LA 360 Engine refresh?
I decided to slowly build an engine. I’m waiting on a shipping quote for a (Hasn’t been run since machined) bored .40 over LA360 from ‘75 with 974 heads and original crank. All in excellent condition, the block is ready to get a couple final cleanings and for the bottom end assembly. Hopefully the shipping doesn’t kill me and I go ahead with the purchase. This is the same combo I have in my car, other than my current block is a 4006830-360-9 and his a 360-2. It won’t let me download the pictures of the block for some reason. I’m going to start a build thread once I actually take possession of an engine... Hopefully it’s this one. I thought I had a line on a great deal for .40 over pistons, but it turned out to be around the actual retail cost and not a set I’d choose based on compression specs, but not a bad choice if my budget was shoe string(it’s not much more though. Lol). I would’ve started with a stock short block and been happy, but since this one will need pistons, I’m going to go a step up... Not by much, but a good step and money well spent, easily worth the extra $200 over the Sealed Power 405CP’s, which would’ve been an upgrade from stock compression at just under 9:1 with the .40 over, but I can get around 10:1 from Keith Black or Speed Pro, depending on which way I go on the build. I’m learning every day and looking forward to starting a build, now that I’ve decided on a direction. Thank you CaptsonKirk and the rest of you! Side note, randomness. I was was Shatners driver on a movie for a few days. I was driving the Electric 10ton tractor truck, but got pulled to drive him around for the few days he was shooting with us. He was hilarious and a stand up guy.
I decided to slowly build an engine. I’m waiting on a shipping quote for a (Hasn’t been run since machined) bored .40 over LA360 from ‘75 with 974 heads and original crank. All in excellent condition, the block is ready to get a couple final cleanings and for the bottom end assembly. Hopefully the shipping doesn’t kill me and I go ahead with the purchase. This is the same combo I have in my car, other than my current block is a 4006830-360-9 and his a 360-2. It won’t let me download the pictures of the block for some reason. I’m going to start a build thread once I actually take possession of an engine... Hopefully it’s this one. I thought I had a line on a great deal for .40 over pistons, but it turned out to be around the actual retail cost and not a set I’d choose based on compression specs, but not a bad choice if my budget was shoe string(it’s not much more though. Lol). I would’ve started with a stock short block and been happy, but since this one will need pistons, I’m going to go a step up... Not by much, but a good step and money well spent, easily worth the extra $200 over the Sealed Power 405CP’s, which would’ve been an upgrade from stock compression at just under 9:1 with the .40 over, but I can get around 10:1 from Keith Black or Speed Pro, depending on which way I go on the build. I’m learning every day and looking forward to starting a build, now that I’ve decided on a direction. Thank you CaptsonKirk and the rest of you! Side note, randomness. I was was Shatners driver on a movie for a few days. I was driving the Electric 10ton tractor truck, but got pulled to drive him around for the few days he was shooting with us. He was hilarious and a stand up guy.