Hi, Does anyone know what is a good motor swap 350,302,383 for my 85 MC ? I am trying not to spend more than $2,000,and do I need to upgrade the tranny? If someone could recomend a good motor/ tranny swap combo that would be great. This will be my first car I build. I just wanna be able to smoke the wheels basically.

 

350 back with a turbo 350 trany... but 383,305 any of them would be a good motor to swap in

 

Hey Budsjlm, Thanks man, What car do I get that motor from?
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305 could get from blazer/suburbon/monte/caprice/firbird/camaro...

350 trucks/burban/ they are all over...

383 is a 350 stroked out....

turbo 350 there is a number of em

 

the stroker is definitely out of your price range, and the 302 is going to be impossible to find and wasnt known for being a torque monster anyway. you would need to really gear the car to take advantage of the 302. you could always try and pick up a tuned port 350/700r4 out of a wrecked iroc or a ta. i assume you have a 200 4r in the car so you could always just pick up a tuned port 350 and run the trans that you have now. i only recommend the tuned port cause it shouldnt be to hard to find and being fuel injected i think it would be a better choice. especially if your just lookin to do burnouts. or you could follow buds advice and get one from the truck and then pick up a ss rear. i wouldnt go from a 4 speed to a 3 speed. i ran a 350 trans in my car and it was awesome with a little bit of convertor and a shift kit but once the car was geared it was a nightmare to drive on the highway.