Hey its still square....

[Manbearpig]

uh... yeah. and a Rocket 350 is the same as the 350 they put in the Camaro until its demise in 2002... :whatever:

98-02 was a 346

 

[Irishman999]

Good point there dog, BUT, it is the same bore, stroke, configuation and is Buick footprint is the point I am making. Biggo differance in an Olds 350 and Chev SB 350. Nothing in common whatsoever.

I always wondered about that. People always think the 6.2 Diesel is a converted gas motor, drives me nuts. Does the 5.7 GM diesel share anything in common with the gas motor?

 

[HotRodPC]

The 6.2 Diesels are Detroit Diesels, as well as the later 6.5 and 6.5 Turbo. You either hate them or love them I think. The Old 5.7 GM diesel has lots in common with the Olds 350 5.7 gas engine. In fact Olds racers love to get those Diesel 5.7 blocks and put gas heads on them and make race engines out of them. The crank journals are bigger, so it can hold a stronger crank. You can take that 5.7 Diesel out and drop and Olds small block right it its place and it botls right in. A few things chagned, like fuel line, ignition wiring etc and thats all the changes that need to be made for the conversion to gas from an Olds Diesel truck. Even uses the same exhaust. I have the Olds Diesel mounts out of that 80 GMC I scrapped. It had already been converted to Olds 350 Gas when I bought it, but I saved the motor frame pads since the holes are alredy punched in SB truck frames for differant applications. Just remove the Chevy motor frame pads, install the Olds 5.7 Diesel frame pads in the truck, then use common standard Olds motor mounts to bolt an Olds engine in a SB. I fully intend to be putting a 68 Olds 455 in my 88 Burb project with a Varialble Pitch Turbo 400. The Burb was orignally a Chevy TBI 454 and Turbo 400, so other than chaging a few wires up, and the motor frame pads, its gonna bolt right it, no holes to drills, no welding, no fabbing. It'll look just like OEM. For anyone not aware, the Olds 350, although I recommend 76 or older, since 77-80 had windowed main caps, can and will out perform a SB Chevy 350. Olds 350 actually have the best bore x stroke ratio than any GM 350 motor. Can't say the same for the Olds 455 though, although the 455 still make a whole bunch of torque and horsepower at a low rpm.

 

[GreaseDog]

Good point there dog, BUT, it is the same bore, stroke, configuation and is Buick footprint is the point I am making. Biggo differance in an Olds 350 and Chev SB 350. Nothing in common whatsoever.

i'm not sure what "buick footprint" is... but by your standards, the Ford 302 is the same as the DZ302... after all, they have same bore, stroke, and 90* V8 configuration, right?

read up, you've got some learning to do...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V6_engine

 

[crazy4offroad]

I think by footprint he means length of the block front to rear, so a large bore/stroke v-6 with a short length block = more power in a smaller space for a Willys.