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[Lowrider]

 

[89 Fox 427]

Delete that dumb fuckin video. It does not apply to this pan.

There's a swell in the tube that will NOT go any further into the compression fitting. When bottomed out the dipstick does not touch the oil with 7 quarts in the pan. The tube had to be cut.

You'd assume moroso with moroso would be more compatible

 

[wickSS]

Delete that dumb fuckin video. It does not apply to this engine.

There's a swell in the tube that will NOT go any further into the compression fitting. When bottomed out the dipstick does not touch the oil with 7 quarts in the pan. The tube had to be cut.

You'd assume moroso with moroso would be more compatible

Had a similar situation this past Friday. A buddy of mine that does my inspections had his buddy stop by for an oil change in his ‘69 Camaro yenko clone. Car looks nice blah blah. He bought the car in October and drives the shit out of it.

Get it up in the air and looking. It has a ZL1 427 with a Steph’s oil pan. Pops the plug and about 4 quarts come out. Maybe! Oil was so black it looked like it could have been 3-4 years old!! The dipstick had 3 lines carved into it and nothing made sense. Looked like a 7 qt pan. Who knows. The guy got no info on the engine really.

The seller was asking $120 for the car. He lowered it to $100 and sold it to this guy for $70. I’m starting to see why. As I’m looking at the underneath I’m starting to see a lot of hackery that’s well hidden. Like the fuel system. Has the factory 3/8 line off the top of the tank with a braided lint hose clamped on. Then transitions to aluminum line. Small mechanical pump.

Supposed to make a ton of power. If this thing makes 400, I’d be really surprised. 2.5” exhaust through an X pipe and dumping directly on the sway bar bushings. Might be 2” from outlet to rubber bushings.


I realize I’m rambling now. I guess the point I was trying to make is these dipsticks need measured to get a more accurate reading.

 

[kwplot34]

I have a Canton 7qt pan with the same dip stick. I installed the pan and put 6qt's in it, that's all I wanted in the pan. Gave the oil time to run down to the pan and checked the the level on the stick, luckily it was right on the full mark and no adjustments needed. Put 1qt in the filter and installed it.
Simple process.

 

[89 Fox 427]

Chinese fucks.. they know..

 

[DHR Darren]

The only thing he wouldn't be thrilled about is the lack of skill from the previous builder/s. Beyond that it's just making sure your parts are correct this time.

Have a machinist buddy and he has re-rebuilt many engines i brought which were fresh builds from other shops that were terrible out of the box. The things we have seen or caught (when they bring in their parts) is pretty amazing.

Don't even get me started on big named builders fucking up engines!

 

[89 Fox 427]

Starting playing the game called squeaky wheel.

It's where you call the guy that has your engine block every day, twice a day, and leave a voicemail. After 4 days of ignoring my calls he text me yesterday to say "he'll call me later".

I don't know what later means, so we'll see how many months that takes

 

[Torque Command]

I should buy stock in Blueprint Engines.

Apparently you just click on the item you want and a new engine, fully assembled with a warranty, shows up in a reasonable amount of time.

 

[MGBChuck]

I should buy stock in Blueprint Engines.

Apparently you just click on the item you want and a new engine, fully assembled with a warranty, shows up in a reasonable amount of time.

A friend who has a 190mph S/C dragster went through several VERY reputable left coast engine builders, very nice engines, just awhile to get them. Ordered a all aluminum 632ci from RM, in 2 weeks it arrived, 200 hits on it, so far so good (dyno sheet said 1308hp, single carb, NA)

 

[Patriot Racer]

Starting playing the game called squeaky wheel.

It's where you call the guy that has your engine block every day, twice a day, and leave a voicemail. After 4 days of ignoring my calls he text me yesterday to say "he'll call me later".

I don't know what later means, so we'll see how many months that takes

I’m not saying this to try to sound tough, but I’d be taking a drive to the shop, loading my shit up and taking it with me.

 

[Patriot Racer]

Maybe if everyone from Phantom Bullet calls he will help you out?

 

[89 Fox 427]

He said he was sick....

I'm driving north on Sunday, was hoping to drop off everything for him to assemble the shortblock which I mentioned in text after he responded. No response.

So I'll likely have to drive 3 hours back down to pick up parts, or deliver parts.. it's a fucking joke honestly

 

[chief many horses]

My last machine shop does great work but for New pistons, balance and bore it was a year. My buddy dropped his MIGHTY 351C off there before I drop mine off. When I picked mine up four of my rods and pistons were hanging out of a piston box with 351C on the side. And he still didn’t have his back.
And of course that was the first thing I did was sent him a picture Lmao

 

[Patriot Racer]

He said he was sick....

I'm driving north on Sunday, was hoping to drop off everything for him to assemble the shortblock which I mentioned in text after he responded. No response.

So I'll likely have to drive 3 hours back down to pick up parts, or deliver parts.. it's a fucking joke honestly

I gave you a solution. It just requires more driving, but it will get done.

 

[Patriot Racer]

I know you didn’t ask me to do this, but I was curious. He told me mine would be 6-8 weeks and he called me two weeks later and said it was ready.

It’s an option.

 

[89 Fox 427]

I do believe that I'll have an answer tomorrow, but at this moment here is where my heart is.

Yes I'll be leaving horsepower on the table with my cam, heads, and carb, but upgrading later is easy. And it sure will be a snappy, fun little street car with gobs of torque and rev like a chainsaw. dyno numbers I've seen with similar 185 heads on that many cubes is well over 500lb ft from 2700 to 5500. I'm not going to complain about that.

This car will be a street car for a long time. 0-80mph pulls for fun. 1/8 mile test and tune for fun. Will it fall on its face over 6k rpm, sure. Do I care....

We'll see.

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SB Ford 351W/438 Stroker, Dart Block, Scat 4340 Forged Steel 4.100 Crankshaft, Scat 6.200 H Beam Rods, JE 9.7:1 Dish Pistons,

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[Patriot Racer]

I see the option for engine use. I know you wanted a supercharger later, are you going to have them gap the rings for a power adder or stay NA?

 

[SteveTX]

I see the option for engine use. I know you wanted a supercharger later, are you going to have them gap the rings for a power adder or stay NA?

That was what I was just thinking.

 

[89 Fox 427]

I see the option for engine use. I know you wanted a supercharger later, are you going to have them gap the rings for a power adder or stay NA?

I will ask them the down sides to running NA with rings gapped for boost.

I've said procharger for many years, and I don't see that changing

 

[Torque Command]

When they tested SBF heads on Engine Masters there was surprisingly little difference between the smallest and largest AFR heads.
It's going to be a tire fryer for sure.