alps21

which would be a better choice to go with
i got a friend willing to sell me a 350 small block crate engine out of a 79 chevy suburban since we broke the driveshaft on it

should i take the offer or save up for an ls1 and swap it like that

AnotherWs6

iTrader: (17)

Sell the 6 and by an 8.

66corvair

'79 was smog heads and a fucked up cam for emissions.

http://www.chuckschevytruckpages.com/73-87specs.html

There's a list of pickup V8s. As you can see the '79 350 made 175 CRANK horsepower. I swapped one into my '69 cause they're cheap and I was on a budget and it's a total dog, even with longtubes and edelbrock intake/carb.

Also they have different mounts than the LS series (i think)

If it's cheap you could keep since it might be an 010 cast, 4 bolt main block and those are nice.

Romulus22

My interpretation or the OP statement was the engine is a 350 crate engine that was in his friends 79' truck. Depending on the specs and price it might be the better option. Personally I'd go with the LS engine and fuel injection route.

G Atsma

I concur.....

alps21

see ive been looking into the ls1 but i just wanted to try something different
also another friend is offering a 427ci so thats on the table now too

alps21

i was thinking about it but it being my first car im not sure if i want to yet
would much rather modify it

Project GatTagO

iTrader: (7)

Why sink money into 60 year old technology when you sink money into 20 year old technology...LOL

Andrew

G Atsma

When different is a relatively gutless cast iron carbureted engine compared to a relatively WAY more powerful and efficient aluminum engine, that is backward thinking.

reedld

iTrader: (7)

Keep camaro with v6, save $....trade in/buy ls1 powered camaro.

alps21

ive considered trading it in in but on my end my job pays next to nothing
id have to save for over a year just to make five grand
not much i can do though till im outa highschool

we also thought about just modifying the 3800
but the supercharger off the gtp sounds like its a no go but everything else seems like it can be modified

Dinosport

Keep the v6,Finish school and in the mean time plan to once your working to trade it in for something or when you can afford a second car then you can do wha tyou want with this one.

pdsq98gt

^^^ This
What I see happening is you buy some old and slow 350, tear apart your vehicle, run out of money to finish the project, and then have no money or car.

ryeguy2006a

iTrader: (27)

If you are going to do the swap, find a wrecked 99-02 LS1 car.

alps21

how much would an ls cost to swap in and how much work will i have to do