Well, after talking with my Dad the other day about getting this motor installed, he brought up a very good point. The motor has pretty much been sitting around in the garage for about 10 years now without being turned over at all. Some worries are, valve springs losing tension due to sitting in one position that long, dried out seals, etc... The last thing I want to worry about is getting the motor reinstalled and have it let go right away. So I called the builder today and they say that as just an estimate, it will be between 1200-2000 for the motor depending on what needs to be done to it. They could not give me a for sure price until they get the motor and tear it down. Basically he is gonna tear it down, hot tank the block, and then once he finds out what is good/bad in the motor he can give me a more solid answer. He says with the low miles on it, he should be able to just renew the piston rings, hone, do headwork, and basically go through the whole motor. He also recommended going to a roller setup for the cam, lifters, rockers and said I will need a bigger carb as the 650 is holding back the potential. Based on what we talked about he suggested the 770 Holley Avenger. This all includes the inital cranking, break-in and dyno tuning stating the motor should net somewhere around 400hp to the rear wheels once finished. I plan to bring the motor to him next month so I will keep you all posted. What you all think? Any recommendations/suggestions?
