How much is a cross fire 350 out of a 82 vette worth ? I am doing some body work in trade for this engine and I need to know when to tell the guy when we are even. The engine is still in the car and has 62000 miles on it. Please be serious with the answers. I know its only a 200 HP engine from the factory but it the only thing I could work a trade with. Thanks

Engine alone?
Engine with wiring and computer?

Search for some Vette and Street Rod boards too.....

I am going to switch to a carb intake and use the HEI distributor out of the old 76 engine. Not getting the computer.

Make sure it's a 350
They made 305 crossfire's
Someone tried to sell me the 305 as a 350.
On the back of the block,above were the bell housing is, there was a "5.0" cast into the block.
Confronted the seller,he turned red and said "I thought they were all 350's

Nothing special about that engine

lo po used 350 is not worth much. You're trading your labor for an engine worth about $150 on a good day. Seriously. You'd have a very hard time selling that engine.

The intake and throttle body set may be worth something to someone but they are almost worthless without the computer.

Would a 5.0 be in a 82 corvette ? I never thought it might be a 5.0. If so I have really been screwed. The guy said it was a 350.

Catalog shows 82 vette was 5.7 only?

82 Camaro 5.0
They look the same

Even with the computer, those early Crossfire engines were very problematic in their time. Without the intake and injection, it is just a used long block, not worth a whole lot. If it truely came from a Corvette, it will be a 350, Chevrolet never used a 5.0 in the Corvette.

I think I have more than paid for this engine then. I rebuilt both the hood tips and did some fiberglass work on a set of t-tops on his vette,plus did all the bodywork (fiber glass) on his 85 fiero and have everything blocked down to 400 grit ready for a base/clear paint job. Sounds like I've gone above and beyond the call of duty.

Uh yeah sounds like you went about $1000 beyond what he traded you. If you will do work for parts like that, come over to my house!!!!

might be valuable to a die hard corvette guy.any body else not likely.

82 Camaro 5.0
They look the same

Yes, they do look the same.
Check the casting numbers to be sure it's a 350.

Even with the computer, those early Crossfire engines were very problematic in their time. Without the intake and injection, it is just a used long block, not worth a whole lot. If it truely came from a Corvette, it will be a 350, Chevrolet never used a 5.0 in the Corvette.

I agree, its a $150 core.

Wow,do I feel stupid. I wish I would have been able to find a engine with a little more kick to it. I was going to trade a guy who had a 350 from his 73 nova but he could not get his car to my house for me to work on. There was a lot less to do on the nova. They are the only two who responded to my ad on craigslist.

There is nothing wrong with a fi 350, just build here up or sell her to a corvette guy thats all.....