C1500stepside
Newbie
Hey everyone! I wanna apologize in advance if this is in the wrong section but I wanna start my engine build thread but I also would like opinions, advice and feedback.
It's been a while since I been on, but since last time I came on I was gonna buy a 95 tbi 5.7 but that fell thru. So a couple weeks ago I bout a complete 99 vortec 4 bolt main, 350 engine! And since then I been tearing it down in order to get it to the machine shop and get the heads and block magnafluxed. It looks in fair shape no stress cracks or coolant leaks but thats why im takinh it to the machine shop. Anyway I'm gonna build a fuel injected 383 stroker out of it if it checks out ok. Pretty excited. I've been doing A LOT of researching and have come out with a general parts list of everything I'm gonna put it into it. I'll post it up later to see what ya'll think. My plan is have at least 350 hp and tq and it's still gonna be daily driver. It's not gonna see the track very often maybe twice a year at the most. But I'm staying honest with myself and have decided to go with a forged bottom because I know I may want to eventually turbo it down the line (I'm a converted Honda guy who grew up mainly around boosted imports till I moved to TX from CA) plus just for my own piece of mind and a sort of insurance. So that's that I'll keep everyone posted!
It's been a while since I been on, but since last time I came on I was gonna buy a 95 tbi 5.7 but that fell thru. So a couple weeks ago I bout a complete 99 vortec 4 bolt main, 350 engine! And since then I been tearing it down in order to get it to the machine shop and get the heads and block magnafluxed. It looks in fair shape no stress cracks or coolant leaks but thats why im takinh it to the machine shop. Anyway I'm gonna build a fuel injected 383 stroker out of it if it checks out ok. Pretty excited. I've been doing A LOT of researching and have come out with a general parts list of everything I'm gonna put it into it. I'll post it up later to see what ya'll think. My plan is have at least 350 hp and tq and it's still gonna be daily driver. It's not gonna see the track very often maybe twice a year at the most. But I'm staying honest with myself and have decided to go with a forged bottom because I know I may want to eventually turbo it down the line (I'm a converted Honda guy who grew up mainly around boosted imports till I moved to TX from CA) plus just for my own piece of mind and a sort of insurance. So that's that I'll keep everyone posted!