Putting 8.1 liter vortex in old chevy

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Apr 9, 2011 | 03:49 AM

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Putting 8.1 liter vortex in old chevy

8.1 liter vortec in older carbed chevy?
I don't know shit about chevy. I need info on mounting wiring, what tranny I can use with this engine. I want to put it in a c10 flare side. Thanks dudes.

Please don't move this thread to gm tech. Who ever did that must not understand tamparacing very well, no one posts on gm tech. You Know why tamparacing is so dead now? Because you fuckers over moderate the fuck outta this shit. Thanks.

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Apr 9, 2011 | 07:22 AM

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You Know why tamparacing is so dead now? Because you fuckers over moderate the fuck outta this shit. Thanks.

I was going to say that its because the mods spend all of their time over moderating every other forum, AND don't get rid of the shitfucks that have over run pit road. But close enough right. lol.

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8.1 liter vortec in older carbed chevy?
I don't know shit about chevy. I need info on mounting wiring, what tranny I can use with this engine. I want to put it in a c10 flare side. Thanks dudes.

what are your goals for the engine?
pretty much everything I was finding about it was along the lines of...

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It is a factory, heavy truck motor. Cast iron crank. Strictly a low rpm workhorse. It is based in the latest series of big blocks, with their cooling and oiling differences, one piece rear main seal. As built, there is nothing hi-performance about it. Heads are small port truck.. But, those glorious cubic inches! Add some hot rod parts and you should have a real stump puller..

Basically, it is my understanding is that it is a workhorse version of a 502. and the only way to get any power out of it is to use the 502 parts and at that point, you might as well have a 502.

decent little thread about it
8.1L 496 vortec big block chevy, what is it?

Apr 9, 2011 | 10:45 AM

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I just want to run it stock, maybe run a low psi turbo setup on it for bit more top end. I don't intend on it being anything super fast, just kind of a cool resto mod.

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