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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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Here is my "little" real man's engine before I drop it in the car.





I am going to run the shaft rockers:


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Your post title sure got my attention!

Beautiful pics--keep 'em coming.

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Hey, where's the ****?? All I see is the engine.
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Hey, where's the ****?? All I see is the engine.
Just for you:

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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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And just how high are those nice rockers going to lift up?

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And just how high are those nice rockers going to lift up?

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I'm keeping it under .600 for valve train reliability and so I don't have to replace the springs as often.
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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You should really clean that intake up and torque that head bolt....
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I'm keeping it under .600 for valve train reliability and so I don't have to replace the springs as often.
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You should really clean that intake up and torque that head bolt....
Notice that too.
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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I always had a fondness for big blocks.

Whar are your cubes, CR and cam?

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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Man, she looks really good. Makes me miss my old GM heads.

Very sweet looking. Keep the pics coming as you get her installed in the car!
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Originally Posted by Duntov-097
You should really clean that intake up and torque that head bolt....
The intake is not bolted up, yet. The head bolt is torqued after I put the teflon on it.
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I always had a fondness for big blocks.

Whar are your cubes, CR and cam?

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505ci, about 9:1 (flat tops), and the cam is a Crower solid roller. .581 intake lift and .573 exhaust lift.

Nothing too radical for the street........................
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Gimme a bore/stroke, cam duration at .050" and LSA, and I will EA it for you. Header/muffler/exhuast helps also.

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4.310 X 4.25 w .100 dome piston ???? Off the top of my head guess ?
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Gimme a bore/stroke, cam duration at .050" and LSA, and I will EA it for you. Header/muffler/exhuast helps also.

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Bore 4.35
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Originally Posted by Trophy Blue
Hey, where's the ****?? All I see is the engine.
This was a BIG letdown.
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You cut the nuts off it with that exhaust system. That suckers gotta breathe !
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You cut the nuts off it with that exhaust system. That suckers gotta breathe !
I know................. Maybe in the spring I can upgrade.

I am working on how to run it out the side and the back. A true dual exhaust.
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