Tim, you have probably seen several good thoughts on a motor. I took a small Block chevy 2-bolt deal and did a stroker. I know you have a 454 but my point is the best money I ever spent was on the cylinder heads. Rebuild you block and reuse what you can. Magnaflux the parts, thghten up the bores and maybe throw in a good set of Hypereutectic pistons fitted to .0001 or 0002 clearance. Zero Deck the block and have whatever heads you choose pocket ported. IT's just makes the motor com alive. I later stepped up the carb and fuel pump and it's a monster in a 3600 pound car.
That is my 2 cents worth. Mike --- On Fri, 7/10/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Time for a new engine! > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 9:50 AM > > > > > 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. >
