Just doing the regular benchracing with my self and trying to figure out the direction i want to take with the car.Been of the road for way to long and cant get the things i need to do done due to weather so im stuck thinking of what to do for an engine once the rustrepairs are done.
Got a 340 with fresh .030 over bores,ported Edelbrock rpm 340 heads,some old ported J-heads a couple stock forged cranks,Eagle H-Beam rods,stock 340 rods,a edelbrock tunnelram,a few different carbs including a E85dominator, Airgap intakemanifold, a billet intakemaniold that needs a few more odds and ends, a lysholm 3.3L twinscrew,a dead 904 transmission with a fresh custom 3500rpm converter, some 1 7/8" TTI smallblock headers and Hooker 1 3/4"supercomps. XR280R cam. Old Crane gold rockers...Two sets of solid roller lifters.
Its a bunch of parts that could result in a variety of things but in need of new pistons with balancing and possibly a bunch of milling on the heads if it stays NA and stock stroke,it needs a new oilpan,it could realy use all new studs or atleast bolts since they have been stretched countless times and who knows how long those ancient rockers wants to stay alive.
Or it could be turned into a stroker for not much more money,but at that point: do i keep my H-beams and get a forged crank and pistons or take the easy way out and get a a complete forged piston/castcrank Scat kit do i go with the dishpistons and alitle to low compression unless milling the heads or the flattops that will put me on the edge of pumpgascompression with the cam i have?
Oh it needs a flexplate to.
And the usual suspected endless amount of other small odds and ends.
Also that broken half bolthole on the rear of the block do i just ignore it again and just run a big washer or do i create a new corner with some chemical metal?
Or do i go retard as was originaly planed all those years ago and put that twinscrew on that poor 340? Or do i go absolute full retard and put that screw ontop of that poor 340 with a stroker crank aswell?
Or will i just sell that 340 to someone who realy wants a 340 for it being a 340 and start selling of smallblock parts and start looking for a 5.7Hemi or do i start to look for a bigblock?
Ok this ended up a long post with just some of the options of what goes thru my head regarding what to do with the engine part of my build since i cant get the things i want to do done and that means im stuck benchracing..
That cars looking good.
