Richard Doherty Could not resist replying when he saw Alexander Bilan say 
THIS!
>Good assumption. =)  I'm not trying to start a war of engines here.
>Just relating my own experiences/observations. 
Thank gawd, I have seen all to many get their back to the wall on the
topic.
> >because quite often a 350 block will cost about two to three times the
> >price of the 305 in a scrapyard. I have NEVER seen someone build up
>
>That I can't comment on.  Walk into 10 yards here, and you'll have 10
>different prices on the same thing.
Oh it's true. A 305 is much more common than any 350 but the demand is
for the 350. I alway's take a trusty tape measure with me into a yard.
Rip off the block's heads and measure a few things. If it's a 305
offer about a third of what they wanted and it's usually yours.
> > Wow, hafta disagree here :>
>
>We better watch out, people will start to comment on our disagrements.
> =) 
Like what? That we are to polite to scream insults? Or that we tend to
sound like a victorian wedded couple? ;>
>Very Well. I won't knock the 283 again.
To many people get power hungry for CID and overlook or insult motors
with less CID. A 350 is nice sure, but either a 327 or 302 will walk
over it without noticing. It's the difference between a motor built for
power and a motor built for racing.
>Maybe. =)  I might be switching the truck to propane.
>However, while I don't like the high gas prices we have, I don't
>mind feeding my 350's the Shell Gold at every fill up.
Brrr....  Just slightly cheaper than runnng champagne!
>Just to satisfy my curiosity, I'm going to ask some 283 questions for
>comparisons sake for my area.  See what I can locate in the wreckers,
>see if I can get a turnkey, degrees of hopping up, etc.  It'll be
>interesting. 
 Wreckers you can ignore safely, most will probably only have about '75
and up. Look for backyard junkers from the 60's and 50's. Or even better
older shops that worked on stuff from the 70's and probably had ton's of
283 to 327 conversions.
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