349 CI on the cheap

I believe Mal has and I'm in the process of finishing mine. But I'm doing mine a bit different than originally posted as the pistons are getting harder to find. So I'm using stock pistons and remachining them to fit. I worked out the clearences this past week with different heads. The pistons are very similar to a low compression Hemi in shape of the top. The piston will come out of the block .075 and leave the ring lan .200 down from the top after the machining. I'm going to use a stock cheater cam with 272/274 @ .050 106 and .474/.493 lift. With the amount of overlap in the cam the cylinder pressure should be in the 175 psi range. My compression ratio will be 14.68 with a 57 cc head. It would be in the mid 12.6 range with a 68 cc head, then run a cam with some over lap. This will be with a .022 MP head gasket, this could be reduced even more with a .055 gasket thats available.

I want to have this engine ready hopefully by the end of January 09 to be tested in Febuary 09. I didn't have the time this past year to finish it as work calls before play. I'm also making some changes in the heads that weren't done before.

Also with a .055 head gasket the cylinder pressure should be in the 130 psi range with the 68 cc head at just under 12:1 compression, but this will be dependant on the camshaft used. As centerlines and over lap changes this drastically.