UH Oh.

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.


well, 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)