1st the bad. I've been driving the truck to work daily for the last couple of months. Noticed that the oil pressure started dropping to 0 about 5 seconds after start up & thought it was a faulty gauge. Started it up to leave for home yesterday & it immediately started knocking...badly!:( I limped home frustrated because if you recall I went through the same thing less than a year ago!.
The good news is I found another 350 from a '79 vette that a guy had rebuilt two years ago for a project but he never installed, never fired. According to him, it was built to about 350hp. He'd invested a couple of grand but now just wanted to sell. He was asking $800, I got it for $550!
It came with a new Performer RPM intake, a rebuilt 600 Performer carb & a set of old headers! I figure that I can sell the carb & intake for at least $200! & bring my total investment to $350! Not bad! Not bad at all!
