Motorheads (car and engine topic)

[yurineova]

Posting partially as a vent, partially out of excitement, and partially out of curiosity

First off, feel free to post your car, truck, motorcycle, and or engine builds ^^ Discussion is open too

That being said, I recently acquired a 1982 S10 pickup truck. After realizing the 2.8L in it was shot and realizing the 350 in my garage was abandoned by my brother, I told my dad "Why cant I shoehorn that 350 in there?"

That was the beginning of my headaches. To start, the motor was out of sync down to the timing chain. I figured "ok, just adjust it proper... but lets check the cam/lifters." Turns out the rockers were so tight that every rod was bent (several bent so much they barely came out)

The lifters were shot and the cam almost worn past acceptable specs. So, a cam was tacked to my shoppin list.

Then the heads came next. I was given a set of 1988 camaro heads, never used. turns out though they require a different intake. lets just say I wasnt happy. But even more so, I discovered the head gasket was leaking and steaming one of my cylinders. turns out, he didnt torque the head bolts in sequence or even to the correct torque.

So, here I am cleaning a silicone covered intake side, and fouled out to hell and back combustion chambers.

That being said, the motor is from a 77 c10. its getting a comp cams 262H grind cam shaft, stock ported heads, roller tip rocker arms, along with a edelbrock performer intake. Gonna use a borg warner coil in a stock HEI dizzy, using borg warner 8mm wires. plugs are NGK UR4 Vpower plugs. All gaskets are fel pro. Carb is a Quadrajet 750cfm til I can afford a holley. We expect it to generate 290-310 horsepower at flywheel.

So, if you made it this far, whats y'all opinions on this build and application? Please dont tell me to stick the biggest cam or carb for 2 reasons; 1 its going in a s10 with a 7.5 diff. So I'll be lucky if I dont blow the rear end as is. and 2, it aint for racing. its a everyday truck that I can have fun with.

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