Chevy 350 V8 Big Enough engine?
Hi folks.. my 1st post here. My wife and I and 5 kids are thinking of buying a 22-25ft class C motorhome. We are buying used (under $30k). The main purpose of this unit will be to travel in comf...
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filrupmark wrote:
I would go back and double-check that it is indeed a 350.The Chevy 350 was replaced with the 5.3 327 and the 6.0 366 in 99 and 2000 .
This is my first thought as well. Here's what the Wiki has to say:
Chevrolet Small Block Engine
The Chevrolet small-block engine is a series of automobile V8 engines built by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors between 1955 and 2003 using the same basic engine block. Referred to as a "small block" for its comparative size relative to the physically much larger Chevrolet big-block engines, the family spanned from 262 cu in (4.3 L) to 400 cu in (6.6 L) in displacement.
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Finally superseded by GM's Generation II "LT" and Generation III "LS" V8s in the 1990s and discontinued in 2003, the engine is still made by a GM subsidiary in Mexico as a crate engine for replacement and hot rodding purposes. In all, over 100,000,000 small-blocks (as of November 29, 2011) have been built in carbureted and fuel injected forms since 1955. In many respects, the later Generation II and Generation III engines still in production today for various vehicles still trace some of their design lineage to the "small-block" design.
That said, I'd tend to agree with many others - if you are using it as a passenger vehicle, it is a poor choice, other than to have a rolling restroom. A minivan or full size van would be a better choice, drive-ability and clearance wise.
If you'd like to use it as a normal RV, however, a cream-puff '03 is a good value. (But I still feel it has the 6.0L...)
