bigtalljohn13
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- Joined
- Aug 24, 2012
- Posts
- 66
- Reaction score
- 10
- Location
- Illinois
- First Name
- John
- Truck Year
- 1988
- Truck Model
- V20 Suburban
- Engine Size
- 350ci
As you may know i have a '88 Chevy V20 Suburban with a 350 and TH400, and that i also have a '86 Chevy C20 Suburban with a 454 and TH400. I bought the '86 for the engine and body to swap onto my '88. Anyways, i have been doing a lot of debating on swapping engines, I'm definitely going to swap bodies. My question is how much power is enough? The suburban will not be towing anything and will not be going off road. Its going to be completely restored. I know with the 454 i can get close to 600HP with new heads, cam, intake and carb from edelbrock, and the 350 i should be able to get over 300HP with the same parts. I want it to be a bad ass truck but i don't know if 600HP is worth the money. The 454 is a 2 bolt main and I'm unsure of the 350 as of now. both motors need rebuilt so which one should i go with? My current daily driver (i wont mention the make) has 300HP stock and seems to be decent, and i have never personally driven anything with more HP than that.