Dart SHP block rant!
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Well it only took 6 more man hours to put it together. about 3 hours of grinding @ .030 clearance on the pan rails and bottom of the outboard bottom of the cylinders. Pressure wash the block and crank. Clean all the passages with a sonic testing of the water jacket thickness. Then put the short block together.
It will be nice when done
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy
It will be nice when done
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy
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Well it only took 6 more man hours to put it together. about 3 hours of grinding @ .030 clearance on the pan rails and bottom of the outboard bottom of the cylinders. Pressure wash the block and crank. Clean all the passages with a sonic testing of the water jacket thickness. Then put the short block together.
It will be nice when done
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy
It will be nice when done
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy
Bee Jay
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[QUOTE=gkull;1576857745 Then put the short block together.
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy[/QUOTE]
your going to put 18* heads on a motor with 23* pistons?
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy[/QUOTE]
your going to put 18* heads on a motor with 23* pistons?
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Well it only took 6 more man hours to put it together. about 3 hours of grinding @ .030 clearance on the pan rails and bottom of the outboard bottom of the cylinders. Pressure wash the block and crank. Clean all the passages with a sonic testing of the water jacket thickness. Then put the short block together.
It will be nice when done
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy
It will be nice when done
Heads are yet to be determined. I would like something like Dart 18 degree with 2.15/1.60 with 340 ish cfm intake with .700 lift. Lots of sprint car race teams have old refurbished heads left over from last season. So I'm hoping for a good buy
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St. Jude Donor '09
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BLOCKMAN offered to drop ship correct stroker Callies rods for $525 or so (good for up to 750 hp). He also sells the ready to go Dart blocks. If anybody is thinking about doing a motor project I would advise PMing him first.
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