Thread: Advice on engine build

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Absolutely agree with Seth. The Chevy Gen I motor is a dead issue. Long live the Gen III small block. A boneyard motor with a cheap and easy turbo install will make an easy 600 horsepower that is still a street motor and idles like a stocker.
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Ok I get that the ls is a good engine but I don't want one! I'd much rather have a carbed sbc.

Originally Posted by 84Monte

Ok I get that the ls is a good engine but I don't want one! I'd much rather have a carbed sbc.

No problem, look here.....
Intake Manifolds - Chevy - LS Series - Victor Series - Edelbrock, LLC.
Bolt on a blow-through carb with a cheap turbo and enjoy 600 hp with a good idle.
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Geez, for like the 5th time I don't want a ls engine! Anyways I've found the cam I'm going to use so thanks for the help everyone

Originally Posted by 84Monte

Geez, for like the 5th time I don't want a ls engine! Anyways I've found the cam I'm going to use so thanks for the help everyone

Sorry, I guess I should have read through the whole thread.

53 chevy5 , no your fine, I liked your suggestion I just don't want a ls. I made that comment for tech because after I tell him I don't want a ls he sends me a link for ls parts! Lol

Shine, because I want a carb engine.... and a astroracer, you provided a lot of good info. Thanks. But in my first post starting this thread I listed everything I plan to do to this 350. 4 barrel Holley 600cfm carb, 4 barrel intake, headers, performer distributor, timing gears or double roller, and a cam. And maybe port and polish my heads. And the cam I've picked out is the Sum-k1103 which I think will work well with my engine.

And oh, it's going into a 84 monte carlo. 3.73 gears, 350 turbo trans with a shift kit, and electric fuel pump

Originally Posted by 84Monte

53 chevy5 , no your fine, I liked your suggestion I just don't want a ls. I made that comment for tech because after I tell him I don't want a ls he sends me a link for ls parts! Lol

Don't take offense. They're just trying to help you get the best bang for your buck and help you have a more enjoyable experience with your car. Good luck with it.

Originally Posted by 84Monte

53 chevy5 , no your fine, I liked your suggestion I just don't want a ls. I made that comment for tech because after I tell him I don't want a ls he sends me a link for ls parts! Lol

One of the good and bad things about tech as far as I know him is that he says it how it is. It's good if you want one of the more knowledgeable people on here giving you advise, bad if you don't have thick skin from time to time. I know I'd have more money in my pocket if I'd listened to him at times. In the end, he would be right and I had another lesson learned.I think what happend is people were just trying to show you a better engine option in their eyes ( to be blunt, my eyes also ) for making cheap horsepower with a broader power band than a gen 1 sbc can ever do. I feel the gen 1 carb SBC will soon be a nostalgic motor much like the Flat head Ford has become. Not that it's bad and not capable of making power, just not as efficiently. However if you want a gen 1 SBC in the Monte go for it, it's not our build. The SBC is a fine motor capable of making power, if that's what you want, then use it, people have been for 62 years. Just keep in mind my 13 Impala with a V6 is rated at 300hp, and a 2015 Silverado has 350 if I recall. So in the end, if that's defiantly the motor you want, we should not try to change your mind but just give you that option, and then give advice on your choice. Choosing the right parts for a gen 1 sbc to make it run the best is out of my knowledge base so I can't give much advice for you there, an RV cam and headers is as far as I went. Looking back the headers probably didn't even help me and they always leaked