hey guys
i am looking to rebuild a 350 to go in a camaro (i dont have yet so no specific year ) it will be a summer street strip. i am looking to keep the price around $8000. it does not have to have rediculus power but i wanna be able to lay it down when the time comes.. just looking for some opinions on set up brands ect... kinda new to this
thanks in advance for the help

 

so you want to put 8k into the motor or motor and car. 8k will get u a nice 4 gen car with enuff lift over to do some easy bolt ons to get thru the summer. what body style do you like? yes the car there are differences in the 350s so some of the models will take only certain motors without major changes. u will want to have an idea of what generation camaro u want, then you can see what 350 will be best suited for that car before building.

 

i am looking for a 2nd gen car.... and a 8000 for the motor only
thanks for the help

 

hopefully camaro 69 will come back on this one for ya. pretty sure 2nd gen cars will take any 350 motor depending on the front susupension. 8k motor should kick some major a$$

 

ya im thinking so... just not sure where to start with the rebuild

 

make sure you have tires to hold you on the strip or you will just keep spinnin em all the way down the track, after that i would start with headers and a cam, that will let the motor breath, good flow allows for the motor to run the way it should. Then i would port and polish the head and get it up to the specs you expect to run. make sure you get the most amount of intake, the most amount of exhaust. After that everything else you add is all for the better. Once you get in the higher HP your going to need to make sure the tranny is up to par and the differential. but thats later, you can get away with headers and cam and do good. till you know exactly what your going to do.

 

if your spending 8k on the motor get a good set of aluminum heads...they shouldent cost anymore that $1800..and a nice cam, headers, intake, bigger carb, and all new bearings, and other little tidbits

 

start with a good 4 bolt main motor, bare block or short block. then u need to decide if u want to go with the stroker or not. (youve probly seen the kits) u are right to try and do the math befoehand. if your budget allows for the stroke the block will need to be bored. if not the stroker and u chose to go with used motor or bare block, the block will still need to be mic'd and honed or bored. unless u have access to a machine shop and know how u will need to take into account the work done at the machine shop. the other choise is a rebuilt short block or new short block. once you are done with the lower end then its what ^they said. do check out the stickies there is good info there to.

 

I would find a nice four bolt main and build a nice 383 stroker. Thats my opinion.

 

You have enough of a budget to go to an aftermarket block, such as a dart http://www.dartheads.com/products/sh...ll-blocks.html