Man, this one looks clean!

[The Griff]

See, I've got more than a few friends who would say that a TBI 350 with anything less than 250K isn't even broke in yet.

I don't necessarily agree with them, but I know that a good friend had a 92 K1500 that had over 310K on it when he got it, and it ran like a scalded dog. He swore the engine had never been out of it.

 

[1-ton]

See, I've got more than a few friends who would say that a TBI 350 with anything less than 250K isn't even broke in yet.

I don't necessarily agree with them, but I know that a good friend had a 92 K1500 that had over 310K on it when he got it, and it ran like a scalded dog. He swore the engine had never been out of it.

I have found that there are two major problems with the TBI small block design.

1. The head castings are thin, and after about 250,000 miles of expanding and shrinking from the engine heating up and then cooling down, the heads will crack...even if you never over heated the engine.

2. When the valve guides start to wear out, a small amount of oil enters the combustion chamber. Then a small amount of hydraulicing happens in the combustion cylinder, which starts to pull the press-in studs out. This in turn causes improper valve lash, which causes the camshaft to wear out. If the TBI engines had screw-in studs, this small amount of oil would not have much effect on the engine...except for a small amount of smoking when the engine was first started up.

 

[JoshHefnerX]

I understand that's a cherry rig for my area, but aren't those pretty common out in the desert? I was actually thinking that it was a pretty normal deal for out there. It's not like this is a restored first-gen Mustang or anything. I wouldn't expect a super high price on it, especially with all those miles on it.

Back east the metal may go bad. Out here in the desert, the paint doesn't stay looking that nice - even if garaged pretty regularly. The interior would be way worse off than what you see. Every bit of plastic rubber, upholstery would be sun faded, cracked or peeling. The sun is hard on stuff here, if this has been in the desert it's whole life it's survived well.

 

[ktmoutfront]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/5608940315.html

 

[southernspeed]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/5608940315.html

So cheap. I should've gone Sub not K5!!