Did GM offer the 348 engine in the '64 Impala?
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Did GM offer the 348 engine in the '64 Impala?
No. The 409 was the only engine of that family offered. 1961 was the last year for the 348, and first year for the 409.
I agree with u topless, buy a buick n ya got no power worries, i love em so much i have essentually a 464 cube Stage 2 455 Buick n TH400 Coan trans in front of a 9" Ford, all suffed into a 1988 BMW 327A Post Coupe.
In Fact, i have had both a 523 and a 535" stroker 455 Stage 2 Buicks in the car w/ aluminum heads.
After the demise of the 535" i went back to this mtr, the one i used to originally construct the car and then built for the car after it was constructed, well partially constructed, this is truly a staged car, 1st was no changes other than engine trans snd deletion of EFI....
after building the engine i installed 9" ford axle, 8pnt 4130 chrome moly small tube cage, mopar super stock leaf rear suspension, 16 gall Jazz foam filled remote fill cell, Coan TH400 race trans w/o brake, custom balloon plated 10" 3500 conv.,MSD 7AL2 ignition, 2 Stage Big Shot wet plate nitrous system. later i installed 1st the 523 n when it let go the 535 stage 2 strokers, which both let go in short order, the same way, fire both stages, catch a hook, split the block in the lifter valley, drop valves, and the 535 had lifter valley braces installed. Couldn't spray em w/o breakin em if it hooked, and even w/ headers, while the 464 had up till then had exh mans, neither was as quick on mtr as 464 was on spray.
so back went the 464 with intake set up w/the 1050 dom from the strokers, headers, for a time with a Tremec TKO600 5spd manual. THAT made the car much more fun to drive but damned in effective to race, jus like the strokers did, in spite of already havin completed an all after market 573" alum head
Stage 2, i decide i was goin too quick and havin too much fun with my car AS an automatic, to do all the changes and spend all the additional money i would have to if i was to ever get any real use of that much grunt, auto or manual.
Car is apart NOW for freshing, goes back together w/auto trans, and i have added both main web and lifter valley braces to the block, a lil more agressive solid flat tappet as opposed to the previous hydraulic flat tappet, to make better use of the intake set up from the stage 2 mtrs, I also added a set of headers for the Stage 1 headed 464. True Stage 2 heads exh do not interchange with stage 1's, my Stage 2 heads on the 464 are home made, retaining the stage 1 exh flange.