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14015445, 366, 427, bbc, casting, compression, deck, engine, hole, horse, mark, piston, power, starter, tall

BBC casting 14015445, tall deck?

scorp508 on 04-01-2003

10-08-2015 01:18 AM
by havesometo

13

70,753

351w, bleed, cam, difference, hydraulic, hydrolic, hydrualic, kit, lifter, lifters, push, rev, rods, solid, versus, vs

teach me somthing: solid vs. hydraulic lifters

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VegasJen on 08-16-2006

09-09-2006 03:38 PM
by savewavee

30

58,861

cruising, exhaust, glow, glowing, headers, hot, lean, manifold, pipes, red, retarded, rich, running, sbc, timing

Glowing red headers: Rich or Lean?

QuickVet on 03-02-2004

03-29-2018 04:41 AM
by thomasdeanjr

15

46,399

383 Stroker from Skip White, thoughts?

Blazekillerace on 09-24-2013

03-31-2016 11:01 AM
by diehrd

19

45,073

1997, 454, banks, exaust, headers, management, mods, muffler, parts, performance, sale, supercharger, torque, vortec, whipple

1997 Vortec 454 Mods

Rimcrew on 10-01-2006

11-09-2006 11:12 PM
by Rimcrew

7

42,599

350, block, brodix, built, cast, crank, gen, higher, limit, rpm, rpms, running, short, track, whats, xr286r

What's the RPM limit of a 350 shortblock?

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Conv389drv on 03-12-2005

02-28-2024 11:31 AM
by 30rpm

27

39,410

2001, 24, 25, 454, ac, acdelco, application, corvette, delco, filter, filters, oil, pf, pf25, pf35, pf454

AC Delco Oil Filters, PF25, PF35, PF454, PF1218S

HighHopes85 on 03-24-2003

04-07-2003 11:24 PM
by arnold

12

38,867

aircraft, an, determine, fitting, fittings, fittins, measure, measured, measuring, measyre, mesure, size, sizes, threads, tubing

AN fittings, how to measure?

scorp508 on 06-11-2003

09-13-2017 04:46 PM
by Blacisi

10

33,420

350, 383, block, bore, cost, engine, las, machine, mods, outragues, pa, pittsburgh, sale, small, stroker, vegas

Approximate costs to bore block for 383 stroker?

85vet on 10-01-2002

10-04-2002 10:07 AM
by 85vet

8

32,978

Ported Intake Manifolds and Throttle Bodies In Stock at Peak Speed Shop!

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peakspeedshop on 08-15-2013

03-24-2021 03:38 AM
by Maicol Pregnolato

51

32,937

bad, car, converter, convertor, corvette, gear, move, put, replaced, reverse, stall, torque, transmission, wont, worng

CAR WONT MOVE IN ANY GEAR? TORQUE CONVERTER?? HELP?

yoslambo1@cs.com on 05-18-2002

07-20-2018 12:16 PM
by Chris W Carney

15

31,458

18, 396, big, block, c5, corvette, gain, gains, harland, horsepower, hp, increases, power, rockers, roller, sharp

How much HP gain from Roller Rockers?

l78vetteman on 05-22-2003

01-31-2011 10:32 PM
by Manuel Azevedo

14

30,404

What are Splayed main caps

95Purple on 09-09-2002

09-10-2002 10:20 AM
by 95Purple

7

30,342

305, 350, a350, chevy, chey, corvette, diference, differance, difference, diffrence, engine, gm, heads, motor, size

Difference between a Chevy 305 and a 350?

Jughead on 10-14-2006

10-15-2006 02:06 PM
by JimmyZ78

3

30,318

1, 350, building, corvette, difference, engine, engines, frc, gen, head, ls, ls1, oldstyle, school, weight

OK tell me the diff between building a LS1 vs old school 350

Fartpipe on 01-27-2009

02-24-2009 03:11 AM
by SHARKBITEATTACK

5

30,145

38, 454, arm, big, block, cap, chevy, gen, heads, main, oring, oval, rocker, rotation, stud, valve, vi, vortec

Questions on using a Gen VI 454 with a carburetor

no_radio on 01-24-2004

11-01-2023 03:52 PM
by SKF engineer

7

28,574

C5 Z06 engine swap to LS3 or LS7

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conradb on 03-14-2017

04-12-2020 09:48 AM
by radar502

21

28,053

454060, aluminum, bb, chamber, chevy, closed, gmpp, head, heads, l2399f, oval, pistons, port, porting, unshrouding

Specs on Chevy bigblock oval port heads and cam feedback- HELP please

Les on 12-18-2002

01-07-2003 06:43 PM
by Les

18

27,547

boostcorvette, c5, cam, drag, dyno, failure, hp, kit, lifters, loss, ls1, racing, rev, roller, solid

What's the story on these rev kits?

