Am considering purchasing a 1981 Le Sabre Wagon motor and tranny for my next streetrod project. It's a Buick 350 Y-Block. I don't know anything about these motors, and was hoping someone here can fill me in on the specs.....Like HP, Torque, any other info so I can get a warm fuzzy feeling about these motors...I've been a chevy-man a long time, but want to explore the Olds / Buicks, plus getting a good deal on this motor/tranny. Thanks!
Hey Marty, I thought you were going to get the motor and trans for free originally??? If it's $200, you may want to explore the 430 that I replied to one of your original posts about. I don't know for sure that it's $500, but that was what my friend thought the owner wanted.
was but not now Yes you are correct, at first he said it was free but now changed his mind..... I AM interested :Brow: in the 430, can you hook me up? What tranny's work with these BB's? (auto) Thanks
I'll send my friend an email. He's in Tacoma, but I don't know where the motor is. The BB's came with TH400's, but the TH350 will also hook up. The BOP's had a different bolt pattern than the Chev's though. You can't use any TH350/TH400 with them. Some people are also running newer automatics with overdrives on their cars. You may find some info on them if you search the auto-trans section of the board.
Re: Re: Re: 1981 Buick 350 Y-block It was a Ford term. I believe that was a general description of a deep skirted block - where the pan rails sit much lower than the main cap parting lines.
