Paid 800 for a nice "runner" and a trailer load of other parts. Sold some of the excess parts for $400, traded some other parts for a 49 OD 3 spd trans. Bought new .060 over pistons, timing gear, bearings, and a gasket set. Bored the block, did a valve job, mild port and relief, and rebuilt the "runner" myself with milled heads, headers, and an EAC cam. $800 - $400 + $350 = $750 so far... Still needs a nice intake, water pumps, and a distributor. I'm shooting for $1250 and a lot of time spent!
296 ci 8BA It started with a nice crack free 60 over block w johnsons (got lucky at pickNpull) and a good deal on some very nice edelbrock heads and fentons from a fellow socker dad. 4 1/8 crank 21 A rods 3 3/8’’ Ross forged pistons Cleveite bearings Isky 400 jr Isky springs New alum. Timing gear Indexabal crank gear (three key ways for +4 std -4 ) Stainless Chevy valves New seats New guides All ARP bolts and studs New speedway water pumps Merc oil pan (w windage tray) Rebuilt og Johnson’s Old Mallory duel point (polished) Merc timing cover (polished) Thickston Pm7 (polished) Two Stromberg 48’s (not built yet) Repo thickston air filter (fully polished) Edelbrock early heads (cnc’ed chambers - domes and fully polished) Fenton cast headers All machined ( baked and tumbled - bored- honed - decked - balanced) smooothed ports Iv got about five grand in it at this point.
Evertime I think about hearing it run makes me smile... You never want to keep track of what you really spend when building a hotrod...
Just bought My very own Flathead today.. I see one broke ass Irishman in my future with the money most of you have spent. I appreciate all the post it has definatly shed some light on things for me. Its a complete pretty clean 8eab w/ 4 spd tran. for $400. Let the fun begin
my coupe's engine original 4' french block, edelbrock heads (425), isky 364 cam, isky springs, porting, speedway shorty, 2x 94 on top, mitchell intake, 4/71 blower, lightweight flywheel, chevy ignition with pertronix... some $$$$ but I don't know exactly how much my roadster engine Stroker scatt 304ci kit, ross pistons, scatt rods, scsat crank 4' 1/4, french block from 1987 (yes it's possible) , ported and gasket matched, 1.6 milodon valves, isky springs, literio l100 cam, navarro heads and intake, 2 x 94 8ba carbs, Hunt magneto look (unilite inside), aluminium flywheel, LONG clutch, aluminium oil pan. Lot of$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ too much...
Well I had a little extra time today so I took the heads aand manifold off to have a looksy and it looked pretty good. I used a razor to check the top of the decks and I didnt see anything that worried me. I checked the cylinders and they were nice and smooth.All the cylinders were filled with oil as well as the intake. I dont have a tool to take the retainers or valve springs off so I am going to look into that tomorrow
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