Corvette Kid on 12-02-2007

04-06-2008 04:26 PM
by cv67

12

27,414

10051107, 139661, 139681, 540, bbc, block, bowtie, build, cam, ci, crane, deal, drag, number, part

Cam recommendations 540 Build 1966 Coupe

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c66vet on 02-25-2007

08-17-2008 01:21 PM
by LIGHTINGROD

52

27,155

22bigblock22enginewidth, 454, big, block, chevy, dimensions, drawing, drawings, engine, external, measurements, motor, stand, v8, width

External dimensions of big block engine?

aww999 on 10-22-2002

10-25-2002 08:35 PM
by Light84vette

11

25,478

STS Turbo Manufacturing has closed! Business up for Auction!

2sikDET on 04-09-2015

07-10-2015 10:47 PM
by Big_George_S

5

25,040

3999289, 454, 454s, balance, balanced, balancers, c3, corvette, efi, external, externally, flywheel, gm, internal, internally, kind

How can you tell and internal balnce 454 from an external?

Fastguy on 06-05-2006

07-16-2006 12:06 PM
by Ironcross

4

24,878

16, 274, 355, cam, camel, comp, dyno, heads, hump, retard, rockers, sbc, vortec, xe, xe262, xe274

Post Your Dyno Numbers With A XE274

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Cory1970 on 06-12-2005

06-24-2005 04:06 PM
by TIMSPEED

25

24,685

111, 1980, cam, compression, engine, high, improve, l82, low, modifications, mods, mpg, reading, test, vacuum, wake

Hop up for L82 engine

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Engo on 04-29-2003

05-28-2003 03:42 PM
by DaveL82

27

24,154

1050, 20, 396, big, block, boat, chevy, difference, dominator, dyno, high, ii, intake, jet, ll, manifold, pulls, rpm, run, torker

Use of a Torker II on a big block

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MoMo on 03-22-2002

03-29-2002 10:19 AM
by mountainmotor

24

24,090

375, 585, 8000, big, bore, engine, forged, max, maximum, piston, pistons, rod, rpm, safe, speed, stroke, unrestricted

Safe maximum piston speed?

DieL on 03-03-2006

03-08-2006 07:18 PM
by DieL

14

23,981

383, 500, 6073, dyno, edelbrock, heads, horse, length, okay, performer, pushrod, results, rpm, suitable, xe278

Are Edelbrock Performer RPM heads suitable for a 383?

7t2vette on 06-06-2002

06-16-2002 09:23 AM
by 7t2vette

16

23,888

400, 406, 509, block, builders, casting, cfi, engine, hiperformance, number, sale, sbc, starter, stroking, variations

Stroking a 509 casting 400 SBC?

LD85 on 11-05-2003

11-21-2003 07:35 AM
by AKRAY4PLAY

15

23,835

377, 434, 454, big, block, chevy, destroking, dyno, kits, make, motor, results, sbc, small, stroker, torque

377 vs 434 SBC??

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Cris on 03-10-2006

03-14-2006 08:52 PM
by Deakins

21

23,733

406, 500, cc, dart, flow, gm, heads, horsepower, hp, ii, potental, power, products, specs, sportmaniiheads, sportsman, world

What kind of potential do Dart II (Sportsman II) heads have? and other questions...

Flareside on 11-04-2002

11-07-2002 09:38 AM
by Flareside

14

23,160

350, 383, 400, block, c4, corvette, drag, engine, good, motor, race, racing, small, whats, zz383

which is better for drag racing? 350 or 383

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QuickVet on 09-15-2002

09-25-2002 08:26 PM
by QuickVet

40

23,084

10243880, 57, 880, block, chevy, code, cpfi, engine, find, motor, sale, sbc, stand, truck, vin, vortec

96 Vortec truck engine???

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Johnboy3 on 05-26-2006

10-11-2006 05:21 PM
by korvetkeith

30

23,053

cam, cams, camshaft, good, hydraulic, hydrolic, lifters, mechancial, mechanic, mechanical, rhoads, roller, rollers, solid, springs, vs

Hydraulic vs Mechanical Roller

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Dougs 90 on 07-14-2005

09-27-2005 10:04 AM
by cv67

30

22,916

Free Valve heads for LS engines.

_Nick_ on 10-27-2016

11-21-2022 01:16 PM
by FastCarsNMeanGuitars

14

22,554

2bolt, 3951509, 3951511, 400, 509, 512, 8000, block, bolt, chevy, g30, replacement, rpm, strong, stronger, weaker, wwwmontecarlosscomssthunderstockhtml

Looking into 2-bolt 400 blocks, any preference on casting #s?

