Does my new engine fit my car?
#1
Does my new engine fit my car?
I have a Cutlass 1971 with a 350 smallblock with 160 horsepower. And today i found this engine, a 350 smallblock yearmodel sometime between 1960 and 1969. My guess is that i get more power from that 60ths engine? The price is 198 dollars. My question is. Does it fit my cutlass 1971? My plan is to restore it and put it in my car.
#2
Can't you just rebuild the one that's in there?
A 68-70 4bbl 350 had higher compression, but in reality it was less than advertised.
Would it run better than whats in there now? Maybe but you might want to just build what you want and be done with it. JMO.
A 68-70 4bbl 350 had higher compression, but in reality it was less than advertised.
Would it run better than whats in there now? Maybe but you might want to just build what you want and be done with it. JMO.
Last edited by cutlassefi; May 5th, 2010 at 05:55 PM.
#4
I got a great motor of ebay for a steel but I would have one built for a car that i was going to keep. Then you know what is in it and what yo have . Mine runs good and it has new pistons as I could see them and the heads were clean but other that I was going on blind faith .
#5
I have a Cutlass 1971 with a 350 smallblock with 160 horsepower. And today i found this engine, a 350 smallblock yearmodel sometime between 1960 and 1969. My guess is that i get more power from that 60ths engine? The price is 198 dollars. My question is. Does it fit my cutlass 1971? My plan is to restore it and put it in my car.
#6
I'm wondering if the heads are any different on this earlier SBO 350? Like Pat said, you might consider this engine is if you want to continue driving your Olds while you have the engine rebuilt. FWIW, this is what my father (Oldsguy) and I did when we rebuilt our 455s.
#8
Thanks for all the answers. Today i bought the engine. In hope to maybe use the heads to get more compression. On the engineblock there is a number. 395558. I also found a number on the heads. CFD 409 147 /146 Does the numbers tells you anything about the engine?
Here is a filmclip of the engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK5SNOqYbDs
Here is a filmclip of the engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK5SNOqYbDs
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
costpenn
General Questions
69
August 29th, 2018 11:42 AM