Looking for Opinions - V8 Swap

[humpy]

Originally Posted by blazerbrad

An old TBI 350 Chevy is dirt simple to install and cheap. Add a few mods to it and pretty easy to decent HP out of them. A guy here at work pulled a Vortec 350 long-block out of the junkyard, slapped on a Vortec to TBI manifold, hooked up a couple of wires and off he went. No fuel system mods, no computer mods, etc... I'm sure it wasn't "tuned" to run optimally but it ran well and was strong.

It was a strong engine (250 HP), at least by real world standards......and substantially stronger than a stock 4.0L. Speaking of "real world", I think most people way over-estimate what their engine actually produces, or what you need (or can actually use) on the trail.

i would go vortec 4.3 b4 i messed with a tbi 350...very close in hp and the 4.3 weighs less and is smaller and easier to install in tight places... just my .02 i hate tbi 350 engines and i am a gm person since i was a kid...the tbi 350 was the sorriest excuse for a v8 gm ever put out...