"Steve's "68 Camaro" <fistgencamaro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I forgot to mention that the car has not yet been fully restored and the
>327 will have to be rebuilt anyway. I am in the process of doing a frame
>off rotissery resto. I'm building this car to enjoy and maybe one day
sell
>it to buy something else. My understanding is that most people would
>rather have a BB car than a SB and since this car will be a Date correct
BB
>resto, having the numbers matching SB is just insurance that the car is
>complete. I doubt that the price will be lower because it has a Date
>correct BB unless the market gets crazy like it did with Mopar a few
years
>ago.
>
> "sdlomi2" <daniels_sam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> "Steve's "68 Camaro" <fistgencamaro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> Hello everyone,
>>> I have a 68 Coupe non RS or SS.
>>> It has the original 327 210HP Engine.
>>> I got a friend who has a 68 #3935440 cast BB 396 and will sell it to
me
>>> for a great price. I am thinking of swapping the SB327 for the BB396
>>> and keeping the SB327 wrapped and in the corner of my garage incase I
>>> decide to sell the car.
>>> My question is.
>>> Will this lower or increse the value of my car or will it remain the
>>> same?
>>> Any input on the subject would be of great help.
>>> Thanks Everyone
>>>
>> IMO, if it is a real nice, original 68 Camaro, it would be worth
more
>> with the 327 in it. I'd keep it stock and if you buy the 396 at a
steal
>> you can offer all as a package--and save lotsa labor. s
>>
>
>
Hi Steve. I'd think that with a rotisserie resto, your car would
then
be crying even more for the original 327. Sounds like you are going to do
it right and have the 'right kind' when you finish. Wish I could help
spin
some wrenches on that darling! Bear in mind that these are just my
opinions. However, I can tell already that you are going w/the BB! So!
Gotta agree it would be fun to have a year-correct BB. If I were
doing that, I'd be awfully tempted to turn it into the spec.-correct
396/425
hp which lotsa people never knew about. It was a 1965 'vette option--just
10 hp below the 427/435 hp. with the 3-2bbls. setup. They were both GM's
(under) ratings, of course. But that 396 was designed to wind tighter
than
the 427 to reach its max hp.
I bought one of them, brand new, when I was in college. A local Chevy
dealer had bought several and I paid him $450 for one, complete with
electronic dist., alum. intake, cast-iron 'headers', clutch, flywheel,
press.-plate, bell housing et al--all exc. for fuel pump & the Holley
carb.
which I bought new for ~ $60. Steve, it was one heck of an engine. It'd
be
fun in your little Camaro and quite a sleeper. The specs called for like
only 650 idle rpm--so it would hide its potential there with a relatively
smoothe idle. But rpm-wise, it always amazed me how it'd twist up about
as
high my 327 that it replaced. And the torque range was unbelieveable. At
6500, you could punch it and it'd toss you back. And, in 4th gear (on wet
pavement) it was dangerous to punch it at 40 mph, as street tires would
break loose. All in a heavy '55 Chevy with good traction on a dry strip!
All this yada just to accentuate its torque from one end to the other.
Getting excited yet? Anxious?
Enjoy it and be proud to tell prospective buyers, only after they
start
to dicker for a lower price, "Oh! I forgot to tell you. It even comes
with
its original, factory-installed 327 that I've got wrapped up in my garage.
And I go out there and turn the crank the 1st Sunday of every month to
keep
it free."
Luck, sam
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