| Once again I am
learning just how much I do not know. I made several attempts at
purchasing a block to start the build only to find that there is a
lot to learn just about what block to build and that there is a lot
of misinformation out there on what block is the correct block to
use. I did not start this page soon
enough to give you all the details leading up to the current day. I
will do so from this point on.
I have also purchased a 8-71 Little Field,
retro, pie cut,high helix, blower with strips, which included
an injector hat and bird catcher. |
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This was the first block purchased. It was an
1969 GTO WT block. I proudly presented it to the world (through the
internet) only to be told that I should look for under cutting of
the oil pan rail and main bearing journals. Which I did and found
that they were undercut. |
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Here is another example of thin Oil Pan Rails |
| So I went looking
for another suitable block and found a Ram Air III bloclk that is a
twin to the stroker engine I built. To see that build start
HERE |
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| This block was not
in as nice condition as the first one was. It had been sitting for
awhile and had a fair amount of rust on it. First step was to
pressure check the block and next was to nock the rust of in the
cylinders with the hone to make sure the cylinders could be bored
out to get rid of all rust pitting. It was found that the rust pitts
can be eliminated by boring 30 over. I actually considered
purchasing a IA II aftermarket block, but can not afford the $3,000
price tag.
The block will be bored after the mains are
line bored and honed |
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| So On to the new
caps and line boring the mains. This was done with a machine that
was made in the 50's. It was purchased "new" of e-bay for $2,500. it
is amasing what can be found on "Fee-Bay" |
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Oh yes, I purchased
billet steel Pro-Gram center an main caps to replace the stock cast
caps
We found that the center
caps fit great, but that the holes for the dowels on the end caps
were too large and did not provide the "fitment" needed to center
the end caps. The holes in the caps are larger than .313. We will be
putting the block into the mill to enlarge the bowel holes in the
block to fit oversized dowels. That should happen later this week. |
| Ok, I have skipped
a bunch of stuff, but this brings us up to date.
On another front, I am looking into intake
manifolds. I believe that there is only one manufacture at this
point (BDS-8607) which can be purchased through RBS Superchargers
for $525 (Good Vibrations has it for $548) but is only 2.6 inches
tall. NHRA requires a burst panel and I am afraid with the 2.6 inch
height there will not be enough room to weld in a burst panel.
What are you guys using
for intakes and burst panels?
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Thought about doing this but have decided not to |
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Purchased some heads and a BDS intake |
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This is where we are at now |
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Cam is now purchased |
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