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I wouldnt buy that motor. You could build it locally and spend half the cash AND get a better motor. I have about $2000 into my longblock and probably coulda spent much less and got the same result. My motor is pretty much:
- 4bolt block with main studs
- trw forged flat-tops
- a set of mystery I-beam rods
- eagle cast steel crank
- vortec heads /w good springs and screw-in studs
- comp xe274 cam and lifters
Add in all the gaskets, machine work and whatnot and it comes out just shy of $2000. Of course, most of these parts were found used. If I was building in a hurry and didnt wanna wait around for deals to pop up I'd probably find a rebuildable complete stock 350, get a set of TRW's, use the stock crank and rods with ARP hardware. You can find vortecs for $300 slap $100 worth of machine work into them, find a used intake or buy one new... new hydraulic cam $100-110 + $80 lifters. Used 750 Holley, junkyard HEI distributor thats gotta recurve kit, add up all the gaskets and nuts-and-bolts and you could have a complete motor for under $2200 that makes 100+HP more than that ebay one. Some 3.73's and a 3000 stall hello mid 12's and daily drivability.
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