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Old 05-09-2006, 12:51 PM   #1
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What to do with my old 350?

I have the new 350 crate motor in the garage. Cannot get my $100 core back because the block is cracked.

What to do with the old engine? Save the heads / cam-lifters / bottom end? Or just toss on scrap heap?

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Old 05-09-2006, 01:01 PM   #2
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Re: What to do with my old 350?

They make good table stands

I'm probably going to turn mmine into scrap whenever I get unlazy enough to haul the load of scrap metal I have to the recycler.
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Old 05-09-2006, 05:30 PM   #3
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Re: What to do with my old 350?

Turn it into a smoker
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Old 05-09-2006, 05:32 PM   #4
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Re: What to do with my old 350?

Me, I would save everything that is in rebuildable shape and make trotline weights out of the rest of it. A scrap yard might work if you don't fish.


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Old 05-09-2006, 05:54 PM   #5
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Re: What to do with my old 350?

had a friend back home with a 70'ish chevy wrecker. the 350 in it had froze and cracked and been welded. he had been running the motror i know 5 five years and it was a good motor.

i guess the point is, cracked doesnt automatically mean its scrap.
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Old 05-09-2006, 06:20 PM   #6
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Re: What to do with my old 350?

check the casting numbers on the heads, probably should save them
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Old 05-09-2006, 10:31 PM   #7
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Re: What to do with my old 350?

Where is it cracked at?....It may be able to be welded back by someone who can weld cast.........probably not a good idea if its near the rotating assy.
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