You got the best bigblock to start with, thats what i started with and glad i did. word of advice dont cut corners on the bottom end. I built mine the best i could on the bottom end. There is not replacement for distplacement, big cubes. I put arp rod bolts, steel crank, rods were reconditioned and shotpend , and i used racing berings , keithblack hyper utek flat top pistons with semi closed heads. Roller rockers comp cam and lifter, hardened push rods elderbrock intake and carb 750. Perfect street motor, great torque and horsepower. runs 7s in a 1/8. Let us know how yours turn out. good luck. Eddie Bumgarner 66ss conv.
________________________________ From: Dan Solomon <[email protected]> To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:19:11 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Time for a new engine! Tim, I started with a 8.5:1 454 as well. Since the bottom end was fresh I went with a set 3964290 closed chamber heads to bump up the compression. Added a Comp Cams Nostalgia Plus 11-670-4 cam, a 750 Mighty Demon and a DUI distributor. Sounds great, runs like a bat out of hell when I wanty but also great for a cruise. Mine is paired with a 2600 stall converter and 3.73 gears. Dan "It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry." http://www.freewebs.com/chevelles1970/ ________________________________ To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:50:37 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: [Chevelle-list] Time for a new engine! Hey everyone, Well for the last few months my Chevelle has been backfiring and running like crap. I finally figured out what the deal was yesterday....The exhaust valve on #8 is burnt. The motor is old and tired. So I'm going to rebuild it. So any idea's for engine combo's? I don't have a bunch of money to spend on this but I would like to bump up the performance of it. Right now it's a really stock 454, 8:1 compression. I'm thinking about bumping up the compression to 9:1, adding a cam, and if I can afford them, maybe some aluminum heads. I think that would really waken up this motor. But basically this is a street car that's cruised 99.9% of the time. So I want the drive-ability. Anybody else care to chime in? Thanks! -Tim ________________________________ Finding the best videos just got easier. Try the NEW Truveo.com.
