what shortblock to build? blew my engine
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what shortblock to build? blew my engine
what a great week... lost my job friday and found out today that my piston rings are toast... question is, what do i do now?
replacing the rings is boring so im thinking along the lines of either a nice 355 or 357, or a 377 or 383... now cash is going to be very tight for this seeing as im now jobless.. i applied at the local discount autoparts for the time being so hopefully they will hire me up..
now if i were to choose one of these setups, which is the BEST ALL AROUND for a daily driven street car? keep in mind that id like to hit some nice power to it, now how i attain that power is up in the air. the possible routes i were thinking are as followes:
355 or 357: forged and ready for a supercharger. those alone with the 3 angle valve job stock heads i have and a blower cam should net me some serious power (400+ is my goal) the question i have is can i use my stock crank with over 400 hp in an engine that will rev pretty high?
also anyone know of a good rotating assemble to buy for this? ill be using my stock block more than likely.
other options are 377 or 383.. this engine would be for all motor.. cast crank probably cast rods and forged pistons( just incase the nitrous bug bites again). again id be on the stock block. plans would be shortblock, ported stock heads and a nice sized cam.
which of these two setups will be better for daily use? also which do you think would be cheaper to do? by cheaper i mean the shortblock.. power adders and heads cam would come later.. which ever shortblock i chose would end up getting my stock heads back on and probably the stock cam if it could handle it at least for the time being.. any opinions are appreciated.. again this is up in the air and i just want to see what works and what doesnt
replacing the rings is boring so im thinking along the lines of either a nice 355 or 357, or a 377 or 383... now cash is going to be very tight for this seeing as im now jobless.. i applied at the local discount autoparts for the time being so hopefully they will hire me up..
now if i were to choose one of these setups, which is the BEST ALL AROUND for a daily driven street car? keep in mind that id like to hit some nice power to it, now how i attain that power is up in the air. the possible routes i were thinking are as followes:
355 or 357: forged and ready for a supercharger. those alone with the 3 angle valve job stock heads i have and a blower cam should net me some serious power (400+ is my goal) the question i have is can i use my stock crank with over 400 hp in an engine that will rev pretty high?
also anyone know of a good rotating assemble to buy for this? ill be using my stock block more than likely.
other options are 377 or 383.. this engine would be for all motor.. cast crank probably cast rods and forged pistons( just incase the nitrous bug bites again). again id be on the stock block. plans would be shortblock, ported stock heads and a nice sized cam.
which of these two setups will be better for daily use? also which do you think would be cheaper to do? by cheaper i mean the shortblock.. power adders and heads cam would come later.. which ever shortblock i chose would end up getting my stock heads back on and probably the stock cam if it could handle it at least for the time being.. any opinions are appreciated.. again this is up in the air and i just want to see what works and what doesnt
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Re: what shortblock to build? blew my engine
If you need cheap but yet effective, go with the summit forged rebuild kit and then purchase some Forged Eagle I Beam Rods. Get your stock crank polished or ground, whichever the mechine shops thinks is necessary. I would then have them install it so you dont have to worry about messing something up. It costed me a total of 900 for them to do all the machine work plus the shortblock build. Then the total for the summit kit and the rods comes to about 800. So you are $1700 in the hole with a new forged block.
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