i have a 1984 and i need to know what engine i should put in it i was thinking a 383 or a good 350 but idk... i want something fast enough to beat most cars in this my town

 

An ls3 motor is more than enough specially if you got a Manual tranny (hell of a lot fun to drive) ... I wounldn't go stock with the LS3 too but that is all budget related opinion.
What range are you willing to spend & appearently the labour is charged in your case right ?

 

Are you serious?

 

Dead Serious !!
If this car is a keeper & he has the budget of going that route then hell yeah.
I wouldn't think of anything older than an Ls1 to throw in that engine bay.

But if he needs a cheap build just to get the car screw him up every now & then with the old school mystries of alternator/missfiring/lack of Technology & so on,

I'm sure there are plenty of companies that would get him a set of fabbed up motor mounts for the ls series style 3rd/4th gen engines.
Bottom line its budget controlled !!

Alawi

 

Some how I don't think he has LS budget

 

Big block!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

my personal choice would be a 350 from a truck but thats me (not sure how it would be for speed but with some niceheaders and pipes it sounds like heaven)

 

I know I'm goin to **** off a lot of people here, but the sbc is a useless motor. Its a big heavy chunk of iron, with (for the most part) weak stock internals. It can't breathe well and can't rev well without serious work. To make a good motor, you'll put more into it than to start with a better baseline; the ls family. Stronger, lighter, better revving. In every way superior

 

All this from a guy with a 3.4 lol Just messing with you. We don't even know what he has and what his budget is. Need to find out first.

 

The 383 obviously has more displacement and more power making potential that being said I have seen alot of good running 350s. The cost between building a 350 or a 383 is close if your budget is tight and you are going to build it yourself I would probably go for the 350.