Who here has one and what has been done to it?? Where did you get the speed parts? How do you identify the cubic inches for these engines??
Here is my new 230 that I set in place yesterday. I blew up my 218 on the way home from Joplin last month. Had a "new" 230 on the engine stand but work schedule and family stuff has slowed the process. Should have it fired and running this weekend. I say "new" as the engine was rebuilt at some point not long before I purchased it. Tore it down and everything looked extremely clean inside and checked out OK. There was no sludge build up at all and the cylinders / bearings were all in good shape. The motor was pulled from a 57 Plymouth that a HAMBer in Houston purchased and put a 360 in. Anyway it was bored 30 over and has been balanced as evidenced by the massaging of the crank counterweights and rods. Not a bad deal for $150 bucks with the transmission and A/C pump attached. Still need to take care of a few small details like looms for the plug wires and throttle linkage etc. Will update the progress once I have it running. Purchased by intake, headers from Langdon's Stovebolt Engine Co. and the new head from Edgy Speed Shop.
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