It looks like I will be swapping a 350 into 67' Skylark.

The duty costs aren’t too bad it’s mostly the item costs are so high.

 

You got that right!
Prices are thru the roof

 

You guys up in Canada receive everything by dog sled to your igloos dont you??

 

im redoing the steering on my 2001 Yukon using all high end tough parts as it’s an off road toy... I’ve been waiting for weeks for my kyryptonite tie rods, and cognito parts... pay $1200 and then wait weeks on end...

 

I can't believe those are that high priced now that is more than what I paid for those super comps from TA and have them jet hot coated, damn. ouch

the hedge fund idiots that own these companies are going to run that price up high until you can't buy the part then they will just eliminate it from their inventory. Problem solved of producing a low bought item that cost a lot to make in the first place Not a nitch place for those specialty parts. Get an LS we have those parts they high price too but you love to buy them

 

The ridiculous cost is mostly just the stupid expensive part and the Canadian dollar conversion. There is no duty at the border. We just pay sales tax. If I shipped them to Washington state to pickup myself then I would end up paying the Washington state sales tax then the Canadian sales tax at the border. Shipping is free to Canada so it just makes more sense to ship it all the way up.
Greg

 

I am just blown away by the initial cost of those headers, This will bury performance cars if it going to cost this much.

 

LS parts are still pretty reasonable... I got these for two of my trucks and they are super high quality, just welded on V band connectors:

https://speed-engineering.com/colle...truck-suv-1-3-4-longtube-headers-1999-2006-m2

 

I made a little progress on some assembly today. I dropped on this 800 quadrajet I built for the 430. I also have a 750 quadrajet so I may try that too. I was working on dropping the distributor in then realized I did not know where it #1 usually was on the distributor. I kind of like using the same pole as the factory so the plug wires go around similar to how they laid them out. If anyone knows let me know. If not I will just aim the rotor towards #1 cylinder and pick that area and start the firing order from there.
I also thought it was interesting with the surface prep and porting in the bottom of the manifold plenum. I guess to help hold the fuel air mixture in suspension.
Greg

 

What’s that at the bottom of your intake?

 

Places for gas to puddle I would not do any of this to intake or heads for any reason. A little breakup is fine but I bet all that gains nothing in the 1/4.

 

Yeah, I would think just the roughness of the raw casting is enough

 

I can't say I would have applied my time to any of that plenum and port work for sure. I just thought it was interesting what the previous guy did. I would think the raw casting or the waffle grid some intakes have in the bottom would work fine. I found this work here very odd. I can't see it hurting anything and I can't easily get rid of it so we will see how it runs. It is all part of the mystery of this motor. I am looking forward to seeing how it runs.
Greg

 

I have a feeling there was some alcohol and boredom involved with that intake LOL. I was thinking the same thing, it would be a big job to smooth it so it’s likely best to leave it alone. Do you have a camera to stick in a plug hole to peak at a piston? I’m curious about how it will run as well.

I can’t imagine that he was able to resist head porting, that could be interesting

 

I will have to see if the borescope that I borrowed can take a picture and pass the file off easy enough. The pistons are so clean that I can read the part number and that they are .030" over. Like bare aluminum. No carbon at all. I don't think this thing has been run more than break in and a race or two. The borescope is pretty crappy so it is not easy to aim the camera though. I need to use my work one that you can manually move the camera around and take video.
Greg

 

I like the history of the racing that’s pretty cool! Is there any way to contact the previous owner or did he pass on?

Here is a very cool story about a circle track buick 350:

https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/580-hp-na-buick-350-that-raced-the-circle-track.239729/

 

I know there are intakes that have lines grooves in them just not pronounced as much. The concept does work as the stream of gas goes in with the air the rough spots do breakup the spray of gas and make it spray into the middle of the port as the gas bounced off the rough spots in the intake and the ports of the heads.
This helps break up into a spray and not a stream of gas
The Ta intakes do have some roughness in the intake ports of the intake manifold (SP3) then smooth on my iron heads

 

I am betting that SP3 intake would work well with this motor. Not in the budget though. We will see how this runs. Maybe one day we will add that.
Greg

 

The young man I bought the engine from said he got the engine from his uncle who had it built and raced it. I will have to see if I may have left the text conversation in my archives. I am just guessing but would think the uncle would be pissed off he sold it for as cheap as he did. Someone spent a lot of money on this engine. That is some interesting reading about the stock car engine. One could only wish to produce power like that.
Greg