Recent content by Mean416

Any of the larger cam recommendations here will need a matching converter. Proceed accordingly

Thanks for clarifying. Agreed, if it's a situation where a guy is "using what he has laying around" then by all means, get it going any way you can. I just start to take issue if people frame it as *these old 302 heads are awesome " because in reality, compared to just about anything else...

This 360, with 360 heads, with 2.02 valves, made 414 ft lbs. We don't have side by side graphs to compare but I'd bet the kitchen sink this engine makes more power off idle than the same engine with 273 heads. Only thing 273 heads have going for them vs 360 open chambers is more compression...

Get a 5.9 magnum junkyard motor. Call up Oregon cams and get a regrind. Get a cheap air gap and a decent carb. You'll have a 350 hp engine with a broad power curve.

I don't believe a 360 with a 273 top end would make more low end power than a 360 with a 360 top end.

To each his own. I couldn't afford to devote that kind of time to something like that

And you think, if I pick up a die grinder myself, I'll be able to reproduce these results? And how many hours involved? (I know the answer - no. And I also know I'd have 30-40 hours wrapped up in the deal.) Better to go with speed master or the like.

I don't agree with it, because it's misleading. Guys trust this **** and copy it, spend lots of time and money, only to get **** results. Just calling a turd a turd. Why should anyone run stock SBM heads: 1. You're just building a basic street cruiser or a restoration - you want a stock...

Crazy how many man hours have been poured into projects like this. Not just the guy porting these heads, but all the copycat misinformed guys that will be working their *** off only to get - at best - marginal improvements. Some myths need to laid to rest. One is that 302 heads - and really -...

I'm sure the rods are fine. I wouldn't worry about them beyond the normal balancing, and bearing clearance checks.

What I find funny is that they're having to remove the summit branding to make them "scat" branded. Meaning the batch was probably primarily made for summit.

Buncha whining about cheap Chinese parts but it's not like there's no USA options. You just have to pay for them. Summit s stuff is all private label. It's not surprising at all. The real thing to ask yourself is... would the USA part be better than the Chinese part?

Clarification. A a micrometer, in conjunction with a bore gage.

You can't measure piston bore clearance with a set of calipers. You need a bore gage.

It would be neat to find and oddball old school stroker setup, but I couldn't imagine spending money to offset grind a crank these days, with how cheaply you can get an off the shelf stroker assembly.