It finally runs good "Budget Build"

[trusty72]

The 350 in my 72 was "recently rebuilt" when i bought it, but it smoked, missed, had noisy lifters and the timing was all over the place. Being cheap i went as cheap as possible to fix it, here is what i did. It doesnt look like anything special, but it was a ball of grease and rat turds when i got it.

used 305 heads cause the seats were beat out of mine 0.00
left over head gaskets from a job i did last year 0.00
new timing chain 18.99
chrome timing cover 16.00
intake gaskets 9.00
used factory 4 barrel aluminum intake 0.00
alum paint to make like new 5.00
new lifters 55.00
ex gaskets 5.00
chrome valve covers 0.00
valvoline racing 15-40 cause it has ZDDP 22.00


It runs and sounds like a new engine, not bad for 132 dollars. The look on my 9 year olds face when i let him fire it up for the first time after i explained the distributor install, priceless.