This is the best news of my year, I just finished up my last final (went great), came home, started enjoying my summer and all of the sudden a UPS man shows up asking about some heads!?? wwwwhat wwwwhat??? These were on backorder until the end of May! Needless to say I am a very proud father of a set of awesome heads! :lol:

Some updates on the 406:

All the machine work has been done, we put together a mock assembly and clearanced the block where necessary, everything is good, no cam clearance problems with the 6" rods. Deck height is at .010" for a quench of .048".
Here's a cool part: I had the color of my car computer matched and put into aresol cans, and the motor matches my car! :) As do some accessory brackets and other things.

For those who no nothing about this project (probably most of you, you may remember the 383 AFR project, well it turned into a 406) here is what's going on:

SBC 406CI - Fully Prepped Block
SCAT 9000 Series Lightweight 400 Crank, Internally Balanced
SCAT 4340 H-Beam Rods, bushed with 7/16 ARP Cap Screws
SRP Forged Flat Top Pistons (424g)
Speed Pro File Fit Moly Rings
Federal Mogul H-14 Competition Bearings
Moroso 7qt Kicked out pan with windage tray and scraper
Moroso blueprinted high volume oil pump with pickup
Airflow Research 195cc Heads! 10.4:1 CR
Comp Camps XR-288 Hydraulic Roller Cam (236/242@.050; .555I(1.6)/.540E(1.5), 110LS, 106CL]
Crane Retrofit Hydraulic Roller Lifters
Edelbrock Victor Jr. Intake
Barry Grant Mighty Demon 750cfm Carburator
Holley 130gph Fule Pump
Weiland Team-G water pump
Fludampr Streetdampr
MSD Pro-Billet Distributor
Crane Hi-6 CD Ignition with LX-92 Coil

Other:
Aluminum Raditor
Electric Fans
TCI Streetfighter 3500rpm Stall Converter
Spicer Solid U-joints
26x10.5" Mickey Tompson E.T. Streets
All new Calipers, SS Lines, Hawk HP racing pads
All new power steering, lines, control valve, pump, ect


All this should be done sometime in June, i'm SO excited about getting it going, I think it will run like a beast. :reddevil
What do you think?

Thanks for looking over my ramblings, I've been working on this since December and have collected most of the parts. I am building a website that documents EVERYTHING with pictures and video, including machine work and assembly. I will post a link when its finished.

:cool: :cheers:

:steering: :steering: :steering:


[Modified by VETDRMS, 3:53 PM 5/2/2003]

 

I love when I get new parts! :cheers:

 

:thumbs:

mark

 

That motor should put out some nice horsepower. AFR heads are nice (I would run them if they weren't so darn much).

 

I like your parts combo. Should put some good HP to the ground

 

Fever So do I, especially when they show up 3 weeks early! :)

81vette I've been eyeing your plans for a while now, you should have quite the runner on your hands when you get it all together. Have you got your heads yet?

bence13_33 I hope so, I am going to run it on a local chassis dyno once everything is in a decent state of tune so hopefully It will put out some good numbers. I would like to get some low 12's as I plan on racing it quite a bit this summer. Thinks its doable?

Gordonm Thanks, I've spent nearly the last year researching and adapting my budget within reasonalbe limits :lol:. We'll see how the halfshafts hold up. :cheers:

 

Your 406 sounds fairly close to mine,except the cam and intake. I went RPM intake for mid range,and a hydraulic cam cause I'm cheap.
Good luck,and if you haven't swapped in the aluminum radiator yet,you're going to need it.

 

A Small Block Chevy at full cry is a beautiful thing to hear. :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

 

Can't wait to see the dyno. Keep us informed. :cheers:

 

Look into Canfield. Their 200cc or 220cc aluminum heads are just shy of 1k and can come with some pretty big valves.

 

The AFRs are a nice piece. Their already ported from the factory which makes them bolt right up with great flow. I like the design of the TrickFlow Twisted Wedge heads and I'm confident I can clean up the castings myself so when I finally spring for heads that's my plan.

Looks like you've got a real solid foundation on that mill, should hold up great even with the planned thrashing assuming the machine work is up to snuff .

And you've picked my planned ignition system too. I like how you think :thumbs: