http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?act...1577&pid=30691
Horsepower: 330
Torque: 375
Compression Ratio: 9.6:1
Duration @ .050" I/E: 203°/210°
Lift I/E: .476"/.480"
Block: 2 Bolt Main Goodwrench - 1 Piece Rear Seal
Crank: LT4 Nodular
Heads cc: Vortec
Intake: GMPP Vortec TBI

 

mayeb they saw jon's stie and saw how well the vortech motor responds to tbi and decided to jump in
looks like a kewl deal though. be a really straight forward swap, just swap over your sensors and drop it in. very nice package.

later
tim

 

For that kind of money it should come with a new chip and 454tb. I can't see how just adding a tbi intake jumps the price up a thousand dollars.

Steve

 

playing devils advocate now: The intake is something like $300 by itself. It has a better cam too than the 330 H.O., but the 330 H.O. has 4 bolt mains. Its mostly for ease of installation it seems You don't have to get a L98 shortblock $1200, + intake $300, + heads $430, + special springs to run the cam, + cam.... All the labor is done and comes with a warranty.

 

You lazy devil. Thats not the way we do it around here. It has to be hard and cheap if it's worth doin at all.

Steve

 

ya I'm pretty lazy but I'm working on that. I stoped buying crap until all the crap I have now is on.

 

That motor has a roller cam if it's making that kind of power with those low duration numbers. You gotta figure that I have pretty much the same engine minus the roller cam but I've got 4 bolt mains, and a better intake...for less. The roller cam is a good thing and I would take that motor over mine if it was about $500 less than the asking price. Right now my block is roller ready, and I've got the lifters from the 305 so all I need is to swap in a roller cam if I ever wanted to do it. Right now I'm just going to hold out until I can see how fast I can get this beast down the 1/4. If I can do sub 13.5 and @102mph then I'll do a cam swap.
The problem with the cam swap is that I want to do the Lt4 hot cam swap but that would require the heads to be pulled and worked for the higher lift. It's not a big deal, I just need to find an Lt4 hot cam for cheap cheap cheap. $540 for the "hot cam kit" is a rip and I'd rather spend $250 on good 1.6 rocker arms and another $250 for a better roller cam. Oh well, nothing to do until I start making a profit, lol, that won't be until this summer.
Again, awesome engine if you've got a truck, but if you've got an f-body that has the roller lifters and parts, you're better off getting the normal HO motor, pulling the cam, installing a roller cam of your choice, and swapping that in.

 

I'm going to run the ZZ3 cam (208/221, 480:510), do you think I'd be better off running a milder cam like the TBI H.O. has since mine is also roller? If I can really make those kinda numbers with a milder cam it seems like a better idea I guess. Also, if I get the specs on the car to you once it is installed and all done, do you think you could burn me an EPROM so I don't have to wait until I have the $$ and know how to do it myself right away?(this go fast stuff is also go broke stuff) I guess I should probably E-mail you on this one.

 

sweet motor but too pricy for my broke ***...