another freaking engine build thread

txstang84 said

I will say this though, you don't need compression to make good power-IQ52 has a thread over in the performance issues section where he took a stock bottom end 440 with ported 516 heads, a .509" cam, an M1 single plane intake, and it pushed over 450hp...with like 8:1 compression...and that's rounding up. I think he calculated it to like 7.85:1.

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hmmm i will have to look into that it all really depends on what my machinist says about my heads and rotating assembly if he thinks theyre in good shape ill go more the basic rebuild route but if i have to replace everything i wanna go big seeing im allready putting a 440 in an a body might as well go completely nuts lol

so far all i know is i have 452 heads and flat tops and i believe even though its a 77 block a forged steel crank because the harmonic balancer seems fairly small.. oh yeah and that edelbrock str-14 intake lol (probably gonna sell that for extra parts havent decided yet though