Well, haven't posted in a week or so- I've been a little pre-occupied. I dropped off my LT4 last week at MORE Performance in Charlotte, NC. Their shop is the nicest I've been to. The place is huge! They are unique in that they have their own machine shop and they do all of the machining themselves. Troy (their sales director) gave me a thorough tour of the shop. They have everything from a chassis dyno room to a cryogenics lab. The first person I met was the president, Mike Osucha when I accidentally stumbled into his office. I spoke with him for a WHILE, and he knows the LT engines like the back of his hand. He was the first tuner to do a 396 on a SB! All in all- Very impressive. They're going to tear down the engine and investigate what went wrong- I want to know out of curiousity. After that- They're building my 396!

For financial reasons (I've still got a year left of college) I'm having MORE do the bottom end only. I'll get the heads, etc. done soon. Besides- Mike thinks that I'll be looking at a HP rating of 450 with just the bottom end done. I can live with that!! :D The top end package will add around another 50- and that's with a mild cam.

MORE has about a three to four week turnover time, so I should have it back fairly soon. I'm counting down the days! I'll definately let you know what I think when I get it back. By the way- I AM going with the ceramic coated skirts like I posted about- thanks for your recommendations. If MORE's product is anything like their people/facility, I expect nothing but the best. :cheers:


[Modified by 365ZUM, 7:59 AM 4/10/2002]

 

I was thinking of having them put mine together when i get the money, which may be never since Clemson sucks all of it up.

 

Best of luck.

 

Thanks JD,

I really appreciate the help with Lingenfelter. I just decided that MORE was a better choice for me right now considering price and location.

 

sounds :cool: How much do they want ? And will youre heads and cam be the same?

 

i would also be interested in how much youre paying for the labor and whatever materials you needed to buy, if you dont mind.

 

No problem. Your numbers should be interesting! going to do a track test? I'm sure it's going to make you grin again and again!

 

Hope it goes well. I've heard nothing but good things about MORE :yesnod: :cheers:

 

Total cost is under $8,000. I can't tell you an exact amount because it depends on what parts are salvageable- I'm hoping my block is still good. I'll know shortly.

Lamar- Thanks for the advice about MORE. I'll let you check it out when I get it back.


[Modified by 365ZUM, 12:41 PM 4/10/2002]

 

w@w thats not a bad price with labor & misc parts. i got my 383 for $4000.00 but by the time i added all the misc parts & labor im closer to the figure you are paying. im supposedly picking mine up this week? my mechanic is sooo busy he keeps pushing the pick up date forward on me. :rolleyes: summer is fastly approaching & i still have to paint the car. :sad:

 

Sounds very exciting, keep us posted!