That is ****ING AWSOME. I like his sig. He sold two cars for one car and two engines.

 

Thats awesome. Please keep us updated and post more pics.

PS. My wife thinks you are crazy.

 

Thats aweson, and crazy. Voiding warranty right off the showroom floor.

 

yes and no

 

i love it...

 

I salute you sir!

 

lucky! i wish i were mechanically inclined to be able to build my own motors!

 

Sounds like you would've been a good candidate for a body in white car if only you could register it.

Buy some books and keep reading the tech forums and you'll find that it's easier than you think when you are well informed and have the slightest bit of mechanical knowledge.

 

engine is done for the most part, just waiting for gm to get the camaro in the parts catalog so i can get the correct oil pan and pick-up tube, and i need to order my stall converter yet.

 

That's what I get too, hoping for a little better through some more tuning.

Those parts look great - makes me want to build another engine! Good luck with it!

 

what kind of number do you think your going to be getting out of that?

 

over 550hp at the crank, i have talked to a couple vette guys with 415/416ci strokers like mine and they make around 500hp to the wheels behind a manual trans

 

so its a 415ci 6.8l? why not just build a 7.0 427 up? it sounds like the motor you built will be pretty bullet proof but why did you choose that motor? plan on doing a blower to it?

 

its a proven combo with no exotic parts, should be very reliable, i could have went with a 4.1" stroke crank and got a few more cubes but then any power adder would not be recomended because the piston gets a little thin on top,, so i went with a 4" stroke and a good forged piston so i can spray it at the track


also my s-10 went 10.50's in the 1/4 with just a junkyard 6.0L and unported L92 heads and a small shot, so this engine will be way better than the 6.0L i had,, should be fun, even though the camaro will be about 700# heavier than the s-10 was

 

pretty cool. id like to just drop in the 7.0 crate motor if i had the place to do it.