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86Eric · 11-12-2013, 12:27 AM

I was hoping you folks could recommend a good place in Clarksville, TN to install a new engine in my 86 K10? I would love to do it myself, but I am deployed and won't have the time when I get back. The second half of this is what vendor has a new 350 I can pick up for the truck since this will be my daily driver? Thanks.

**old Rusty C10** · 11-12-2013, 09:28 AM

First off thank you for your service.
I personally own three of these trucks and only one is gas. I also own a 72 El Camino and both my gas truck and the El Camino have crate motors. The best bang for your buck as well as quality is the Jegs motor for about $1300 delivered to your door

86Eric · 11-13-2013, 04:53 AM

This is the closest I could find. Will it work in my 86 K10?

http://www.jegs.com/i/Chevrolet-Perf...rentProductId=

xrcr · 11-13-2013, 07:50 AM

Yes. Your intake and distributor. Thanks for your service

86Eric · 11-13-2013, 10:19 AM

Now the big question remains, is there someone in Clarksville, TN that anyone would recommend to install it while I am gone?

*79 silverado* · 11-13-2013, 12:06 PM

One thing to make sure of is that you get a new flexplate with that engine. Being an 86 you have that hybrid setup where you have a one piece rear main seal right now like the 87-up motors, but a top end like the 85 down motors.

That engine is designed as an 85-down direct replacement with the 2 piece rear main seal and takes the older style flexplate you do not currently have. It will take your current intake/valve covers/etc as noted above if you want to re-use any of that.....

RandyP · 11-13-2013, 05:00 PM

Every 86 I dropped a crate motor in, I'd switch the intake and distributor to the older style just to get rid of the computer. Simple is better.

11-12-2013, 12:27 AM	#1
86Eric Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 37	Need help in Tennessee I was hoping you folks could recommend a good place in Clarksville, TN to install a new engine in my 86 K10? I would love to do it myself, but I am deployed and won't have the time when I get back. The second half of this is what vendor has a new 350 I can pick up for the truck since this will be my daily driver? Thanks. Last edited by old Rusty C10; 11-12-2013 at 09:26 AM.

11-12-2013, 09:28 AM	#2
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,299	Re: Need help in Tennessee First off thank you for your service. I personally own three of these trucks and only one is gas. I also own a 72 El Camino and both my gas truck and the El Camino have crate motors. The best bang for your buck as well as quality is the Jegs motor for about $1300 delivered to your door __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

11-13-2013, 04:53 AM	#3
86Eric Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 37	Re: Need help in Tennessee This is the closest I could find. Will it work in my 86 K10? http://www.jegs.com/i/Chevrolet-Perf...rentProductId=

11-13-2013, 07:50 AM	#4
xrcr Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Foristell, MO Posts: 418	Re: Need help in Tennessee Yes. Your intake and distributor. Thanks for your service

11-13-2013, 10:19 AM	#5
86Eric Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 37	Re: Need help in Tennessee Now the big question remains, is there someone in Clarksville, TN that anyone would recommend to install it while I am gone?

11-13-2013, 12:06 PM	#6
79 silverado Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rhode Island/Vermont Posts: 583	Re: Need help in Tennessee One thing to make sure of is that you get a new flexplate with that engine. Being an 86 you have that hybrid setup where you have a one piece rear main seal right now like the 87-up motors, but a top end like the 85 down motors. That engine is designed as an 85-down direct replacement with the 2 piece rear main seal and takes the older style flexplate you do not currently have. It will take your current intake/valve covers/etc as noted above if you want to re-use any of that.....

11-13-2013, 05:00 PM	#7
RandyP Getting Old; Going Broke Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Owasso OK Posts: 2,764	Re: Need help in Tennessee Every 86 I dropped a crate motor in, I'd switch the intake and distributor to the older style just to get rid of the computer. Simple is better. __________________ *Why is every used 350 sbc out of a corvette?* There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys. *VEGETARIAN: That's an old Indian word meaning "I don't hunt so good."* When the going gets tough, switch to power tools.



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