Center Bolt Head?
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Eastern Ohio
Center Bolt Head?
I am getting a 350 from a 88 motor and making it work with my 69 vette. I feel I need to change the Intake, carb, and dist. I was also thinking about changing the Heads as they are center bolt. What is the difference and should I do this?
The motor is still in the truck (not sure where the motor came from, it was put in the truck a couple years ago) Runs great!! but I want to make it work in my 69 vette.
Is there any reason I would or would not want the center bold heads?
The motor is still in the truck (not sure where the motor came from, it was put in the truck a couple years ago) Runs great!! but I want to make it work in my 69 vette.
Is there any reason I would or would not want the center bold heads?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Chattanooga TN
There is nothing inherently wrong with centerbolt heads. They are probably not great flowing, but probably on par with late 70s and early 80s non-centerbolt. Unless you are going to step up to Votec heads or aftermarket, I would just buy a centerbolt intake or slot the center bolts before I changed heads. I would leave the fuel injection, but that's me.
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Eastern Ohio
The fuel injection would create some work on my part and would not fit for the era. More the issue is it is 2 barrel carb, I think that is what I saw. If it is 4-barrel, I guess I could make it work fine, just remove everything that is attached to motor and it should run just as nice as it did before it's removed, correct? I mean.... I will have to find out where the wires run from the boxes I remove from the firewall. I assume wires will run from the carb, and the dist to a box or two on the firewall, and then wires running for the boxes to somewhere else, fuse box, key switch or something.... Right? If I did this, I would want to hide these boxes out of site, somewhere like the storage boxes in the cab.
