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My engine build so far
By BrentP - 10/14/2003 10:21:53 PM; IP 209.240.162.43
I have a 16yr old nephew and my wifes 18yr old brother that lives with me so decided to teach them what little I know about wrenching on cars. I am no auto mechanic but do have a bit of engine building experience so figured this would be a fun project on a mild budget. We searched for a couple of weeks and picked up a '69 torino hard top and a couple of 390 cores from a salvage yard. So far it looks like this:
'64 390 block bored .060 (salvage yard engines rust like hell)
C4AE heads cut for 2.08/1.64 valves
ARP wave lock rod bolts, main studs, head studs
Speed-Pro forged flat tops
Edelbrock cam 236/236, .571"/.571"
Edelbrock streetmaster intake
holley 750 vacuum secondary
2500rpm TCI converter
rebuilt C6 tranny
3.50 gears
petronix ignition adapter (no more points)
Mildon oil pan and valve covers
used adjustable rockers, billet rocker stands.
and steel rocker spacers from DSC
new harmonic balancer
high volume pump and h/s pump shaft
all new hardware, water pump, fuel pump
FPA tri-y headers
All componets are sitting in my living room (pissin off the wife) just waiting for block to come back from the machine shop. This will be the first performance based engine I have built so hope I did good on selecting heads/intake/cam to make some decent horsepower. Im hoping that I can squeeze 400hp out of this combination but not too worried about it being the fastest on the block. I added the arp rod, main, and head hardware simply since I didnt want to trust 40yr old bolts after spending the time and money to put this together. Any hints on what else I need to do or opinions/advise on this build? Any info is appreciated
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 RE: My engine build so far -- BrentP, 10/19/2003
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