...or, "Learn Me SBC's."
I'm talking old school 350 Chebby iron lumps: once ubiquitous, possibly shuffling into obsolescence thanks to it's younger, lighter, higher-tech kid brother, but still capable of good performance on the cheap-and-easy.
I'm looking to introduce myself into this wonderful world in the near-term. I have an '88 GM 1500 pickemup with a tired 305, and a half-built Ford 460 on an engine stand with no potential home, so I'm going to make a trade from BBF to SBC.
For all its ubiquity, though, neither I nor anyone in my family has ever owned anything with a 350, so this is all new to me. Where do I start? What should I be reading?
Moreover, is there a specific motor I should be looking for in order to make the swap into my truck as hassle-free as possible? My '88 has a 460LE and is TBI, but I have no qualms about going with carbs and MSD, if that's a good setup. (For the record, I don't really feel like screwing with a MS build for this project. Anyway, anything that can possibly be accomplished with MS has to have been done 1,000 times with carbs by now, right?) I think I need a one piece rear main, but I can adapt a two-piece to my 460LE with the right flywheel...right?
So, teach a 350 virgin the ways of the glorious SBC.
