Hello everybody, let me start off by saying I am new to the Forum and New to S-10 in general. I’ve had a few hot rods. I’ve done a few motor swaps by no means am I a professional but I’m good enough to get it done at home and save myself the money to reinvest into more parts. I have an 87 Chevy with a 2.8 and 5 speed manual transmission, It has 270,000 miles on it and it is junk. I bought another 2.8 which I was told came out of a 83 Trans Am or Firebird. the motor is carbureted and has an HEI distributor and only 20,000 miles. I put my flywheel and clutch on it and I have a nasty vibration I found out that some motors are internally or externally balanced so I figured hey let me just call and buy the flywheel. I need no big deal right? Turns out AutoZone, Advance and Napa O’Reillys. Nobody can get one. Can somebody please help me out here? I really don’t know what to do and I got about $1000 into this new motor and I really want to use it. I want the fuel economy and I’m not out to be hot rodding at the moment. I just want something that looks good and is reliable.. I would leave my phone number, but I think that’s better if you get it from private messaging

 

I cannot help with this beyond giving advice on what I do when I have questions about part compatibility.

I will look up the parts at places such as GM parts dealers and see if the part numbers are the same or not for the two years/models.
This is one I often use because you can put in a VIN although it doesn't have the best exploded diagrams. : https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/
A vendor that often works for me is this one: https://www.tascaparts.com/

I have also found the parts listed and the exploded parts diagrams here to be useful: https://nemigaparts.com/cat_spares/epc/chevrolet/

Once you have identified the right part number, sometimes you can find what you need by using it in a Google search.

Good Luck!