Well, as I was telling a friend of mine about my plans to buy the belt drive system, he talked me into buying the very fresh vortec 350 from his 68 shortwide. He bought the motor a few years ago and put it in his truck. He has yet to drive the truck so the motor has 0 miles on it. He started it every now and then but thats about it. He gave me everything I needed to get me on the road. Even the new alternator, water pump, and powersteering pump. He bought it from Plains Chevy here in amarillo along with the gm carbed intake and new hei. All I had to buy was a new flywheel and an electric fuel pump. Did the swap yesterday and fired the motor around 10pm last night. She sounds great:-) I gave him my 327 and 1500$ The motor was around 2200 for the brand new long block without sheet metal so Im very pleased. Now I have a few more cubes, better heads, a roller cam, and no belt issues. He put an old gm style pulley system on it. Only problem is my alternator wires are pulled kind of tight since its on the other side of the truck. Maybe Ill get a cool one wire alternator or even better find a way to convert the one i have. All thats left for today is re-adjusting the clutch rod, putting the fuel pump on a switch and putting my flex fan back on. It gets a little hot with the clutch fan he gave me. I have no fan shroud. Hopefully Ill be cruising her by this afternoon.