Barn motor ideas...

[good2win22]

I have a new flex plate on the list.  Thanks for the part number. 

[good2win22]

Momma and the kids along with the in-laws are off to Riodoso for the week.  That gave me some free time with the barn motor in between taking care of animals. Here's some pics of the bottom end all buttoned up.  Main bearing clearances were .0015 and rods were .0016 with the number 5 at .0015.  Kind of tight for what I'm familiar with assembling but hey, stock specs are way tighter and looser at the same time .0005 to .0026. Glad I checked your site Steve when talking to the machinist. I think he hit it on the nail! 

[Scoobum]

Looks nice!

[larrym]

Very nice and with those clearances you should be happy with the oil pressure.

[good2win22]

Larry, since earl has been missing, I went with a timing cover and pump from TA. Oil passages looked really nice right out of the box which surprised me as the main caps still needed the corners touched up. 

[nocooler]

Looks like a stout shortblock!

[Scoobum]

Looks like a stout shortblock!

With the TA heads he'll blow my 1/8th mile time outta da' water.

[nocooler]

Damn! how did I miss that? That's going to be a bad bitch.

[TexasT]

With the suspension work to hook it up in thinking it will crack the 5s in the eighth. At least that's what I'm predicting.

It's gonna be a bad street car. Especially with all that chrome and the sofa for a front seat. I dig it.

[Scoobum]

With the 6262 it'll go 10.2x all in on a low 1.5 launch in good air. I'm arriving at this number...as Bison squeezed into the 9's on a 1.48 launch with a 6265...which makes another 30HP all in.

[good2win22]

My goals are not for a low 10 second car.  My goals are to have a powerplant capable of reaching and taking the abuse of multiple high 9 / low 10 second passes but not drive it that hard.  My theory is it that it will stay together longer from high 10 / low 11 second passes.  It could blow doing either.  I guess I'm just hoping that I can make more of the slower passes before it does

[Scoobum]

Stay out of KR and it'll last forever. Set it for 6.90 to 7.20...be quick on the tree...and you won't lose many races. When you have a lead on a guy...ease off the loud pedal...and coast for the wins. Don't show anyone what the car is capable of.

[Scoobum]

Jason...what brand of head gaskets are you using? I got stuck using Felpros on this engine in the car now. I think their quality level has slipped.

[good2win22]

I went with felpro 1026

[Pyro6]

My goals are not for a low 10 second car.  My goals are to have a powerplant capable of reaching and taking the abuse of multiple high 9 / low 10 second passes but not drive it that hard.  My theory is it that it will stay together longer from high 10 / low 11 second passes.  It could blow doing either.  I guess I'm just hoping that I can make more of the slower passes before it does

Sounds like a repeat of our conversation a couple years ago? A low 11's car makes an awesome street car and competitive at the track if you kill the tree like Scoobum said. My experience is it's a big jump from high 10's to the high 9's.