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Offline Gearhead1

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SBC Factory ratings?
« on: November 15, 2009, 11:53:16 am »
I'm wondering if anyone knows how I can find out what the factory horsepower/torque ratings would be for my donor engine. It's a '95 350 TBI with swirlport heads out of a 3/4 ton GMC van.

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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2009, 12:05:31 pm »
Uh...nevermind...I found some info on Wiki.

Answer; Per Chilton's 1995 5.7 truck engine produces 200 HP and 310 ft lbs torque.
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2009, 12:08:33 pm »
I got 210/300 for Vin code K.  Either way it's unimpressive.
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2009, 05:25:22 pm »
Oh come on! What's wrong with a 200HP 8 Cylinder?  :D
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2009, 07:03:49 pm »
Friend of mine back in the late 90's had a 95 1/2-ton ex-cab 2wd with the 350. He put a B&M 144 blower on it, and it was still underwhelming  lol
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2009, 09:38:04 pm »
Lol...I know, I know....but I'm looking at it this way; I can get this truck on the road sooner by using a good running engine that cost me virtually peanuts and while I have fun driving it (Or not pushing it in and out of my garage) I can build a nice 383 or something one winter. Its this or its moth-balled for another half decade. 
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2009, 09:39:00 pm »
And I'm sure it will be a little better than the 2005 F150 I'm currently driving....lol
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2009, 11:07:28 am »
don't feel bad , there were 454s that barely  made 200 hp in thelate 70s but they had a lot of torque though
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2009, 05:52:15 pm »
It seems GM's engineers went on strike in the early 70's and didn't come back to work until the late 80's, but by then foreigners had changed the game some.
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2009, 01:55:33 am »
my 4.3 makes about the same as that v8
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Re: SBC Factory ratings?
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2009, 02:09:19 pm »
Must have been truly frustrating and boring being any kind of domestic automotive engineer in the 70's and early 80's. Car designs were lame and boring. Drivetrains were lame and boring. Choking back more and more power of the V8. Taller and taller rear gears. More and more diesel-like power curves. zzzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZ
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