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Adam1978 · 01-13-2010, 10:58 PM

hey gang! my 78 has a pretty worn 350 in it, and it DEFINITELY needs at least a rebuild. my quesion was, would it be cheaper to just buy perhaps a 350 crate or maybe an LS1 or something. i would like to build my own but this is sort of my daily driver lol, i figured get a crate and drop it in while i build mine up in the garage. although if just the rebuild will be noticeably cheaper i'll just do that, i found a nice rebuild kit from Summit Racing that comes with a nice cam for around 1,600, and idk how much a machine shop is going to cost me to bore out and dip the block, then comes the heads and all that jazz, what do you guys think?

01-13-2010, 10:58 PM	#1
Adam1978 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Brick Posts: 209 iTrader: (0)	Rebuild or Replace? hey gang! my 78 has a pretty worn 350 in it, and it DEFINITELY needs at least a rebuild. my quesion was, would it be cheaper to just buy perhaps a 350 crate or maybe an LS1 or something. i would like to build my own but this is sort of my daily driver lol, i figured get a crate and drop it in while i build mine up in the garage. although if just the rebuild will be noticeably cheaper i'll just do that, i found a nice rebuild kit from Summit Racing that comes with a nice cam for around 1,600, and idk how much a machine shop is going to cost me to bore out and dip the block, then comes the heads and all that jazz, what do you guys think?