350 TBI is all but done for, so....

[Daniel907]

A big block will be nice to throw in there, but 99'Subourbon laid out a pretty nice price list. Which is reasonable without a doubt, except maybe an Edelbrock performer RPM or Air Gap instead of the Victor Jr., which would more practical as a daily.

If you enjoy doing the work, you could find a set of vortec heads for cheaper as well, and just do some cleaning up on em. I've only spent about $220 on the set I'm working on and by the time I am done it may be ~$300 or 350. Just depends on how patient you are.

 

[Zs_Silverado]

Gotcha. So when this is all said and done, who would do the tuning? From what I've read TBI chips are hard as hell to tune and mess around with.

 

[Daniel907]

Thats all on you,

you could spend the extra money and buy the supplies to learn, and tune yourself. You could find someone local, or even through a tuner like TBI chips (I have no experience or preference for TBI Chips, just the first name that came to mind).

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Howel, Turbo City come to mind, but I honestly can't tell you who's preferred.

 

[Rusty Nail]

I voted for the big block.
Why? That's what you said you want. I'm all about getting what you want...God Bless America!

 

[skylark]

If I recall, that was regarding a LT4 cam, right?
I would agree in that perspective.

Yeppers.

 

[slowburb]

Rebuild the engine you have. No major cooling system mods, engine mount mods, accessories drive system mods, etc.

FTR, my opinion has not been influenced by anything fast55 ever said.

 

[skylark]

I hate to be the LS fanboy but it is a better platform so that is the direction that I would head with one exception. I would buy a cheap junkyard 350 and refresh the tranny and just drive it for a year or so while I built what I wanted.

 

[Tealsie]

How about stroking it to a 383?

 

[89Ed]

I am just completing a similiar build and I will keep you posted. I went with Comp roller- 260r - 4x4 series. new aftermarket vortecs were 430.00 through Liberty engines.( bare). Hope to have a dyno sheet within a few weeks before it goes in. I'm in well past 2500 and that's no labor, only crank balance and some cleaning