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Thanks guys, found allready, not sure how to delete this thread.

All blasted, welded and painted K member. Also note the cool limiter strap added early in the cars life. Bolts right to one of the factory motor mount hole locations on the block. Simple, effective!

A little extra weld definitely helps while you got it apart!

Little factory welding, ray Charles style. But notice the horseshoe reinforcement specific to the 340 cars.

@Scott_ 69HemiDart i think I might have some pictures not sent, I could do a photo dump of all the in progress stuff I have if you would like

Up for sell is my recently completed personal project engine. Early 71 360 block, bored .040 over and torque plate honed. Studded with ARP studs, line honed, CBN square decked with BHJ fixture, bushed lifter bores, 4340 steel crank, coated bearings, internally neutral ballanced, H beam rods...

I have used ones from NAPA recently with good success also.

Is that all? I wouldn't think it would be worth the effort and time to do all that filming and editing for 200 bucks. Hes probably making 3 or 4 dollars a hour

See the one I have circled? Notice the pattern is off to the side? I see this often when I re-face brand new lifters. The lifter was held crooked when the spherical radius was ground on the face.

NONE of those look "fine" from here...

The real question is if a guy has 364,000 subscribers, and gets 30k views on a video, why don't the other 334,000 of his subscribers watch anymore?

In my shop I try NOT to build anything flat tappet. But when I do, I have a tobin-arp tappet grinder and I reface EVERY lifter that gets installed. I also save all the flat tappets I pull from core engines. The surface finish and radius is terrible on a bunch of the new ones right out of the box

I have discovered the ignore feature is a great thing! Not interested in a guy who doesn't own a car or build engines, giving out advice on a car forum. Dan the man with no car

You need to run the valve lash again sooner than later, unless you allready have. Car looks great on display!

Correct, trying to make sure he heard from other legitimate sources that it was gonna be a lot more expensive than originally expected. But at the end, scott didn't expect it to cost a lot, and I agreed to the reduced price because I felt bad for him, but it doesn't seem unreasonable to let...

Just for clarification, it's only been a few weeks, not "out of the woodwork after a year"

Well, I thought I would update the thread a bit, and highlight my shortcomings of keeping track of my labor hours. I, like many others, got caught up in the "coolness" of the build, and got all excited, almost forgetting I'm running a actual business. When I discussed the final cost with scott...

Depends on what brand, condition and age

Sounds great, let me know if I can help!

Send me a PM

I have one that I would probably sell, but no idea if it works or not.

Looking for a good used 727 transbrake if anyone has one laying around?

Lots of good mopar shops around, especially if your willing to travel a bit, or even ship

Really there was no one to blame but myself. I didn't document the time properly, and kinda screwed myself as a result. NOT Scott's fault, just frustrated at myself, really.

Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm gonna thicken my skin and try to hang around a bit more!

I realize I shouldn't have posted about this, it's just been bothering me for a long time. Bottom line is, the car is done, the customer is happy, end of story. My apologies to all you guys. Carry on!

Just wanted to explain my side of the story, as the builder, did it for pennies on the dollar, and I have nothing to say negative about the car owner, other than he was naive, and I got the short end of the financial stick.

Nick is not a engine "builder" he is a engine "assembler" and there is a difference. He has figured out how to take 10 minutes of content and stretch it out into 45 minute videos. That's how he makes money

AGAIN, not trying to throw scott under the bus, he didn't know what he was in for.