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01-21-2012, 03:35 PM | #1 |
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ideas for a big block chevy engine
My friend wants to build a new engine for his street rod.
ASked me about a 454 Econo engine, sleeved & destroked engine ?. Any ideas ? Going in a street rod. What would be good set of heads, etc.? Have anything for sale ? He Lives in Calif... |
01-21-2012, 10:44 PM | #2 |
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Re: ideas for a big block chevy engine
obvious one
348 Chevy, .060" over, with a 409 crank ! Good cam and valve train, this intake: HEE HEE !
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Re: ideas for a big block chevy engine
348 with an .060"over bore, and a 3 3/4" stroke.408"cu.in. That intake would make all the difference in the world.Ultimate W motor would be a 452 or so inch 409, a set of Lamar Walden Z-11 heads, and a dual four barrel intale built along those lines. The two plane intakes were horrible on those engines.
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01-23-2012, 02:54 PM | #4 |
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Re: ideas for a big block chevy engine
He could probably find a 366 Tall Deck truck BBC for cheap. The money saved from sleeving and destroking a 454 would certainly cover the costs for longer pushrods, distributor, and intake manifold required on the Tall Deck engines. Plus the 366/427 Dump Truck motors are 4 bolt main, usually steel cranks, and are a touch wider in physical dimensions to give an appearance that they are 'bigger', the street rod guys usually like that.
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Re: ideas for a big block chevy engine
What is a 454 econo engine, sleeved and destroked? Not sure I follow, or understand the question.
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Re: ideas for a big block chevy engine
Sounds like a 396 to me.
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