would it cost to put a 350 in my car everything included? ive got an 85 v6 standard tras. got any ideas?

 

Old saying....IF YOU HAVE TO ASK HOW MUCH IT COST YOU CAN NOT AFFORD IT.

Also it depende on who is going to do the work and what parts you will need. Five years ago for example I spent $7K installing a crate 350. But that included a lot of new parts and HP is not cheap.

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A Gazillion dollars give or take. Save up that much and no matter what the shop labor rate is for the area YOU live in you should have enough.

 

probably cheaper to just buy a camaro with a 350 in it
theres one on ebay near me for 2-3k

 

More so, when you are thinking about a V6 to a 350 swap. Too many things have to be change and the parts are not compartible.

 

well, i'm into my swap for 7g now, but thats building the engine from the block up, and i'm going carb'd, so there wont be any headaches with the fuel injection system

 

just to give you a idea, i just did a 2.8 v6 auto to 350 auto swap carbed of course, not includding the engine work, just using the engine as i got it(it ran perfectly) im up to 5,700 includding the suspension upgrades needed(springs and shocks) used trany and engine, and all the needed parts, probably somewhere in the area of 150 hours including tear out, installing it, wiring, fuel lines, tuning, suspension. the average shop charge anywhere from 30-90 a hour. so lets just say you can find someone to do the swap for $30 a hour theres 4500 just in labor, 9000 if they want 60 a hour.

on the other hand you can pickup a very nice 350 iroc or z28 for under 6000.

unless yours doing it yourself, forget the idea.

 

Well now I do not feel so bad about the 4k + it cost to do my mom's 2.8 to 4.3 S10. That is including new suspension and steering parts. I built the motor from 3 donors and had a 97 and 98 Astro van for a few parts. Plus I bought a wreck Astro and a running Astro that had a cat knock for 500 and fixed the cat with the one from the wreck and sold it for 1600.
The thing is if you find a wreck Camaro with a V8 and yours has a good body then that is great. I bought my 84 Z28 wrecked and it came with the quater panel to fix it but was such trouble I bought a 86 shell for 300 and swapped everthing into it. I know the cars well and just day light hours after work and I had an empty shell looking like a complete car in two weeks.

 

O i also forgot that includdes the cost of a whole new exhaust setup