Rebuilding a Short Block
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Dayton Oh
JC Whitney has a couple of videos you might be interested in. One is on basic rebuild of a SBC. The second one is almost a Part II of the first and is on hi-performance considerations when building a SBC. Both videos assume you have other reference materials available to you for spec's for your particular application.
Have a look at Scroggins-Dickey for rotating assemblies and such.
Have a look at Scroggins-Dickey for rotating assemblies and such.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Living in the Hartland
Eagel offers a 383 balanced rotating assembly for under $1,000. You just need to clearence the block a little bit in a couple of lower cyl walls and oil pan rail plus either clearence the rod bolts or buy a small base circle cam. All in all it will very close in price to buying a rebuild kit and having it balanced.
Also check out www.ohiocrank.com, they some cheap stroker kits too.
Also check out www.ohiocrank.com, they some cheap stroker kits too.
Tech Contributor
Joined: Aug 1999
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From: Connecticut, USA
I'm looking at the kits at Northern now. You can upgrade to name brand parts and still get a decent deal. You have to start with their $159.99 masterkit which has a lot of the "white box" builder parts in it. I'm thinking of going with .020 over speed pro hyper pistons (+$20) Speed Pro molt plasma file fit rings(+86) clevite 77 P brg's (+$6) keeping the Melling 55 pump in the kit, adding a steel pump shaft($7). It comes with a mellow stock cam but you can upgrade to several name brand cams. Probably run about $300 for what I want, not bad. Machining cost will be around $700-800 so I hope to get what I want done for under $1,500. I already have new WP Torquers that I ported and polished ready to go on along with a Comp 260H cam. Should be a nice street motor for my setup.
Gary
Gary
