I am glad you figured the 350 out! Don't feel bad about the book thing, The mans way is to read the instructions only after all else fails! per my wife. I also like your frame. It looks to me like the cross member is a bolt in design, right? Anyways, you taught me something on the th350... I didn't know about the TCS switch, I somehow missed those models out of the numerous 350's I have seen. I was a mechanic at a local cab company in the 80's and they used 1978-82 Caprices as their primary cars. I worked on more th350's than I can remember and somehow missed it or overlooked it. They used a lot of bone yard parts too. I wonder if that was a thing that GM used in certain markets like California or the like for emission standards? That's the cool thing about these kind of sites, you can get some good info from other guys in a similar mess...I bet that TCS was emission control, or to help with spark knock (pre ignition), that's about the same time they came out with EGR , low octane gas, and retarded cam timing thanks the the energy crisis and all that stuff. Remember all that? That killed the real American cars, in my opinion. If your pan has a drain plug, it is an older one. That is a nice feature and they quit doing it in the late 70's sometime. Good luck and keep up the good work on your build, Keep me posted with your progress, I need the encouragement to get motivated. I bet you will make closer to 275-300 hp with that setup, depending on the cam. Those 882's are closed chamber and make decent compression. I ran a set on a 383 and they flowed amazingly well for no more work than I did to them. They may make a little more compression than you want with a blower, depending on how much boost you run. I think the preferred ratio is in the 8-1 area and those 882's should make 9-10:1, depending on piston design and head gasket thickness.
