I have a 96 S10 Extended cab pickup I bought from a kid that hacked the hell out of it. It has a V8 350 sbc with a 350 turbo tranny. They supposedly have low miles (around 50-100) but the kid could have been lying. I plan to pull it soon and tear the motor apart in my spare time and go over everything. The kid said he bought the motor from a dirt track racer who built it for a dirt car but found out the rules called for a crate motor so he sold it to the kid and the kid put it in this 96 S10. I was going to fix the truck up but found out he put air bags on the truck and did not do it right which caused the frame to crack, bend, he put new frame rails on it built out of small scrap like metal. Pretty much the body is junk and so is the rest of the truck.
The rear end is a plain s10 rear with new seals and freshly rebuilt, auburn posi gear, 3.45 (around there) gears, Moser axles... The tranny is just a plain 350 turbo with a 3000 stall he said which I dont even think it has but will soon find out and then it has a shift kit. Engine is a 1967 350 I think (I have to double check on this since I forget easily what I have since I have quite a few vehicles and engine laying around) with Weiand intake manifold, Jegs Alternator, a Voodoo cam (not sure the size but it's a bit big), and the kid said he thinks the compression is 12:1 or 13:1 which IMO is WAY too high for a engine I want to be reliable in a T bucket project.
So after all this explaining, my question is, how can I tell the compression ratio or get close? Can I check the cylinder compression and tell by that?
Any idea what most guys run in their dirt cars that run the 350's? If I also remember correct the heads are stock and are 67 chambers. Could be wrong here too but will find out as soon as I remember the numbers haha.
I am hoping this motor/tranny will be something I can work with and not have to put much money into to throw into a T bucket.
I really wanted to run a Ford motor (302 or 351W) in the T bucket but this is what I now have and dont have $5000 for another motor and tranny combo.
Thanks for any information and sorry for such a long post.
The rear end is a plain s10 rear with new seals and freshly rebuilt, auburn posi gear, 3.45 (around there) gears, Moser axles... The tranny is just a plain 350 turbo with a 3000 stall he said which I dont even think it has but will soon find out and then it has a shift kit. Engine is a 1967 350 I think (I have to double check on this since I forget easily what I have since I have quite a few vehicles and engine laying around) with Weiand intake manifold, Jegs Alternator, a Voodoo cam (not sure the size but it's a bit big), and the kid said he thinks the compression is 12:1 or 13:1 which IMO is WAY too high for a engine I want to be reliable in a T bucket project.
So after all this explaining, my question is, how can I tell the compression ratio or get close? Can I check the cylinder compression and tell by that?
Any idea what most guys run in their dirt cars that run the 350's? If I also remember correct the heads are stock and are 67 chambers. Could be wrong here too but will find out as soon as I remember the numbers haha.
I am hoping this motor/tranny will be something I can work with and not have to put much money into to throw into a T bucket.
I really wanted to run a Ford motor (302 or 351W) in the T bucket but this is what I now have and dont have $5000 for another motor and tranny combo.
Thanks for any information and sorry for such a long post.