alright, i finally decided what im going to do, im going to go to the junk yard, find a good 350 engine with a good block,good heads and a good crank and buy that for about $350, then, after saving some money get a good bore job and get a rebuild kit from power house (enginekits.com) and rebuild the engine, then, during late winter/early summer i will swap the engines, and since my little old 305 is still running i will sell it for a couple hundred bucks and make back some of my money back. what does everybody think, is it a good plan? and has anybody ever got an engine kit from power house? i dont know how good they are, the kits r really cheap, and is there anything else i might need to do? thanks alot.

 

Sounds like a helluva plan.

As for the kits, I know alot of people on here have used them. really depends on what you want I guess.

for example Im looking at a forged 3.75" stroker rotating ***. from IRS for about 1800 bucks, But Im going to demand alot from it.

Just a mild <400 horse 350 should work fine On one of the Cheaper kits.

 

well, it will be a daily driver so it needs to last and be reliable, but as for hp, i dont think it will ever have more that 300hp

 

I went from a 305 tpi to a 350 TPI and i have to change the eprom. The best way is to get a custom one burnt. Other then that it sounds like a good plan. Good luck!

 

what is eprom?? does it deal with tpi?? cause i have a 600 cfm edelbrock carb on a stock manifold with no computer. will i still have to do this??

 

No.

 

sounds like a plan, but id go with northern auto parts for the engine kit. only $300 with hyper pistons. and my main reason for suggesting them is YOU GET FREE JOLLYTIME POPCORN WITH EVERY INTERNET ORDER. too bad its not with phone order....they sent a note that they couldnt give me my popcorn since it was a phone order after i had asked for it on the phone and they said they would

 

300? power house had a kit for $155. i think iv seen one at northern auto for that price too. are these any good?

 

im sure theyre just as good but with less parts. just buy the kit that has the parts you need

 

what ive learned from doing cars....... if ur going to do it..... do it right..... doing it right is expensive all in one blow...... if u try to save money..... u'll end up spending the same if not more in repairs..... do it the right way the first time..... just my 2 cents

 

"Marshall89ws6 what ive learned from doing cars....... if ur going to do it..... do it right..... doing it right is expensive all in one blow...... if u try to save money..... u'll end up spending the same if not more in repairs..... do it the right way the first time..... just my 2 cents "

EXACTLY.... do it how you want it and dont do it with cheap budjet parts especially if it will be driven daily. It really sucks ripping stuff back apart that you just put together.

 

yea i had a buddy who didnt soak his lifters over night and didnt lube the cam..... plus it was a crane cam (that's budjet if u ask me) always go with comp, lunati, GM , ford, or whoever makes ur car........ well neway he didnt do ne of that and he wiped out his cam n lifters in a week..... all shaved down to ****....... spend the time and money.... some ppl say.... dont buy the brand name cuz u can get whatever for less money.... well u buy the brand name cuz they back their products and they last. Always take ur time.... anything is possible with a car..... cars were made to annoy you.

 

I dont either, whats the point? Its not like little men are going to apper in a can of oil and pump the lifters full of oil durring the night. Just being a Smart @ss.

Seriously if you use prelube and then prelube the engine theres no need to soak lifters.