Still Stumped

[CrazyJesster]

ok well folks im still stumped on a few issues here about my 1982 swb.

i was going to start putting it back together in the fall but other things. happend so on and so forth.

im still rolling alot of ideas through my head im not sure what to do. or if i should do this or if i should do that so many ideas. roll through my head its not even funny hard to really decide.

ive posted a few times what i have basicly an ol 82 swb with no motor

it had a 400 .30 over untill some playing on the street tore it up. but i beat that mustang hehe i gues thats all that matters.

now this 400 is now .60 over with milled heads and a turned crank both .20 over. 480 lunati cam its short blocked right now an thats as far as i ever got. on putting it back together so ive set here on and off thinking what i should do.

i hear alot of people saying that 400 will burn up and run so hot. they run hot i know some about them they didnt last long i think 10 years. when it was 30 over it never ran hot not even once. maybe thats just my luck i dont know. i asked the guy at the machine shop if it whould burn up an he said well the block is ok sonic tested he said. an with the right cooling it should be ok. but i still ponder if its going to burn up or now if its going to run good and strong. and be able to take a few mustangs and camaros on the street. we have alot of mustangs and camaro kids here who think there stuff dont stink.

then there is my brother offering me 1500 for this engine cause he wants it for his wifes firebird. and im still pondering if i should sell it and build me a nice little 383. or do some work on a 350 after seeing a all aluminum 350 sb bored to a 402. in a 72 swb eating a stang and a camaro for lunch and was hungry for alot more. not sure here on really what to do not sure if i have much faith in the 400 or not. im wondering how stout the 400 will be and what it will do. ive got things saying in my head keep it and ive got things saying sell it. and build a fuel injected 383 using the system like TPI or something. i dont know ive seen some guys talking about there carbed out 383s getin 15mpg.

me i whould like to yank a motor out of a camaro LS1 or something and using the. block and heads and ordering a 383 kit or something to that nature.

now if i were to take apart the 400 and used the heads and that 20 over 400 crank. and orderd some rods and pistons and found a 350 block. whould that crank work even though it has been turned ?

like i said i got ideas of selling the 400 and building an then ideas of keeping the 400. and running it in the truck i know lots of neat little things can be done to 350s an stuff. i see alot of them around an i also see alot of 383s around. in even the 3rd gen camaros and S-10s even 98 chevy pick ups.

having a hard time trying to decide here on what to do heh

i had a wild hair here a few months ago and was trying to locate. a tpi system of like the 86 camaros. found a wrecked 86 camaro still had motor an tranny for 500. but called and it was sold i had the wild hair of building a 383 out of the 350 using the TPI system. have even as i stated earlier wanted to use the LS1 intake system. why i dont know i know that fuel injected stuff is very costy. but main thing is here ive got so many ideas for my swb. dunno what to do about the engine or anything got alot of things i want to do to the interior. and outside of the truck its crazy but really not sure on engine things.

maybe some of yall can help me out here