Need Help on a Stock Eliminator Motor Builder

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

get ahold of aubrey, those things you need special machining tools they have the combustion chamber in the block...

he also has TONS of 409-348 parts available

captain jack

Like Jack said, not everyone knows about the W engines. It's not your regular Chevy big block engine. Aubrey or Lamar would be the guys to talk to.

[Jim Carter]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

Lamar Walden..he is in Atlanta.
Just spoke to him yesterday.

Dan

X2. Lamar has designed and his own billet heads and blocks for these motors. I would venture to say no one on the planet knows W motors better than he does.
Just saying.

[Greg Gay]

I'm sure Dave LeBrun has screwed a couple of those things together in his time. Hell, one time he was telling me about the performance potential of a 312 Ford!

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by Greg Gay

I'm sure Dave LeBrun has screwed a couple of those things together in his time. Hell, one time he was telling me about the performance potential of a 312 Ford!

That would be like getting a 98 year old woman to win a Daytona spring break bikini contest.

[gtaa]

Originally Posted by Gary Smith

That would be like getting a 98 year old woman to win a Daytona spring break bikini contest.

Hahahahahaha

[Greg Gay]

Still trying to get THAT picture out of my mind, Gary! LOL

I understand what you are saying, and I don't think Dave does much of the actual work today. Still, he oversees what is done, and I think several of the faster Chevys from the Northeast use his machining services, such as Bob Broadbent. I just thought he would be familiar with those engines.

[Erik Jones]

Originally Posted by Adrian Pendergrass

I plan on putting together a 305 310 horse 348 for a 1959 El Camino. Can someone recommend competitive engine builder for old W motors? NHRA Stock Eliminator.

Ive been looking at these combos for a couple of years now and thinking that it would be a really fun engine to build. My dad was a 348/409 guy and use to bracket race a 61 bubble top 4 speed car.... They are pretty high on the cool list!!!!

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Seems to me that a fairly in depth article on that car came out in a 1976 issue of Super Stock and Drag Illustrated entitled "Building a Better Boat Anchor". It dealt with the cam, the intake selection ( seems OEM aluminum was the only choice at the time) and a bunch of neat stuff.It never really mentioned the exact ET and MPH, but it did say he did fairly well with it. In Stock, pay attention to the intake requirements. You may be able to use the OEM aluminum intake, or a 340 horse 409 intake. Also is the '60 El Camino heavier than a '61 Impala hardtop? Might make P with it. It's interesting. Here we are talking about a nearly 40 year old Super Stock effort with a car that was old when it was built. Seems to me I remember Herman Chapman running a '71-72 Chevelle wagon with a 402 big block as well.