SBC V8 into Astro/Safari

[TK]

>From the trouble, why not find a Vortec or something?

I would just go with a 350 TBI otherwise.

Terry Kelley
-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Cooley <n5xmt at amsat.org>
To: gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: SBC V8 into Astro/Safari


>> > > Where'd you find a 267 SBC?
>> > > this the 4300 V8 out of the 94 and up caprice?
>> >
>> >
>> > haven't asked
>> > I am geussing it is from an early 80s Malibu
>> > a lot of them came with 267s
>
>Those were pretty low compression/performance...  I believe compression was
>7.9:1  Could probably get more HP out of the stock 4.3 V6 with bolt on's
>than the hassle of the swap... If you could find the newer 4300 V8 from the
>caprice, it was a "baby LT1" and ran really strong...
>
>