well, yes.
Yep 2300 gaskets and such
I don't know for sure if he still has the parts list. He got some awesome deals on those eBay stores, he showed me the cost difference and ebay was a lot cheaper than the mail order stores.
Going by that, it would cost like $6500 for a 360 horsepower 360. It's been said on here that you can get 400 horsepower from a 5.9 with bolt ons.
You're missing the key word, reliable. like I'm not afraid of taking it to the limit.
yea that's usually where the first 2 grand goes
or if you're like me, the first 2K goes into buying a block, and then a crank and rods, then realizing that one or all of that is crap so then you buy better stuff, and you're half way to 6700 before you hit the machine shop and the heads you bought off johnny race gas needs exhaust seats and all the guides, so you might as well upgrade that **** too cuz they're bro'ing you out at the machine shop but it'll be like 3 months till you see any of your parts back.
He ran speedmaster cylinder heads and he did all of his own port work. Remember, this is a sbc and they cost about half of what a sbm would cost. I wish that I could remember the name of the parts that he used. He got a forged crankshaft for $400. Like I mentioned earlier he bought everything from ebay stores. I believe that the machine work costs $1500.00. You need to check out those eBay stores if you already haven't done so. They have some good prices on their products. Compression ratio was 12.5:1, 6" "H" beam rods, I think that the intake is a victor and a holley 850, 1 3/4" headers, comp sft cam I don't remember the specs. I'll see if he still has the parts list and prices.
He ran stock 400 block. I don't remember the exact details but he said something about the block having a higher nickel content I believe it was. I do know that it was a truck block that he had machined for 4 bolt splayed main caps, align bored, bored / honed 0.030" with torque plates, had 0.010" cut from the deck surface. Ran forged pistons, "H" beam rods, comp roller rocker arms, balanced, he selected parts, machine work, assembly in case he decided to use nitrous. But he never did. Transmission was a built turbo 350 and a ford 9" with 4.10 or 4.56 gears, I don't remember anymore on the gear ratio. I think that he ran a 4000 stall. Anyway, 406 sbc cranking out 650 flywheel horsepower for under 7k isn't bad
I'm calling BS. Especially using Speedmaster Heads. 650hp sbc is in AFR , Brodix territory.
He bought the cylinder heads new but I don't know if they were bare or not. I do know that he had a 3 angle valve job done along with a back cut on the valve's. He reworked the bowl area. But my luck would be like you said. Now he's building a 4.3 V/6 for his vega. Heads are stock, they are ported,milled 0.030", thinner head gaskets, he's running the biggest factory 4.3 cam, custom built headers, edelbrock intake with a fuel injection set up, hei distributor, od transmission and 3.73 gears. He's looking for 250 flywheel horsepower. It's strictly a fun car for cruises
You can think that if you want to. I'll see what size intake runner's those heads have. The engine was designed and built to spin to 7500-8000 rpm's. This guy knows his stuff.
Remember, he did port work on those heads too. He's a darn good mechanic
