61, did you buy a complete 350 crate eng? and if you dont mind saying what the cost was?..I have a 5 speed s-10 with my 235,, the shop that did my work and they also do a lot of bracket racing stated that a s-10 was a lot tougher then some give credit for, stated the he even runs them in one of his drag cars, I am no expert but unless you just abused the heck out of it,the s-10 might be one chose, I am sure others will chime in, I had rather have an automatic..............Fred

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