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scorp508 on 12-29-2002

01-11-2003 11:26 AM
by 69vette66

26

22,169

292, 327, 6, cam, caps, crankcase, dcr, hole, journal, rods, rpm, small, splayed, udharold, vent

High RPM 327 Plan what do you think?

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panchop on 05-17-2006

01-29-2015 12:46 PM
by uxojerry

46

22,140

383, 57, 96, 9600, boring, cc, compression, crate, dish, efi, flexplate, map, piston, ratio, se, vortec

96 Vortec 5.7L to 383. What do I need??

Sting Raycin on 09-30-2003

10-11-2003 12:08 AM
by Sting Raycin

10

21,728

376, 40, 427, 447, 45, 454, 502, big, block, bore, heads, inch, iv, mark, max, sleeve, stroke

427-454 block compared to 502 block?

Light84vette on 01-02-2003

01-10-2003 04:58 PM
by JoeC427

16

20,551

advantage, advantages, balanced, crankshaft, difference, differences, engine, engines, externally, flywheel, interally, internally, motor, neutral, whats

What is the difference between internally & externally balanced engines?

Hole-Shot on 05-13-2002

05-16-2002 12:43 PM
by jburnett

9

20,437

New "Vintage" Trick Flow heads

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TrickFlowTech on 10-19-2017

04-18-2021 02:31 AM
by Cozmacozmy

20

20,436

4000, block, callies, corvette, dart, pics, pro, reviews, rods, sale, shp, stroke, ultra, vs, weight

Dart Little M or Dart SHP ?

LD85 on 02-26-2012

03-02-2012 12:01 PM
by BLOCKMAN

15

20,375

2012, 427, big, block, bore, bug, c2, c4, chevy, corvette, corvettes, covette, pic, small, spacing

Small vs Big Block?

jost6453 on 01-25-2012

08-29-2012 09:26 PM
by ManiM1191

13

20,317

3, c3, corvette, duct, exhaust, exhausts, flow, oval, pics, pipe, pipes, round, side, square, tips, tubing

ROund exhaust pipes vs. square pipes??

rob75383 on 03-07-2003

03-12-2003 11:33 PM
by SWCDuke

10

20,215

aluminum, block, blocks, brodix, donovan, eagle, engine, iron, oil, pan, price, rodeck, sale, sbc, style

Where to buy Donovan or Rodeck Aluminum Bare Blocks?

Tom454 on 11-17-2002

11-26-2002 06:18 PM
by dsagers

18

20,036

Check our version of the Big 3!

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SacCityCorvette on 01-04-2013

12-05-2017 10:52 PM
by SacCityCorvette

21

19,859

066, bad, calculate, cylinder, engine, flycut, height, high, important, mopar, obtaining, pistons, proper, quench, sb

Quench Height???

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rainman69 on 03-12-2002

03-18-2002 01:11 PM
by gkull

22

19,750

770, adjusting, adjustment, avenger, fast, high, holley, idle, idles, problems, rich, secondary, slots, speed, street

High idle problem with a new Holley Street Avenger - HELP!

fwayne on 05-17-2002

06-07-2002 11:30 AM
by norvalwilhelm

7

18,935

215, 2j30215, 31, 64cc, 72cc, chambers, dart, eagle, heads, identify, identifying, iron, jegs, numbers, r2, ss

How can I identify if my DART IRON EAGLE heads have 64cc or 72cc chamber?

GrandSportC3 on 08-13-2002

08-14-2002 11:03 PM
by GrandSportC3

6

18,588

4spd, 4speed, crashbox, driving, hewland, jericho, jerico, muncie, nascar, review, sale, sta, style, tranny, transmission

Opinions Needed On Jerico Transmission!

bence13_33 on 02-09-2002

02-16-2002 08:38 PM
by JHL81

11

18,586

215, 215cc, 355, dart, gaskets, head, header, heads, intake, make, pro, pro1, run, runners, sbc

Anyone know anything about SBC Dart Pro 1 Aluminum 215CC Heads ?

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MotorHead on 03-16-2003

03-20-2003 08:00 PM
by korvetkeith

22

18,474

540, big, block, bore, crack, dart, found, guide, ii, max, merlin, necessary, rebuilding, sale, strentgh

Merlin II vs. Dart Big 'M' block

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Flareside on 12-10-2001

12-22-2001 05:48 PM
by Flareside

21

18,418

1965, 2003, 2204, 383, cam, camshaft, corvette, custom, edelbrock, exhaust, flat, hookers, manifold, stroker, tappet, trailblazer, wheels

383 built...now need cam suggestions

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Astrodokk on 01-29-2009

02-13-2009 12:35 PM
by lackomotorsportsllc

23

18,292

383, 600, 750, discharge, dp, holley, holly, jets, nozzle, r47799, secondary, size, stock, stroker, vacuum

What size jets are you using in your Holley's

gdh on 09-22-2002

09-26-2002 04:03 AM
by sinistervette

11

18,245

165, 200, checking, compressinn, compression, cranking, find, fine, high, lbs, motor, motors, ratio, street, taking

checking compression ratio without taking motor apart?

