Project Midnight Swinger

mopowers said

I'd go low buck rebuild with what you've got and toss it back together. It's a snowball like you said. You've gotta establish a stopping point. Pistons, rings, bearings, basic machine work and run the *****. You can always build something else "bigger and better" later when the car is still on the road being enjoyed.

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I really thought I had a handle on that, this was just supposed to be a slap it in a run motor.

I am glad I tore it down though. There’s no way it had more than 7 to 1 compression, it would have been a dog if I ran out how I got it. It definitely would’ve been a dog with a .528 cam and a single plane intake with the big carb.

I’m going to trust the machinist to give me an honest assessment of what I should do. My budget will limit everything in the end. Hopefully he agrees with what I think needs to be done and I can get this motor done right.