Best starting point for V8 swap

73NorthernDuste said
Thanks I guess the 92 LA 360 looks like the choice. However one more question. I will assume the 92 block will still have provisions to use a mechanical fuel pump...would there be a block off plate there since the van would have had an electric fuel pump in the tank. Will there be any issues or would I have to go with some sort of inline electric fuel pump on my abody. I read somewhere (can't seem to find it now) that there was a cam difference with TBI engines no lobe to run a mechanical pump and that you needed some sort of extender to use a cam with one????

thanks again..

Brent

I have a 91 roller cam motor. It has a block off plate on the timing cover. I could remove it & bolt on a fuel pump. Haven't gone into it yet so I don't know if the cam has the long snout or the short one. I checked into the cost of the extension a while back & I think it was either about $7 or maybe it was $17. It wasn't very much. The roller cam I plan to put in the motor has a long snout so I won't need an extension. I'll just need to bolt a fuel pump eccentric to the camshaft I have when I assemble the engine.