Switching motors.. need advice

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

keep it stock until a graduate then it wont be my daily driver i plan on getting a small block iroc or something and keep the truck for weekends and stuff ya know then ill take the motor out and build it

Sounds like a good plan. You're looks great, my truck needs a whole lot of work done to it. But one day it will look nice.

[Car'n'Guitars]

My town has zero junkyards in it, but I'm looking at hopefully making a deal with a member on here that's in town.

[77chevyinline6]

yeah takes time and money but its worth it

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

keep it stock until a graduate then it wont be my daily driver i plan on getting a small block iroc or something and keep the truck for weekends and stuff ya know then ill take the motor out and build it

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

yeah takes time and money but its worth it

Yeah there is not whole lot of mechanical stuff that needs done just body stuff.

[mud.man.rj]

A small cam like a comp hyd. 262 will help it breathe better and have way more torque so won't have to try as hard, even the 307 is better than a 6cyl.

[77chevyinline6]

paid 2700 for mine body is amazing but the motor drinks gas and dont run very well

[Car'n'Guitars]

Mine was from my dad, he bought it about 8 years ago used for work, it sat for 5 years, our wood guy was gonna buy it for $500, I offered to pay my dad $500 for it, but then he just gave it to me.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Ha I just found a 307 for sale where I live for $400.

[77chevyinline6]

thats nice of him you fix your truck up and you will get alot of complimetns and alot of people wanting it

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

thats nice of him you fix your truck up and you will get alot of complimetns and alot of people wanting it

Suprisingly I already have many people wanting this truck, I almost got a '72 Chevelle and a '82 Cutlass.

[77chevyinline6]

dont let it go you will regret it

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah the only one that was really tempting me was the 1972 Chevelle those are getting hard to come by. But thought it through and knew I would regret it.

[77chevyinline6]

im just wondering if that 307 is gonna bolt up right to my transmission 3 in the tree.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

im just wondering if that 307 is gonna bolt up right to my transmission 3 in the tree.

What kind of transmission is it?

[Stew_Magoo]

Originally Posted by 77chevyinline6

yeah this things my daily driver and nightly cruiser gotta have the most mpg i can get.

Annnddd you're bragging about passing a Pruis in your sig line...

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah I'm pretty sure the 307 will bolt right up to your transmission.

[77chevyinline6]

im pretty sure it will to

[Car'n'Guitars]

So I guess you have settled on the 307.

[hatt]

I don't know you're going to accomplish much swapping out the 6 for an unknown(I know you said you trust the guy but he might not even know anything about the engine, he told you all the specs, 40K on a full rebuild? new ring and bearings 40K ago, and I never "trust" anyone when they're selling me something) 307. $400+ buys a lot of extra gas to get you to school the next year and a half, and that's if the 307 even gets better mileage. And if you want extra power, why go through a swap for the least possible extra power. Again that's assuming the 307 even has much more power. If the 6 isn't running right, maybe you should look into getting it running properly.

[mud.man.rj]

The clutch disc may be splined differently but the trans bolts to the engine the same. I have thrown a few parts like a mild cam (the 262 I mentioned) and performer intake with a small 625 Edelbrock carb and even roller tip rockers on a 307 and it helped a lot in the power department and fuel mileage actually increased from the stock 307, not a waste for sure, too many just have to have the 350, you will be happy with the 307 over the 6cyl.