454 build up journal.
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I DEGREED MY FIRST CAM!!!!!!!!! With a lot of help from Jim (427HotRod) that is.....
The hardest part was understanding the dial.
The cam out of the box checked at 108.5 which was right where it was ground at with a 108 LSA. Per Jim's advice I installed it 4* advanced. After advancing it and checking it again it came out to be 105.5 and good to go!!!!
Next step is piston to valve clearence. and then everything goes back together!!!!!
Wade
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Sorry to hijack this thread but I only need 1 ans.Do you think a strong running 454 that has no smoke issues and dual edelbrock's is worth $3000,00? Not sure on the internals but I am pretty sure that this car was made for some strip time. So I would bet forged lower end.
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Mark
And again I apologize!!!!
Thanks
Mark
And again I apologize!!!!
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From: Lake Wylie, South Carolina
Sorry to hijack this thread but I only need 1 ans.Do you think a strong running 454 that has no smoke issues and dual edelbrock's is worth $3000,00? Not sure on the internals but I am pretty sure that this car was made for some strip time. So I would bet forged lower end.
Thanks
Mark
And again I apologize!!!!
Thanks
Mark
And again I apologize!!!!
The things I would be concearned about is what parts were used and how was it driven. I can tell you this. I have at least 2x as much money in mine and that is not including the bad machine work I had to have redone. You can get a 502 short block for not much more money and a long block for a little more than that. Just not sure I would put that kind of money in a motor that someone else built and I did not know thenm or how they drove it.
Wade
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Mark,
The things I would be concearned about is what parts were used and how was it driven. I can tell you this. I have at least 2x as much money in mine and that is not including the bad machine work I had to have redone. You can get a 502 short block for not much more money and a long block for a little more than that. Just not sure I would put that kind of money in a motor that someone else built and I did not know thenm or how they drove it.
Wade
The things I would be concearned about is what parts were used and how was it driven. I can tell you this. I have at least 2x as much money in mine and that is not including the bad machine work I had to have redone. You can get a 502 short block for not much more money and a long block for a little more than that. Just not sure I would put that kind of money in a motor that someone else built and I did not know thenm or how they drove it.
Wade
The rest of the story is this...It is in a 74 camaro with seats I need, a real nice stereo with new speakers and amp. and a 12 bolt rear with 4.11. and a th400 with a shift kit w/b$m trigger shifter
I will pull the eng seats radio amp and speakers and try to sell the bod(a 5 out of 10) with the rearend and a th400 trans and B&B shifter for ,I don't know....$1500.00 Frame appears to be solid!
Should have given the whole story. And if I but the BB in and Its not right I =simply put the sb back in till iI have tha money and time for the BB
All this works into my schedual I'm thinking I can't gea hurt on this deal!!!
How bout you???
Thanks, I'm off to therapy!!!
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Ah ok I thought you were just buying a motor. That actually does not sound to bad then. If that body is decent I would think $1500 isn't out of the question. If you do get it and wined up having to rebuild it. Look to stroke it to 496. I wish now I had done that. It would have only been about $500 more. Oh well too late now.
Wade
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Did the PVC last night and everything came out fine. Sorry these pics weren't great. The funky color of green is what you get when you steal your daughters playdoh after she has combined 4 different colors.....
I would have finished the top end last night but could not find my head locating dowls. Going to NAPA at lunch to get some. Then this evening I am installing the heads, removing the inner valve springs and installing lifters, pr's and rockers.
This is based on .629/.617 lift
Bill Sr.
Hope it will crank by the second week in May. Calling Keisler this week to order my TKO600. Then I am coming to your house!
Wade
I would have finished the top end last night but could not find my head locating dowls. Going to NAPA at lunch to get some. Then this evening I am installing the heads, removing the inner valve springs and installing lifters, pr's and rockers.
This is based on .629/.617 lift
Bill Sr.
Hope it will crank by the second week in May. Calling Keisler this week to order my TKO600. Then I am coming to your house!
Wade
