I came across a 4 bolt main 350 101 cast# block
i have the rods and crank , its sitting in my shop and i feel like bringing it to life but i don't want to go broke doing it ,I'm a big block guy all my othere motors have been bb, but i feel like trying my hand at sb. so what do think would be a nice set up for this project :D

a car to put it in ;)

hey robert, what kind of power u wanting out of it?? stock , mild or wild??? :confused:

Well i would like to make some nice power from it but i don't want to get into high price custom parts , I thinking 10-1 cr max most likly be using vortec heads(good deal for the pice)
as far as A CAR TO PUT IT IN TO. i would test it in my 70 chevelle , ;)

hey robert, just remember all the perfomance and power is in the heads and cam!! i like the magnum 280 cam or a comp cam (or even a rv or towing cam slightly more radical than stock) with 10-1 comp. a decent set of heads(vortec) should have decent power and still maintain somewhat sane fuel milage a good intake (powerplus) airgap for 125$ and a decent holley and u should be good to go!!! good luck and let me know how it turns out graemlins/hurray.gif

Hey Robert where u at in Illinois??

I LIVEI N AURORA IL. 35 MILES WEST FROM CHICAGO :cool:

if you go to sell it let tony know then if he doesnt want it my bro need a 350 block. smile.gif

hey robert i was thinking along the same track as you.......i'm a bbc guy and build mostly those.........i have two other motors lined up for friends to get built in the few months but i came across a freebe 400 sbc and thought i would try some low down buck approach and see what the end result was........lol

and what i mean by low buck is using the the slightly dish pistons for the 400 (reuse them just hone the block)..........throw the bottom end together.....and taking a set of 305 heads i got and port the crap out of them.....get my compression stupidly high as i can....run some stupily large solid cam (260 @.050 range) and throw a single plane on top with a 850 dp with about a 4500 stall with a 175hp shot of nitrous and see what happens......this would go against all normal thinking since the heads would be "the worst part" and the bottom end would be stock and unbalanced, just do this for pure fun of it and see how it would run and see if it blows up..........i dont plan on spending more then 400 to 500 bucks to complete the motor.

lol.........it would be one of those motors you can take to the track and laugh about and just have a good time........and not care what happens to it........

it has been some years since i did one of these motors like this........the last one was a 305 i had it was all stock with alot of miles on it ........i put a 305 comp cam in it........changed the springs on the heads to the z28 style........it had about 8.2 to 1 comp. i put a victor jr intake on it with a 850 holley double pumper backed it with a 4500 stall and 4.56 gears.....it ran 13.6 thru the 1/4 mile in a 81 malibu station wagon.......lol that was fun to do...........engine never blew........ran that sucker to 7000 rpms.........

thats cool robert i live about 40 minutes west of u!! let me know what u end up doin with it the 350! and do u ever go to the route 66 drag strip?? iusually hit it 2-3 times a year!!! especially the super chevy show!!! graemlins/hurray.gif graemlins/hurray.gif

Robert G & tony r - Hey what do you know....I live right in your neck of the woods. graemlins/thumbsup.gif If you ever see a killer (not really) metallica blue 71' driving around wave. :D

65miles west of chicago here. Should go cruising sometime

I WILL KEEP MY EYE OUT FOR YA!! I DID SEE A SWEET 69 CHEVELLE THIS WEEKEND AT THE "FARM AND FLEET"
IT GOT KINDA NICE OVER THE WEEKEND (40 DEG.)
CAN'T WAIT TILL SPRING!!!!! :D

LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE SELLING THE BLOCK, I MESSED UP!! (SEE MY OTHERE POST)OH WELL ITS ON MORTEC.
MAYBE NEXT TIME :mad:

Darnit (see...clean and no cursing people) :D I REALLY could have used a nice 4bolt. :(

Robert G - yeah, the weather here hasn't exactly been beautiful.....but my car isn't running, so its not like I can drive anywhere anyway. I was out in byron last saturday and saw a guy driving a really nice looking 67 - 69 camaro....didn't get a good enough look to tell the year. Sounded great, and made me anxious to have my engine finish.

hey robert g and 71chevy0192, if u guys see a clean dark metallic tongue.gif green 71 chevelle with a pair of hilburn scoops sticin out of a flat hood give me a wave might run it up to byron next month!!! gotta get my engine bay cleaned painted and drop motor and trans in!! p.s. hey robert was it only a 2 bolt main block?

IT IS A 4 BOLT MAIN, EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT PICKS
I will give you great price !!!