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First off I really love my baby big block. When I bought my car it had about 500 miles on the motor, that was the main reason of me buying the car (I hate doing engines, I can build, I can get it to run, I cann't tune.... I suck!! But I try) Mine I am told is good for the 375hp namesake (69 396, bored .30 plus decent cam, all inside is new, heads need redone though, little smokey in the mornings). If I knew the specs I would tell but this car (before the wreck) can spank 'em good and get up to 18 to 20mpg on 89 octane as long as I stayed out of it. I got it up to those numbers with a friend who knows what he's doing, but the biggest advantage was when I blew the cash for the Edlebrock 750. Right as we speak since I cann't find the 454 I want I'm going to be building mine up, probably just the cam/manifold/headers deal since everything else is still good, other than the heads, I have been debating a Comp 270 or 280 I want a lumpy idle. As for your hood clearence problem what was it again you are putting this in? Josh 66SS396 >From: "Cecil \"Steve\" Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Engine rebuild advice >Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:33:50 -0500 > >Nick, > keep in mind that I am on a budget with the engine since I have >so >much of the rest of the car to work on as well. Horsepower will have to >take >a back seat to more economical considerations. If I were to put a small >blower into the picture I would need to know things like: > >1. How much would a small blower cost to purchase? > >2. Will it help gas mileage enough to eventually pay for itself? > >3. How much will it effect reliablility and longevity? > >Basicall I guess I am asking, would the reasons you suggest one be only for >horsepower or are there other advantages? Would there be any disadvantages? > >Also, what about the hood? Would I need to modify or go to a cowl hood for >clearance? > >Just out of curiosity, how high can I go on a big block with a high rise >manifold before I run into hood problems with a flat hood? > > Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of nick visciani > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Engine rebuild advice > > > Hey Steve - Kinda on the tail end of this conversation - sorry if it >doesnt mesh - getting email from a different system.... > > Have ya considered one of the mini Weiand blowers (underhood) on a stock >\ >low buck setup? > > Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cecil "Steve" >Martin > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Engine rebuild advice > > > Hi Larry, > Yeah that's as far on the other end of where I want >to >go. I have just started on the car and it's in moderately bad shape. Will >need to be spending money on many parts. Will have to make the engine low >power and economical for now. Hope you enjoy yours :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Engine rebuild advice > > > Coming from the other end I just spent $6800.00 have a 454 built as >a >street drivable torque monster. Aluminum heads, roller cam and rockers, >Keith Black pistons, and steel crank. This does not include starter, water >pump, distributor, carb or installing it. so as you can see it just depends >on how far you want to take it. > >Larry _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
