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He will be lucky if he doesn't scatter that 427 ford with his malfunctioning dyno. Clown shop

A RUNNING 734 HP hemi, that needed 2 carb kits turned into a shortblock and a total reconfiguration. unreal

And probably how much more money can the customer pay to "redo" a perfectly fine running engine.

And he STILL claims its supposed to be "750" horsepower when he has the old 734 hp dyno sheet.

All this talk about the 572 hemi, and guess what showed up at my shop this morning? A freakin 528 cube version.

I mean, doesn't everyone use a hammer to adjust the timing?

Especially since nick STILL has no idea what the timing curve looks like

At this point I have determined nick is another "youtube celebrity" who is OBVIOUSLY not qualified to be working on anything of that level. His diagnostic skills are extremely poor.

I feel sorry for the owner of that engine. Hes probably paying a lot of money to stand around and watch a guy cluster-f#$k his new purchase. All the while standing there grinning and giving a thumbs up as the poor thing labors on 4 cylinders. Unbelievable

Especially for someone who hasn't built a engine in decades. Time has past that guy on by

And somehow it escapes him that with 4 dead cylinders, its GONNA be rich....

It just goes to show, you can be obviously incompetent to run a dyno shop, and STILL have a cult following on the internet. Unbelievable how shitty this guys diagnostic skills are. And I feel sorry for the poor suckers paying him BIG money by the hour to fumble around clueless and make baseless...

Both bore size AND stroke affect the swept volume.

You are wrong. I have had more than one untouched 383 in my shop, and they do indeed have a positive deck height

Small bore sizes make it harder also. Less swept volume

I believe the 69 ones were positive deck if my memory serves me correctly

To adjust main bearing clearance for one, and to straighten all 5 housing bores. They are often out of line slightly after 50+ years and millions of heat cycles

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...

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

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

If it's too tight, the whole world will know, if it's to loose only you will know. Think about it

Used them in aluminum LS blocks, they do work great.

That engine definitely does not sound happy. And I agree, sounds like it's missing on one cylinder at least.

Zero cause for concern

What ever happened to your old duster street car?

Sounds like great news!

In theory yes, but in real life...NO

You cannot do it that way. The timing specs are based on tappet lift, NOT valve lift and you cannot figure it mathematically because you dont know your actual rocker ratio, not to mention your geometry will effect rocker ratio