I'll try to reach out to him today my dilemma is, I was trying to build this with my son who suddenly has a fascination with old cars and motors and how they work. I was hoping to find a conditioned .030 over 360 block to build a 408 stroker and show him how to do the research and go to machine shops with him, since kids doing anything outside of staying in the house and playing on the internet is a rarity, I thought this would be a great opportunity to pass on some Valuable knowledge, I do have some skills with old cars albeit, I'm a bit rusty and everything I know is about Chevrolet's but luckily I found you guys.My pleasure
The way I notified him, he will know we were talking about him, so he will see this thread
I'll try to reach out to him today my dilemma is, I was trying to build this with my son who suddenly has a fascination with old cars and motors and how they work. I was hoping to find a conditioned .030 over 360 block to build a 408 stroker and show him how to do the research and go to machine shops with him, since kids doing anything outside of staying in the house and playing on the internet is a rarity, I thought this would be a great opportunity to pass on some Valuable knowledge, I do have some skills with old cars albeit, I'm a bit rusty and everything I know is about Chevrolet's but luckily I found you guys.
So what I'm trying to do is:
find a .030 over 360 block
have my son help with research on what running gear we want to run
i.e. steel crank vs cast I beam vs H beam rods etc. Waiting for blueprint engines to go back to short block production might be a problem for you see I am dealing with the wife factor, I have to secretly save up to buy parts because she likes to stare at money in the savings acct go figure.
Machine shops because he's interested in whole cycle of engine/car restorationwell, one thing you may consider is the following...Johnny probably sees more short blocks in a day then most of us do in a year
so it there is anyone on here who i would trust to tell me if the crack you are seeing in your block would be an issue, it is him
secondly, why are you looking for a .030 over block AND taking the boy to machine shops?
seems to me, if the block is .030 over, the machining is done, BUT if you are going to a machine shop anyway, who cares what the bore is? (provided you can bore over still, of course)
if you really want him to do some research, why not pose the LA/magnum question to him?
(if i were starting over, i wouldnt go with an LA, but that is me)
Thanks everyone for tagging me in. You guys Rock!! With the industry the way it is at the moment, we have paused Shortblocks. Every spot on the line is needed for longblocks and complete engines. That being said....if you don't already have a nice set of aluminum heads sitting there, or if you need machine work, etc, I can't see anyone being able to buy new parts and set them in a pile on the ground, for what we deliver a dyno tested, warrantied, engine for.
so again to clarify, we are still building longlbocks, and complete engines, and complete drivetrain packages. the shortblocks, are whats on "hold" for the time being.
everything in this link is available, besides the stripped shortblock. we just have long lead times, like everyone else right now.
BluePrint Engines[Hi, Any idea when you might be able to squeeze out the short block SKU: BPC4085?
It's hard to trust what your getting from junk yard blocks or private seller blocks, the person could be trying to recoup money they lost on a bad purchase and stick me with the loss, I got lucky once already and the guy is giving me back my money. just safer to do it with a guarantee backing it know what I mean?I don't understand why you don't find a good standard bore block or core and have your machine shop bore and hone it? At least this way you know the quality of the machine work, assuming you use a good machine shop.
I agree with all you said, but those blocks are as hard to find as a 340 around these parts!I would look for a 89-90? Roller cam LA 360 motor. It will have the 308 heads and usually a roller cam. Plus it is an LA 360 not a Magnum. So you can use LA parts on it like aluminum intakes.