350 Rebuild?

[Copper Canyon]

Here soon I am going to start to rebuild a 350 for my '86 C-10 that has a 305 in it.  I wanted to know how much-ballparked-it would cost to do a full rebuild.  NOT Hi-performance, just a stock 350 with a performer intake and carb.  Thanks.

Oh yeah, my 305 only has 76,000 miles on it.  All original.

[Lt.Del]

A complete rebuild. That means different things to different people.  To Me:

Replace all parts ie: pistons, bearings (cam bearings and rod bearings), rods, rings, cam, crank, oil pump, gaskets, water pump, rear and front main seals, expansion plugs, timing gears and chain, push rods, lifters, rebuild heads (springs, valves, guides ,seals). You say you want to go with a new aftermarket intake (i'd go w/ an edelbrock performer aluminum--2701, and a matching cam--i use an rv cam. )

Also, prior to assemply, have block dipped to check for cracks.  Have block bored about .30 over.  

I'd personally convert a 350 to a 383.  Everyone in this forum knows I've said this many times but if you are going to get all new parts, might as well get a 400 crank, flexplate  and balancer to stroke it out to a 383 cid w/ tons of torque.


383 engine

So, to answer your question, if you replace all mentioned here, you'd pay about a grand I believe-- maybe $1200 and assuming you do the work yourself and have someone else do the block check and boring .30 over. This is for a mild rebuild.  Go w/ hipo stuff and the amount is endless.  Then again, you'd want to dress it up w/ chrome valve covers, chrome dipstick, air cleaner, braided lines, etc....that would easily add another $200-300.  

Don't worry about 2 bolt mains versus 4 bolt mains unless you are going to really push your engine to the limit.  I went w/ a 4 bolt just because it was only $200 more in my situation.

The price also depends on your geographic location.  A New York dollar won't go nearly as far as a Mississippi dollar when it comes to labor costs.



edelbrock intake 2701 for '67- '86  small block chevys:


ebay edelbrock 2701

SgtDel
aka "Andy"

www.delbridge.net

1979 Big 10 383 stroker
1991 Blu 'Burb 3/4 ton 4x4

Edited by: SgtDel  at: 10/25/06 10:18 pm

[ChevyGuy]

I paid about $600 in a short block minus cam and lifters. I had a set of heads totally redone for about $200. You can always buy a rebuilt motor for about $1300 from Gm performance. Depends on how much money you have and what parts you have to work with. The cheapest rebuild I did was about $150 and that was a crank kit, oil pump, and gaskets.

[1976Scottsdale]

Crank kit(if you need it) $130.00 plus core from Advance
Heads-check ebay... plan on $3-400(if your's are not smoking white, rebuild them)
rebuild kit- $225 from northernautoparts.com (Cam, Pistons, Moly rings, HV oil pump, Clevite Bearings, Lifters, Lube, Gaskets, all of it)
Block Work- $150.00 from Carquest.

Then, go buy the book "Rebuilding Small Block Chevrolets" and follow it.  It will tell you everything you need to know.

[73c20]

im planning on rebuilding my 350. im gonna strip it down to the block with crankshaft and pistons left in (unless the cylinders need to be bored or cylinder heads replaced). then im gonna put in new gaskets, some new parts, and repaint the entire thing. gonna put in a nice cam that gives it a rough idle...it'll sound sick