Thats kindof what I was thinking too. It comes with a good intake manifold, a holley 750, and HEI distributer, forged crank, etc. for only a little more money than I would probably spend rebuilding my current engine.

 

I like the blown red Z28, but why the heck do they always narrow the rearend so darn much that the tires actually sit inboard too far? Looks like he could have left 2-3 more inches on each end of the axle and still clear the wheelwells.

 

i love that blown red camaro! its so badass
yeah i agree with ya 1971BB427 about the tires.i noticed that the wheels were inside too much also and would look better if the tires stuck out more

 

its a nice engine but isn't it like 7000 though?

you would spend less than half of that rebuilding your current engine

 

I agree. But its probably because most people buy the aftermarket narrow rear axles instead of having them narrowed to fit the car. I have the factory rear axle on my car with 275 tires and fender flares in the rear...I personally kinda like the wide body look. plus for a pro touring car, the wide stance is beneficial.

 

Much to the chagrine of most my Camaro buddies, I too like the wide look and left my flares on when I repainted mine.

 

Noo...the price for the engine on the GM website is only $5000. I'm sure I could find it cheaper somewhere else but even still, its a turn key engine. If I rebuild my current 350 I'll go through the engine completely. Gotta have it bored out a little anyways. New heads, carb, intake manifold, forged pistons and crank, cam, and distributer...by the time I get done with all that it would be probably around $4000 give or take.

 

i dont know why anybody wouldn't like the wide look.i love it

 

You could save a ton of money by having your present heads rebuilt. They may not be 1.94 or 2.02" valaves, but that's not really needed unless you're really building something hot. The standard valves wth a good 3 angle grind will serve you well up to around 350 hp.
$4,000 to rebuild (even with heads) seems awfully high. If you can assemble it after the machine work is done it shouldn't be nearly that much.
By the way, Summit Racing sells their cast iron 2.02" heads for $618 a pair, assembled! That's a screaming deal on a very nice hi performance head that will work on just about any engine you could want to build.
They also sell a complete engine kit for a 350 for $199, complete with hypertectic pistons. Add a good cam and lifters for around $150-$200 (or less) and you're into parts of around $1200. The machine work shoudn't be any more, and probably less.
Probably around $200 to bore, $200 to align bore the mains. $100 to size the rods, and less than $100 to dip and magnaflux the block. You shouldn't be over $2,000 complete for parts and machine work, even with new hi pro heads.

 

well summit has a top end kit for $1700 and it comes with a cam, intake, and aluminum heads: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CMB-08-0037/ Then I was going to run a 600-650 CFM carb, hooker headers. Thats a little over 2000 without any machine work. And I figured while I was at it I would go ahead and do forged pistons.