And then there's the GM Performance Parts 350 crate motor that starts at $1711 and makes 330 lb-ft of torque and 290 horsepower.
For that amount of money you get a 4-bolt block, powdered metal rods, and best of all, a 60 month, 100,000 mile warrantee that is recognized at any GM dealership, regardless of what it's installed in.
So open up my wallet and pour?
Well, if the 292 I intended to buy was still for sale for $200 bucks, I definitely would have rebuilt that. But since it's gone, snatched up last weekend, I'm once again searching for an engine.
I'd love a turbocharged and fuel-injected 292 engine...but in a jam, the 350 is still stronger, a hundred pounds or so lighter, and much more common, thus much cheaper.
