well i dont know how it is in texas but up here in illinois everyone must thing vortec engines are made of gold. it would run me over $3000 for that with 30k. i didnt think it was too bad, i see these engines every day with 200k+ on them and they run perfect. I was gonna go through it, new head gaskets, freshen up the heads while they are off, maybe a valve jobber. It depends, I planned to start it on the stand and see how it runs before i do anything

im not looking to race this thing, its my daily driver. i pull a trailer a lot so thats why i am doing this, the puny tb 350 is just pathetically under powered