'87 New engine project

[djunkie]

So my engine in my '87 short bed was going through a ton of oil so I decided it was time to go through it. Not gonna be super special as this is a Ca. truck and needs to pass smog (hopefully still will ) so we pulled it and did a full rebuild. With a couple minor upgrades. Sorry for the crappy pics. They're all from my cell phone.

First up is a pic of the truck then of the old engine. Its a 350TBI.

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Engine got bored .40 over. Flat top pistons. Should be around 9.3-1 compression. Mild cam. Balanced rotating assembly and new ARP rod bolts for peace of mind.

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I went back and forth on what I wanted to do with the heads. I didn't have a lot of money for this project so buying aftermarket ones was out of the budget. And I considered Vortecs but I need the EGR to function for smog purposes and I didn't want to deal with that issue. So a local race shop to me whos real familiar with the swirl port heads did some work to them to get a little more power out of them. They cut me a great deal on the porting and valve job so i couldn't pass it up. They've also got upgraded valve springs for the higher lift cam.

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Heads installed and new roller rockers installed and adjusted valves. Also a melling high pressure pump. Standard volume. Running the stock pan so I was afraid of sucking it dry. Plus its just a street daily driver so it'll live at lower rpm's.

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Next up is an Edelbrock TBI intake manifold. I had it bored to match an R.V. Morse bored throttle body. Also installed an injector spacer to allow some more air to get in there. Heres some pics of the old and new throttle bodies so you can get an idea of the size difference.

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And the fully assembled engine ready for reinstall.

[CorKey723]

This sounds exactly like what im doing to my 87. I puller my blazer motor to rebuild and its going in my truck now. 30 over, flat tops, edelbrock intake, mild cam. Im not doing rollers or a bored tb unless I need it once its running. Im also gonna run the Dynamic efi computer instead of a chip. Motor looks nice, now lets see some numbers and videos!

[djunkie]

Originally Posted by CorKey723

This sounds exactly like what im doing to my 87. I puller my blazer motor to rebuild and its going in my truck now. 30 over, flat tops, edelbrock intake, mild cam. Im not doing rollers or a bored tb unless I need it once its running. Im also gonna run the Dynamic efi computer instead of a chip. Motor looks nice, now lets see some numbers and videos!

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[CorKey723]

Sounds good, now I cant wait till I get mine done.