I just dropped them off today. The crank is good and the 4 bolt main block is getting cleaned but they have the clevite hook up so they are getting me bearings, cam bearings, piston rings for dead cheap. The block has to be bore 30 over so my pistons are being reused because they are in good shape. then the whole thing is being balanced so it should be good. The machine shop is real good at what they do and they will take care of the measuring and bearing sizes. I just need to put it all together once i get it back.

 

thats good man. saved yourself some cash. what intake and carb are you running on this thing?

 

im going with the weiland team G single plane high rise intake and an 650 AVS eddie. I port matched the intake to the heads so it should be a pretty good setup.

 

i never messed with the edelbrock carbs. i actualy have one sitting here on a performer rpm intake that i havent figured out what to do with. i figured you would be going with a dual plane since the car is goin to see street action. how hard are you going to be spinning the motor? im running a torker II now but im going to switch over to the rpm in spring i know the car would make more power down low with the dual plane on it.

 

ya you would make slightly more power down low. when i changed over i didnt notice much of a difference but about 4 grand the power came on alot harder. Im building the motor now to handle 7 grand safely but a good friend and racer i knew spun them up to 8 grand safely doing the same stuff i am. The biggest factor here is what cam i want to run. i plan on getting a .550 lift came with some good duration. lumpy but this is becoming a drag car.

 

yeah sounds like a plan. ive spun my motor up to 7 but theres no real point it stops making power in the 6800 range. as long as the cam still makes power there and your bottom end can take it its all good. i wanted to build a torque monster that didnt have to spin like crazy to go.

 

ya then bigger is better ha. I wanted a high horsepower block without going to the gas station too much ha. But i am planning a 454 project for the future.

 

im hoping you mean 454 small block. small blocks where its at man!!!

 

haha. i know a small block is the **** but i havent done a big block yet and want to do one. oh and do you have any tips for a hi po small block

 

well i havent done a big block either and i would totally be lying if i said that my dream car didnt consist of a first gen monte with a big block, but ive driven big block cars and wasnt overly impressed. the weight and price of it turns me off and they offer nothing a big stroke small block cant do. tips for a hi po small block. its all about a good combo. you want to make sure your cam matches your heads and that your converter is going to send you out in the fat part of the torque curve. bigger isnt always better. tons of duration and overlap isnt necessary. id rather have lift then duration, and oil pump wise id rather have volume over pressure. just be careful with gearing. its easy to over gear a car and wind up with a car that runs out of motor before your out of track. tuning is super important too. timing and carb tuning. nothing worse then a car that bogs off the line and then comes on like a maniac. your combo sounded good to me.