Thats kinda cool! I had a 350 in a '85 Astro Van. 350 had headers, 260H Comp Cam, Edlebrock Perf. intake and a quuuAAAAAAAdrajet. I had a K&N filter on that carb. and since the engine kinda sat right between the driver and passenger, u could hear that Quadrdajet trying to suck the world in around it. It was a cool truck/van. When alot of people were doing the S10-SBC swaps I wanted to try something different.
Moved pretty good with a stock TH-350 one wheel peeler and 2.78 geared rear. I beat a few of the “IN” cars of that day ('90s) Camaros, 5.0’s
…as long as they were stock and we went from a roll…
I’d guess the “Tan Van” had prolly 180Whp/250Ft.lbs. TQ. and would of ran a 16-15ish.
This typin about the ol van makes me want to pick up another one and do a turbo 4.3 on it.
Side note…put that same engine in a '64 LeMans with a 3000stall, “built” TH-350 and 3.90 gears. Ran a best 8.9@78~mph…goes to show what the rest of the parts can do.