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We did. The stock 4 barrel intake only flows 400 cfm and with the stock exhaust manifolds it put up numbers a little better than factory. Once I...
Thinking about making a small run of this alternator bracket arm I fabbed up yesterday. Local fab shop has a CNC plasma. If I get enough interest...
390 there’s no replacement for displacement
Not sure on the carb size, he did say it was easy to change the jetting without removing the bowls. I have a 650 double pumper I was going to use...
Me too! The only thing is I don’t know how accurate the numbers will be on it because we are using the dyno Holley 4 bbl on the stock intake,...
Ready for break-in on the dyno[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Yes it does. Got it from O’Brien Truckers
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Yes they are. With ARP rod bolts, floating pins and bushings
Here’s the info on my 390 pistons for those who have asked [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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this is what we came up with as far as an offset bushing. It is within a couple degrees of the cam card now but this is the only bushing he had....
The rocker arm assemblies I’m using came from them. Nice quality
NOS sbc lifters. $200 from Ebay[ATTACH]
Yes, Z/28 springs were very close to the recommended spring pressures Schneider cams called for. Had to get cups for the spring bases as the sbc...
We are talking about (if I have to use the timing chain set I have) possibly slotting the bolt holes and making an offset bushing for the cam gear.
that has been talked about. The other issue is the new chain is a little sloppy
probably end up cutting some valve pockets. Anybody know of a good quality timing set or a way to change to a double roller set? The “Engine pro”...
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well worth it because you can see it if you look close [ATTACH]
Sorry, I should have added that there is a crank adapter/spacer to take in account the thickness of the bellhousing adapter and the center bolt...
Yes, uses a Powermaster mini starter and an 11” 168 tooth Chevrolet flywheel
Racetec
390 update. Rotating assembly balanced. Head machine work done. Block work is next! Speed Gems Transmission adapter trimmed down to match the...
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