What is the good & bad with a pontiac 350

I was looking for a Pontiac 400 to put in my 81 firebird and came across a pontiac 350. I never really considered that until I saw this motor, what would be the good and bad with a pontiac 350? Thanks for any input.  

The Pontiac 350 can be built to perform very well but will cost a little more to rebuild due to the price of the rebuild kit is usually higher.
It's main hold back is the small bore size and that is about it.
I have a Pontiac 350 in my purple regal in the readers rides section and it works great and runs strong.  
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i built a pontiac 350 for about 1800 and that was including a little extra done to the heads the auto parts store wanted 570 for the rebuild kit and an extra 70 for a cam upgrade im very happy with the way it performs,the only bad thing i can say about a 350 is its not a 400 or 455 there wasnt much of a cost difference between the 350 and 400 only a couple dollars  the 455 was almost 200 more but the performance you get is well worth it,so its simple 350 good  400 gooder 455 goodest the 350 is no slouch  

Especially with a 3:42 or 3:73 rear gear.  

did you see this article????  on building the pontiac 350 motor

http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/tech/hppp_0712_small_bore_pontiac_engine_build/index.html  

The 350 is a great little engine, yes it will cost slightly more for pistons and rings than a 400, but all the other parts are basically the same. The late John Sawruk once wrote in an HPP article that due to the lighter piston mass of the 350, it would safely rev over 6000rpm compared to 400. Of course this assumes a fresh assembly, preferably with ARP rod bolts and correctly resized rods. What year 350 is it? The earlier ones were known to crack around the freeze plugs, but had better material in the crankshafts. Apparently the ones around 72-73 had both the good early crank and the better block casting, but even the late ones build up well. You could add any of the performance heads from the late 60's to early 70's 400's with the big valves and ports, they will yield around 9/9.5:1 CR which is great for pump gas. Check out my 79 Formula or Pontiacman8's Regal in Reader's Rides for a look at how these little mills perform. His is well built and modified, mine is a mildly modified stocker.
Steve  
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The motor is a 1969 350 out of a firebird and based on everything I heard about this motor, the feedback on this forum and talking to friends I will probably go for it.

Thanks for everyone's feedback.!!!!  

I've never heard about the early Pontiac 350's having cracking problems or any of the Pontiac 350's and have built many Pontiac 350's and never had problems with them cracking.  
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