Ok well I got the shortblock back today......here we go again!...

shortblock is balanced and blueprinted....with racing bearings and balanced to within 1 gram
He degreed my cam according to the spec sheet....I had it retarded 1 degree but was told that wouldnt make a difference anyways..so I just told him to do it to the card.
I asked him is my head gaskets were ok to reuse and he looked at them and told me they were fine to just lightly spray some copper adhisive spray on them....and Im good to go.

well..I'll start the heads and other stuff tomorrow and have the motor in by Sunday!....wish me luck!!!...LOL...you know I'll need it!

Oh on a side note, he just built and N/A 437 small block chevy SB2 motor..i think is what he called it.. that put down 970 on the engine dyno.

 

hope this one goes right this time!!! good luck

 

dont see why it wouldnt...this shortblock is built right!....and get this the guys says put about 20miles on it and "LET IT EAT"

and for $1400.00 IT BETTER ****ING WORK!!!

 

that has been school of thought from several... "popular" engine builders in my area... i say that cause the are contracted to build ALL of the pro stock engines for the track near me... all to the same specs.... how does anyone get a legal advantage these days?

but i followed their advice the engine still runs great about 5K later will be tearing it down soon for more upgrades

still waiting for a vid of your engine running without any sound FX

 

i wish you the best of luck. Just take your time, dont rush and miss something.

 

Good luck.

 

Should i start taking the bets on what will go wrong first??

 

That is just plain wrong, but funny.

 

LOL>.....yeah no ****!?....with my track record! something will!...LOL

 

ah you will be fine... if you have any doubts you know this is the place to get help

 

hey? got a problem.....Im trying to find TDC #1 and when I roll the motor over with my finger in the #1 spark plug hole I feel air coming out when I roll it over to 1 or 6? how can I tell when Im on #1 for sure? so when I drop the dizzy in I know im on 1

 

Air will only come out when it is on the compression stroke, which is the one you want. When you feel the air, watch for the mark on the balancer - it should be coming around towards the top. When it is just a few degrees shy of TDC that is where you want to drop the distributor. Also, if you have the valve covers off, after the intake valve (2nd one from the front) closes, the next time the mark comes up is the compression stroke.