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Nov 29, 2004 | 07:41 PM

panchop

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willa BBC fit

can i fit a BBC into the engine compartment of a C4 ?

Nov 29, 2004 | 07:53 PM

CFI-EFI

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Yes.

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Nov 29, 2004 | 08:24 PM

mikey whipreck

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I believe both ski_dwn_it and corkvette1 have bb 434's in theirs... I think it's 434, might be 404...

Someone was able to shoehorn in a BB supercharged 454... He is now legendary

Nov 29, 2004 | 08:53 PM

ZF Six

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Originally Posted by mikey whipreck

Cork's and Ski's are small block 434s.

Lingenfelter has put a couple BBCs in some C4s.

Nov 29, 2004 | 09:09 PM

CFI-EFI

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I believe both ski_dwn_it and corkvette1 have bb 434's in theirs... I think it's 434, might be 404...

Both have 434's. The 434 is a small block with a 4.155 bore, which is a stock 400, bored .030" over and a 4.00" stroke. Both used to have 406's, which are simply, .030" over 400's.

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Nov 29, 2004 | 10:32 PM

panchop

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well just looked at a roller, maybe it can be done but not by me...

Nov 29, 2004 | 10:38 PM

mikey whipreck

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Originally Posted by CFI-EFI

Both have 434's. The 434 is a small block with a 4.155 bore, which is a stock 400, bored .030" over and a 4.00" stroke. Both used to have 406's, which are simply, .030" over 400's.

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Ah... I assumed anything above 400 or so would need to be built on a big block... interesting

Nov 29, 2004 | 10:52 PM

bogus

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nope.

There are small blocks made by Motown Blocks that will go to 454.

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Nov 29, 2004 | 10:58 PM

19corvette91

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assumed

something i never do when giving people tech info about expensive cars

Nov 30, 2004 | 12:56 AM

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88421VETTE

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Originally Posted by bogus

nope.

There are small blocks made by Motown Blocks that will go to 454.

they now have a 472 sb seen it on hp tv but it's like 6k for a short block

Nov 30, 2004 | 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by 88421VETTE

they now have a 472 sb seen it on hp tv but it's like 6k for a short block

Actually you can get a "nickle" out of a tall deck small block (that's 500" for those not familiar with engine vernacular).

Big block swaps are not common but quite a few of them have been done. I did a carbed BBC swap on an '84 almost 10 years ago. TonyDee on here has a BBC/ProCharger combo in his C4 (and he has in fact, become legendary because of it). I've got another friend that used to be on the VetteNet that bought an LPE built '91 'vert with a 540 in it...
-Jeb