I like the 327, don't get me wrong. But I would clean it up and save it for the next owner. The quality of castings and metalurgy convinced me to get to the venerable 350. Nothing beats displacement. You could destroke a 350 into a smaller 327-ish motor if you wanted. my 2p's worth. mike --- Cutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Machine work alone might be in the $500-$1,000 > range, depending on what > needs to be done (did one last summer that had over > $2,000 in machine work). > It�s easy to drop $500 in a set of heads just doing > a simple rebuild. > > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Gary W. Treible > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 3:14 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Engine Work > > I'm looking for advise on an engine job. The engine > in my '70 Chevelle is a > 327 from a 1967 Corvette (according to the block > numbers). It leaks oil > from a number of places (not real bad though), it > has very low vacuum, and > the block looks like it was painted with a (dirty) > brush. > > I plan to pull it out of the car as soon as it gets > warmer and have it > rebuilt. I've got a copy of "Desktop Dyno" and I > would like to pick the > components I put back into it (the engine was > rebuilt by a previous owner). > > My question is what should I expect to pay to have > the block cleaned, > painted, and re-assembled if I supply the parts (cam > shaft, lifters, > pistons, etc.). Are there things I should look out > for? > > I don't want to screw this up. > > Gary >
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