Rebuilding my 700hp 408
I built this engine in 2004 and after 10 years of great service I believe it is time to finally crack it open and see what I see. I have already pulled it apart and beside a crank polish, new bearings, block hone, and new rings everything looks good to go. The only things I have/going to changed is that I went with T&D 1.6 rockers. Also on my 360-1 heads they were hand ported way back in the day by Indy. I sent them back to Indy to get them CNC ported with the Intake. I will be starting the rebuild tomorrow with all the pic that I can do.
Here is some history of the block and how I prepped it back in 2004. The block is a 1970 360 from a truck. After pulling seven or so blocks from junkyard trucks I finally found one that was the best of the best. Well as good as a 1970's vintage block could be. I have the right side oil passage drilled and copper tubed. All oil passages have been opened up to 1/2 inch except the holes going to the mains they are 9/32. Also instead off blocking the oil that goes up from main #1 to fill the left side lifters at the half inch hole behind the cam plate, I just blocked it at the oil passage right off the main with a set screw. This is way easier and looks much cleaner.
The Car is a 1966 dodge dart. Caltracs, 727, 8 3/4 4.30 spool, 28 x 10 Hoosier slicks "track" or 275/60r15 drag radials "street", stock front suspension with slant 6 torsion bars. The best the car has ran was 9.41 at 141mph. This is great but I did not want to run in the 9's and all the SFI, cage cert bullshit that went with it. So we pulled off the 1050 dominator and changed it to a Quick fuel 750. This was very nice because I can run 10.30 - 10.20 depending on air at about 129 - 131 also depends on air. I race in the NHRA heritage series in a class called hotrod. One more thing Yes this is street legal and still drive to cruise night and back home again. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. Once again I will be doing all the set up and building tomorrow. 8/4/14.
