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This one was a fun project, haven't done an AMC in about 20years. Customer is a Jeep fanatic and wanted a good build with about 375hp. Customer supplied the cam and intake manifold and the core 360 of course. After doing some research on these and some measurements rotating assembly was decided...

This project has been a long time coming to completion but here we are. It is a very straight forward 360 w/ J heads w/no real work other than a good valve job and resurfacing , positive seals etc... 1.88"/1.60" valves? I didn't do them or take them apart as they were very fresh. The bottom end...

Here's a quick post about a just finished 408. Customer brought it to me with blown head gaskets and a number of other small issues. He just wanted it to run well and didn't really care about overall power, just wanted a nice cruiser for his new to him E-body. Oh and he wanted it red, it was...

Putting up for sale a fairly serious topend package. Would like to sell as a whole--may consider parting. Asking $4k CDN. Fully ported Victor Pro-Comps used on my 2013 EMC entry. 466cubes=755hp/655 tq. Flowed 357cfm at the time. 2.250" x 5.35" Hollow Stem Ferreas, 1.810 Manley SD. Ports are...

Ok so sorry for everyone that's been following along, I've been on the road with work and it's difficult to carve out time for this online fantasy football style stuff. Plus I am by no means a tech savvy web builder/ content creator type. I think I should reach out to someone with website...

As stated-What would everyone like to see built and put head to head with the other entries? J.Rob

I've got a wild idea that was spurned on by the UTG/DV/Andy deal and my experience with EMC. Since EMC is no more I've been really missing the whole thought exercise of it. So I figure in the age of Youtube, ZOOM, TEAMS meetings, and online collaborations WHY couldnt a engine building...

So I have a bad habit of surfing Youboob on my TV at night and I see this video of Mopar AL I think is his name crying about something to do with SlagHammer--then I see a UTG video about how Tony isn't happy with the state of SlagHammer--then I pause it and some of the footage from the various...

Like the title says- the 6 gear Tru-Trac looks nice but does it work well and for how long? What do you recommend that's actually available? Oh and this is for a more road course- spirited driving application- not slicks and dragstrip stuff. More like real street use but don't want...

So I figured I wasn't getting any younger and waiting for this world to normalize probably isn't going to happen for awhile, decided to go ahead and try and build a decent small block based on a 5.9 core I had lying in wait. This IS destined for my 83 D-150 Shorty and it IS going to be completed...

Just wanted to share last weeks work menu. I've been line-honing a little longer than line boring and the two go hand in hand but line boring is seldom necessary. However when installing aftermarket caps with .100"+ to remove line boring is an absolute. Before I was capable of this operation I...

Like the thread title states--I am trying to slap together a decent 450hp 360 based off of a 5.9 Magnum I have here. This build is a stop gap build just to get my truck up and moving. Looking for some SCAT I-beams--NADA ZILCH anywhere... Ok so I want to use a hydraulic roller cam and try some...

Hey everyone, I'm still on the search for a pair of LA intake pattern Australian EngineQuest Magnum heads preferrably unported but hey beggars cant be choosers. The heads will have been cast and sold anywhere from 2009-2014 or so--the foundry shutdown in 2015. Surely there must be someone who...

Ok so this one was a long journey but a very satisfying one in the end. A young man showed up at the shop in the summer of 2017 asking about a big block build based on a 400 he had--said he had found me through some of the EMC magazine articles and wanted a pretty serious street engine for his 4...

I've been waiting to really begin on this build and I'm not waiting any longer. The plan was to build this for the EMC competition in 2020 but the corona agenda pretty much ended all of that and any and all travel into the US is forbidden for well..... I've decided to pull out all the stops and...

I recently had a customer bring in a set of 240's to look over. I offered to put them on the flowbench for the knowledge. Again TF is making some nice products for the Mopar crowd. J.Rob .100 72.5 .200 150.3 .300 219.2 .400 273 .500 307 .550 316 .600 316 .650 322 .700 321...

Yes I know it's not exactly a small block or a Gen 1 354 but it is a Mopar and it does make some decent power. 2005 5.7 Block 3.947" bore x 3.625" stroke (offset ground 6.1L crank HRJ) Arrow 6.200" .866" 1.89" Honda Rod Journal Piston guided Custom JE domed slugs Comp 11-1 .043"/043" 3 mm TS...

Had another shop bring in a 440 block and the entire 440 source cap/girdle kit for me to install and machine. For those that don't know 440 Source makes their caps for the smaller main bearing diameter of the 383/400 --the rough bore is about 2.750" so to take that out to 2.940" is .190" of...

I don't know where the customer acquired them but I was shipped a pair of TF 270's for the upcoming Twin Trq-Storm SC 452 build. I disassembled them as a spring change is in order amongst checking the guides and seat work. Pulled up Trickflow's advertised flow numbers and put one on the SF-1020...

Almost there on the 512 build that I spoke about quite awhile ago. Shortblock is completely buttoned up. I think for a stock appearing oil pan that fits great/priced right and has some decent looking baffling the Mancini Racing 6qt is hard to beat. A few pics of the mock up to check for various...

Picked up an assembled longblock 400 last week and after disassembly and degreasing in the jet wash--blasting took care of the paint/rust and really caked on muck. I really like clean castings to work with. Spent the morning on this block--removing dowels, tapping all holes, light deburring...

This one is a bit of a budget oriented big cube project. In the interest of saving $$ I'm reusing some Icon pistons with a 1.867" Comp Ht and a 6.7" rod with a 4.375" stroke put the dished pistons .042" above deck. Fortunately the piston is one of those step head types and only a small portion...

This will be interesting as these builds are currently underway and will be completed within a few months of each other--OK maybe 6-9 months . The first one out of the gate will be the 512 B wearing the Edelbrock 5090's (which IMO best bang for the buck BBM aluminum cylinder head out there)...

Looking for '308 heads for SBM. Prefer not cracked but still interested if cracked. J.Rob

Anyone seen this yet? Looks like it was published on Monday Feb 22. Thoughts? J.Rob https://www.hotrod.com/articles/408-inch-budget-mopar-westech/

Well this is going to be interesting for me as I don't often get the chance to work on W9's. The two P's in the title stand for P reviously P orted in case anyone was wondering. I had a great customer and FABO member send me his W2's and he travels in a fairly serious circle of drag strip...

What I'm about to post is the honest to goodness truth concerning my knowledge about cylinder heads. I'm going to throw out all kinds of thoughts but that is all they are--thoughts. I don't have all the answers, I wish I did but I don't. I'm going to include some of what I consider to be real...

Seriously though these heads are just here for a quickie inspection, touchup and back into service they go. Probably won't flow these as I already did that when I first ported them a few years ago. Story goes like this--Customer (a FABO member ) contacts me and asks to have his W2 heads ported ...

Looking for a good used or unused set of EngineQuest Magnum heads --the good ones when they were cast at the TooWoomba foundry in New Zealand. Would prefer a set of unported and unmolested bare cylinder heads. If you have upgraded your heads to the new TrickFlow's then maybe I can help offset...

Just saw this browsing Youtube. Surely this was already posted and if so please drop a link to the discussion. J.Rob