Thread: Newbie needed advice

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First things first, just got out of tech school for automotives, want to build a street rod, but not enough experience yet. Currently working on a mudder first. I've searched and searched for a good used 4 bolt main small block, bought one off of craigs list from a guy who had promise and showed me recepe for mag fluxing and stuff, sounded good, bought it and sent it to the machine shop were I found it was cracked in the valley. I've been trying to get a hold of the guy for the last three months now and no luck. I recently got a mid 90's tbi 2 bolt main from a friend, got it mag flux and is good. Now here is my questions
1, Is it posible to convert it to carb instead of tbi, wiring and computers isn't my thing.
2, I am going to use it for mudding so, what kind of internals should I be looking at.
3, If posible, what cc carb/intake should I be getting.
4, Will these heads be suitable for the set up I want it for.
5, Heard a lot of talk between 2 and 4 bolt mains, whats the best, should I still be hunting for a 4 bolt main. Not trying to creat a lot of horse, but torque is what I am after.
6, What tranny set up should I be getting into, converters, transfercase and so on.

I will post the casting numbers as soon I get the heads and block back.
Thanks,
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First, welcome to CHR!!~! Easy to convert to a carb, just use a carb intake, HEI non EFI distributor, and a carb. The 2 bolt block can be converted to a 4 bolt. If you decide to spend the extra $$$$$ then get the splayed caps, and of course a machine shop will have to align bore and hone the block along with drilling the new holes for the outside bolts. Mid 90's heads??? Probably not the best for performance, decent aluminum heads are readily available from a variety of vendors and offer much better performance then the smogger crap that Detroit put out. As for automatic trannies and the 4 wd stuff, no idea, ain't into that stuff.

What Dave said.

As to Number 6: For durability, almost nothing can beat a T400, and an NP205 t-case; add some Dana 60's or Ford 9 inchers, and big stout u-joints, and you should be able to run with most of the fairly large dogs. In this area, as in any other, there are other opinions, and a lot of folks will offer you alternatives that will/may work as well; but a well built T400 is almost bullet proof, and a 205 t-case is an all gear 2 speed case used in many one tons and such. They are hard to break.

Thanks, those were some very great advices will look into that. Most help I've every got out of a forum, even off roading forums.