New GM crate 350 for the '63

[Jstory77]

Good evening,

Bought my 63 step with a 327 and 3 on the tree this summer. Didn't get to drive it much before the 327 gave out. Just got my 290 hp GM performance 350 crate and everyone says my intake and carb will work from the Sbc 327, the 327 intake has the oil filler neck and spring running to the carb, I have not seen this on a 350. Looking for input on if this will work on the new engine. And yes, I am a Noob. Thanks, love the site and the posts people share.

Jim

[Captainfab]

Yes the intake manifold from your 327 will bolt right up to your new 350, as well as most everything else like the water pump, pulleys, starter, flywheel. They are both Gen I small blocks.

[Jstory77]

thank you, the engine will then have two oil fill points and a pvc as well as the vented oil cap at the top of the tube. Any issues with that?

[geezer#99]

Is one of the oil fill points a breather?
You need a Pcv on one cover and a breather on the other cover.
If you have that you can remove the oil fill tube and plug the hole. IIRC a core plug is the same size.
You want to draw the air thru the motor from one side to the other so you remove as much of the fumes and moisture as is possible.

[65chevysub]

Originally Posted by geezer#99

Is one of the oil fill points a breather?
You need a Pcv on one cover and a breather on the other cover.
If you have that you can remove the oil fill tube and plug the hole. IIRC a core plug is the same size.
You want to draw the air thru the motor from one side to the other so you remove as much of the fumes and moisture as is possible.

Well that answered my question. I was going to run my original 283 valve covers, with my pvc but I guess I cant.

[geezer#99]

Originally Posted by 65chevysub

Well that answered my question. I was going to run my original 283 valve covers, with my pvc but I guess I cant.

There's always a way.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=366830

[65chevysub]

Thanks for posting the thread Geezer. I will look into that idea.

[geezer#99]

And if you don’t want to put a hole in your 283 covers, depending on your style of intake, you can put the pcv valve right in the intake between the distributor and the carb on a flat spot. Use a baffle/grommet to keep the oil in the valley.
Some intakes have a flat area you can drill a hole into, some don’t.

[The Rocknrod]

Yep just like this: https://paceperformance.com/i-514637...e-drilled.html

[LostMy65]

I like the oil filler tube for the look and convenience.

[rideblue00]

I dont have pics on my new puter, but i had an older Edelbrock performer intake and it had the pad in the front for the oil fill tube, so i just drilled it out.

[Brad54]

I've got that same engine in my '61 Suburban, and put almost 100,000 miles on it in about 8 years.

Here's what I did for the PCV system:
Stock chrome 327 valve covers, no vents or breathers.
Vintage Edelbrock intake with oil fill tube provision.
Stock '62 passenger car/california emissions sealed oil fill tube--this has the screw-on cap, and a threaded port on the fill tube.
I ran a screw-in PCV valve in the carb's base plate vacuum port, connected to the port on the fill tube (with a brass screw-in hose fitting).
At the back of the intake, I drilled and tapped a hole going into the intake valley. On the bottom side of the intake, under this hold, there were ribs cast in. I took the intake to a shop and had them weld an aluminum plate over those ribs, so it effectively created a small pocket area on the bottom side of the intake. I drilled a 1/4-inch hole in that plate. What this did was create a large oil baffle under the port I drilled in the intake.
I then drilled a hole in the air cleaner base (open element air cleaner in my case), on the INBOARD side of the air cleaner element.
I then connected a hose from the port on the intake to the port on the air cleaner's base.

The PCV valve in the base of the carb sucks air through the fill tube, which pulls from the lifter valley and heads, which pulls through the hose in the base of the air cleaner--which is filtered air through the air cleaner.

The PCV valves are directional. If you put the wrong valve in, it will CLOSE when the carb base's vacuum port pulls it. That will then allow the top of the carb to pull air through the system the wrong way (from the back of the intake into the air cleaner). You'll know you have the wrong valve when your air cleaner fills with oil.

This is essentially a recreated closed PCV system for early '60s California Emissions equipped vehicles: The difference is those engines used the breather port in the back of the block, where other vehicles used the road draft tube.

If you google things like "1962 Chevy PCV system" or "Emissions" or such, you can probably find a diagram. I found one in a YearOne catalog and based my system off of it.

Hope this helps.

-Brad

[Jstory77]

Thank you all!

[rvrfoot]

Originally Posted by Jstory77

Thank you all!

Do you have pictures of your motor?

[Jstory77]

Originally Posted by rvrfoot

Do you have pictures of your motor?

The new one or the 327?
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[rvrfoot]

The new one.

[Jstory77]

Originally Posted by rvrfoot

The new one.

It is at my mechanics house still in the crate. Will probably be week after Christmas before I get it down there to him at this point. Ordering some gaskets and radiator hoses etc for it.
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[rvrfoot]

Cool no problem how much was the motor?

[Jstory77]

Originally Posted by rvrfoot

Cool no problem how much was the motor?

I got it from Summit last week. Ordered and delivered the next day. Right now GM is doing $250 rebate on the 290 HP 350. Got it for $2140. Everyone says you can find one cheaper, but I haven't, so I got it, and brand new, feel good about it
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[rvrfoot]

Very good i will look at them thanks.