Welcome to the club, and congrats on the burb!
hmmm...as far as I know you should be able to use any 350. Perhaps someone else can confirm this.
hmmm...as far as I know you should be able to use any 350. Perhaps someone else can confirm this.
Thanks trail-leader. That was my assumption too, but I'm always "measuring twice and cutting once" before running with my assumptions. If I can get a couple of confident answers from the experienced guys on here I'll feel good!:happy:Welcome to the club, and congrats on the burb!
hmmm...as far as I know you should be able to use any 350. Perhaps someone else can confirm this.
Thanks for the info Charlie. I only paid $500 for the burb, it does have a ***TBI*** (edit, I was an idiot I should've looked when the sller told me it was a carb) engine, according to the seller that was factory in 89 for 3/4 ton (I was surprised)? Anyway, based on my cheapo purchase price, I'm a little squeamish about the GM-crate motors, even the $1300 ones. That is too nice of a motor (but it would be cool) for this beast.I'm pretty sure your truck has a Throttle body type fuel injection system,so it has a fair amount of electronic control and feedback.
I'm using a standard engine hoist, and my burb is on jack stands to boot. I'm not having any trouble with the engine hoist and engine clearing the side or front of the engine compartment.Also...can anyone suggest how in the heck you get an engine hoist to lift an engine up over the front end up a huge truck like this?
Hey TrailLeader, that is the exact same hoist I have. Maybe it won't be an issue. The reason I was concerned is that I barely made it over the front end of 71 nova with that 350..and the burb is at least a foot or two taller over the fender! But I believe you, I'll just need to be sure I keep the chain short. That will be great if that hoist works. One more hurdle down!I'm not having any trouble with the engine hoist and engine clearing the side or front of the engine compartment.
Does this burb have a lift kit on it?
If all else fails after you get all the under the truck bolts undone separate the engine and trans, pull the front wheels off and drop her on the front suspension.Hey TrailLeader, that is the exact same hoist I have. Maybe it won't be an issue. The reason I was concerned is that I barely made it over the front end of 71 nova with that 350..and the burb is at least a foot or two taller over the fender! But I believe you, I'll just need to be sure I keep the chain short. That will be great if that hoist works. One more hurdle down!
Crawdaddy,Good to see another New Orleanian here... I was thinking that I may have to rebuild the motor in my Sub. Getting a new crate would probably be cheaper in the end for me. My uncle's already rebuilt a 454 out of a 1-ton dually that was flooded in New Orleans east during Katrina. We just need to put it back in the truck. In the end, he probably should have gotten a crate, with the amount of money in parts we put into it. Virtually every sensor had to be replaced, rods, piston tops, cam had to be replaced. Just miserable taking that motor apart...sludge in the whole motor![]()
in certain cases (like the Katrina 454 motor I was talking about), you have to replace so much of the internals that it's cheaper in the long run to buy a crate and drop it in. Another thing that could warrant this is if the cylinder walls were pitted beyond the point of boreing them out. Sure, you could sleeve the cylinder, but I personally would rather just buy a new block, or if the motor was that bad, just buy a crate. Unfortunatley, my uncle and I didn't think about this long enough before he started buying parts to rebuild...Why not overhaul, rebuild the engine you have?
Deputy,Why not overhaul, rebuild the engine you have?