where you can more easily pull it. The salvage yard where I am able to find parts is all hardstand and the vehicles are lifted up on steel rims so you have good access to parts underneath. Even with that, pulling an engine is hard work considering you need to remove the harness and lots of ancillary parts including the exhaust system. I usually look for a vehicle that someone has already removed most of the parts I don’t need like the transmission and radiator.
You could have just gone to your local Chevy dealership same thing as a junk yard.
You are a dumbass they made this engine for almost 50 years and it was replaced by an even better one ,GM may have problems but the small block and ls series of engines are a masterpiece un equaled.
I’d associate that with Dodge.
But at the same time, each brand has something better than the other.
The truck you kept calling a s-10 is actually a c-10
The one with the manual trans?
@@MattyTsGarage that one is a CK
@@lclnbm No such thing. It's a C10.
Was going to say the same thing. I was picturing the entire chevy community screaming at their screens, "IT'S A C10 DAMNIT"!!
@@user-ge2qn6gp4o guess I should stick to my Fords 😅
Those are c10’s
Stick to electric stuff