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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 07:43 PM
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well my brother wants help putting his 408 bigblock into his tow truck in a few weeks and he said if i want i can have the 454 for the vette..but it has 258,000 on it and it runs actually pretty strong and only smokes in morning on start up(valve seals)Thast the not the problem its the world product sportsman2,s i just put on the 350 ..should i do it and sell the heads and put the money into the big block or just finish building the 391ci. that i had planned on anyway?Ive always run smallblocks and have had good luck with them but i built a blown 454 for a friends 67chevelle for him and it screamed,but not sure if its for me.
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 07:49 PM
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I would stick with the small block for now & make the big block a winter project by rebuilding it.
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well i planned on rebuilding it anyway but maybe your right do it for the winter and get everything ready then put it in for spring.
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 07:52 PM
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I wish I had a big block :sad:
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