no one know huh ...
2000 or 2002, I doubt it being a LT engine...
Most likely a 5.7 Vortec L31... Used through 1999 in trucks and 2003 in vans...
Sorry, I don't know if it has the 4 mounting holes...
Depending on the miles, and condition you might just have a good engine. You can get simple side motor mounts from any of the Trifive vendors and it will go right in..yes you may be correct it was in a van ...center bolt valve covers instead of outter bolt valve covers..van was in a fire but motor looks to be good i was just wondering if i coulda mounted it like the older style 80's and down small blocks with the front motor plate ..i mean its free but i dont want to have to re make mounts just for the motor if thats the case ill spend some money and buy a 350 that will mount with the front 4 holes ..
It might be Tuesday before I can look at a couple vans, 2000 and 2001 to see if it has the mounting holes... Tomorow if I go by the shop on my day off...[/QUOTE
thanks no hurry ....
Depending on the miles, and condition you might just have a good engine. You can get simple side motor mounts from any of the Trifive vendors and it will go right in..
Yes it will work it has a plastic timing cover that is probably damaged from the fire and a steel one won't fit either due to the different pattern however the covers are cheap on ebayand can be reused despite what the gm manual says. the cover also has a hole in it for a crank sensor but gm offers one without the hole. also these motors are factory roller cams so you can get a ramjet 350 cam and have a lopey idle too . good luck:happy0030:
ok so the distributor i have with the bronze gear .cam and intake i will have to get .also the timeing cover ,,motor has less than 20000 miles on it..i just hope that it will infact bolt up to the front motor mount....from the factory in stock form they make about 260 if you put a cam and a good intake like an rpm air gap it will make 350 hp really easy . it is a vortec motor and thusly you will need a vortec type intake manifold for it. your standard sbc manifold won't work . also you need to use a bronze or melonized distributor gear due to the roller cam. this is the same long block used in the ramjet 350 and 330hp crate motors just with a milder cam. good luck. :happy0030:
I believe it will fit with a little clearance grinding on the bracket or just get a 7" balancer...The stock bolt-on front brackets won't clear the big 8" balancer that that engine will have.