451 Stroker Build

Work has taken me on the road, so "hobbies" have been put on the slow burner for now. Here is what progress we have made:

Building high RPM's is a bit of concern, however we are staying with the parts we have, so no changes. With that said, we spoke advancing the cam a few degrees to lower this. Good in theory.

Next, inspection of the block shows #3 has about a 2" vertical crack - new block is in the process. Yes, he did sonic it when we started, builder is kicking himself right now. This has been a project for about 3 years (Yes years, long story and I am not Tolstoy).

T&D rockers - AndyF, you stated T&D had their logo embossed on the rockers. This concerned me a bit, the new ones do not. I seen some others that did, but not all did. I went to T&D and asked this question, statement I got was ambiguous at best, not all do. Yes, first set turned out to be knock off's, high quality knock-offs, but still.

Now I will am building a a 470 which has been in the works for a few months, I will start a thread on this. I can see why projects and people get very discouraged.

All, thanks for the input, insight.

Charles