DSR on 12-01-2006

12-07-2006 11:14 AM
by CFI-EFI

12

17,855

18x, 227, 427, 434, 454, blocks, brodix, cc, corvette, dart, forged, maximum, rpms, sbc, short, track

434 or 454 SBC?

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Cris on 11-24-2004

12-13-2004 10:00 AM
by gkull

43

17,687

advantages, cooling, corvette, engine, flo, flow, flowinf, issues, pump, pumps, reverse, sale, sbc, water, waterpump

why reverse flow water pumps?

panchop on 09-17-2004

09-28-2004 11:29 AM
by DOCTOR J

12

17,565

383, chevrolet, chevy, curve, cylinder, distributor, flat, flatter, lsa, make, sbc, short, stroke, torque, turbo

So how do you get a flat torque curve?

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USAsOnlyWay on 09-21-2005

10-25-2005 01:01 AM
by USAsOnlyWay

32

17,510

06, 2004, 38, 3800, boost, buick, chain, engine, gm, lbs, mods, race, replacement, timing, topsw, tuning, v6

GM 3800 V6 mods?

jerryjfunk on 02-08-2003

02-21-2003 12:38 AM
by Russ Bellinis

11

17,187

170, 190, 2001, 355, 427, 95, cold, compression, corvette, engine, gas, psi, pump, sbc, test

Compression test 170-182 psi, thoughts ?

69 N.O.X. RATT on 12-23-2002

08-07-2022 03:59 PM
by heinzeroth

10

17,131

125, 1251, aluminum, big, block, compression, corvette, gas, heads, motor, pump, race, require, street, true

12.5 : 1 compression question

BDAZVET on 04-09-2002

06-09-2019 10:16 AM
by d16dcoe45

19

16,510

350, build, building, cams, camshafts, economy, efficient, fuel, gas, heads, maximize, milage, mileage, modifications, sbc

Building a SBC for maximum fuel efficiency

GeoffSchultz on 06-11-2004

06-26-2004 09:35 AM
by Ganey

6

16,397

50, 50mph, break, corvette, hp, loose, mph, power, reaquired, spin, spinning, tires, wheels

How much power is needed to cut tires loose at 50+Mph?

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MrNuke on 10-24-2003

12-10-2003 08:36 PM
by 1990CORVETTE

30

16,000

begin, corvetes, corvette, corvettes, fuel, injected, injection, isong, start, stary, vettes, wat, year

what year did fuel injection start in vettes?

dammonsjr on 05-13-2009

05-13-2009 09:29 PM
by danno85

1

15,932

276hr14, 355, blower, blown, cam, custom, internal, lt1, ratio, sale, size, supercharger, trim, v7, vortech, ysi

cam for a Vortech blown LT1

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BrianCunningham on 11-15-2007

11-17-2009 04:54 PM
by cardo0

41

15,893

355, 406, 600, alcohol, block, build, chevy, horsepower, hp, needed, parts, performance, run, small, supercharged

Parts needed for a 600+hp supercharged 355 small block

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Greenbeast on 11-18-2001

11-24-2001 06:56 PM
by black bart

21

15,762

1407, arent, carb, edelbrock, linkage, mechanically, open, opening, performer, pulling, seconaries, secondaries, setup, throttle, working

HELP secondaries aren't opening on edelbrock performer...

TravMsns on 08-27-2002

09-04-2002 02:31 AM
by AlwaysWave

5

15,612

327, 488, 7500, build, building, chevy, combo, compression, engine, gears, high, monster, rpm, run, ultimate, vortec

building the ultimate 327??

blackLS1 on 09-16-2002

10-05-2002 11:57 PM
by MoMo

14

15,486

abc, band, difference, edelbrock, intake, introduced, manifold, matched, original, port, power, range, rpm, tm, tm1, torker, years

What is the difference between a original Torker and TM-1 Intake??

GrandSportC3 on 06-16-2002

06-27-2002 06:14 PM
by GrandSportC3

13

15,463

454, 9181, big, block, cam, camshaft, card, chevy, corvette, engine, factory, l88, lash, ls7, specs, zl1

LS7 454 Camshaft Help!

Willie496 on 12-21-2008

01-02-2009 08:16 AM
by Willie496

7

15,365