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True decking, line honing, hone w/torque plate... for top notch race machining will have to be skipped. http://paragonengines.com/machineshoppricing At some point he needs to draw the line if this is a budget build. If it's not a budget build, save you money for 2-3 years and spend $6K to $9K...

Not a long block. But a short block is possible. Balanced, cast crank, forged piston rotating kit with new: pistons, pins, bearings, rings, rods w/ARP bolts, from Scat. $1845 in parts. That leaves $1155 for labor and additional parts.

When you mean "stock rebuild" on the short block... do you mean new cylinder bore and hone, new pistons, resize rods, new rings, bearings, oil pump ? Or do you mean refresh short block ... old pistons, hone, resize rods for ARP rod bolts, new rings, bearings, oil pump? Hopefully it doesn't...

He said he had 3.73's in a 8 1/4 in it now.

True. But x factor here is the 95% street use and only couple times at track. I'm guessing Wes would like to stick with a hydraulic cam too? Power brakes? These are things a stroker makes up for (masks).

Building half a long block at a time can be a problem if you don't have a complete thought out plan. There's more choices of aftermarket pistons than aftermarket heads. You can get a stroker piston to match your stock heads, but then those pistons might not match aftermarket heads in the...

Where does he want to end up? If it's 700 hp, the TF heads would be one mans junk.... and so would the block, intake, and a lot more doing it incrementally.

one step up from stock 340 cam? At that point I guess you are banking parts on the motor. Maybe just heads and rockers. But that choice is what HP/TQ you want to end up with. I don't see reason for TF heads and HS rockers for 450 HP stroker motor.

Was your plan to just reuse the junkyard heads untouched? The cost to rebuilt would go into a new aluminum ones. If getting new head make sure the cc fits available piston for your future stroker plans. Also need to choose whether you are staying Mangnum valvetrain, intake, heads or going to LA...

Stroker. Balanced, cast crank, forged piston rotating kit from Scat. $1845. Good to 500-525 hp. Great HP and TQ vs $$$ spent for street car. Also makes peak HP/TQ at lower rpm so less strain and requirements on valvetrain (less $$) Make sure your current stock head cc is the same as a future...

If there’s no one you’d trust with the basic machine work, who would you trust to port and/or do a valve job on your stock heads? To make 400-450hp from a 360 magnum, you’ll need a cam that will require a valve spring change from stock. The old MP crate motors hit 380+ hp. 9:1 compression with...

I have a issue at the track when the high speed air hits the windshield wipers it pushes them up. Something above 110 mph. Speedo not accurate and partially blocked by tach.

Does the stock Hemi computer have some sort of speed limiter? Is there some real long special straight area at Circuit of America for speed trials? I’d think there might not be a section of track on the road course to get up to 145 until you’d have to brake.

20 and 15 sounds very familiar. I don't have my notes handy. 35 total will make my car ping up the steep hill out of town on a hot day. 91 So Cal gas with 9.7:1 and aluminum heads. So I've turned everything back 3 degrees to 32 IIRC. Still starts excellent. For me, adjusting the throttle...

Good idea. One of the problems I found (noted in post above) that I had to remove 2-3 plug wires and rotate the distributor to get the cap off. This meant I had to loose my baseline timing just to change the dials for a curve change. I have a 3 speed wiper motor that got in the way. If you...

Did Tom build your motor? Tuning it? :thumbsup:

You might have missed it, but he mentioned earlier it had a roll cage in the car. 550 hp sounds very do-able with ported X/J or aluminum. But sounds like X/J heads would have to have a lot more work done to them in terms of labor? and parts? I'm sort of confused on the reason for keeping the...

Like IQ52 said, if you throw enough money (and cam) at them you could reach that number. I would guess the F.A.S.T guys and NHRA stock class guys have heads that would get to that number. A 4.25 stroke thrown into a meaty 340 block would go a long ways. Also, you could have someone with a...

If you are looking for a cast iron stock "look", a set of prepped W2's will for sure support 550 hp. Of course your current header flanges will not have port matchup. Econo W2's have stock exhaust bolt pattern, IIRC.

Is it tubbed or mini tubbed to go along with the cage? Can't fit much tire into a stock 66 Valiant.

550 hp/tq is a lot on the street. Have you had another car with a motor that has 550 hp/tq dyno sheet to back it up? Without drag radials you'll have much more motor than tires. An honest true 550 hp/tq 4" stroker is going to be on the raunchier side of things to fart around town and pick up...

I wouldn't count on honesty. Very well he could be honest. But still clueless on what was going on. It's hard to be honest about something you don't know about. Bypass the honesty issue, you just want to know the chances of the motor pinging and beating up parts. A motor like that needs to...

Call him (seller) or see him in person and ask some questions about what his procedure was for setting idle mixture. And what the initial timing and timing curve was? Don't comment or say anything negative or any criticism. Just listen to him talk. Then ask around what year month the motor...

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They had cages and were intended to have cages. I asked Bob Tarrozzi why they didn't pick a 68 Barracuda notchback. He said he was told which cars to do. He figures the fastback was picked for marketability as it was a sportier "look". There's always a controversy between SS Dart vs. SS...

That's where I saw the value of the E-curve. For $20 more you can get an E-curve with the rev limiter built in. I don't think there seperate rev limiter on the market at that price.

What do you do for a rev limiter?

Summit has: -MSD 8534 Billet SB Chrysler Distributor for $207 but have no vacuum advance and you must run a ignition box (another 180 or $220 w/rev limiter). So total is $387 w/o rev limiter or $427 w/rev limiter. -MSD 8833 Billet "ready to run" SB Chrysler Distributor with vacuum adv...

I use one too. Only two gripes: 1) It's taller than stock and you have to remove two plug wire and loosen/turn the distributor to get the cap off (A-body only). 2) the later units will not work with a MSD Solid State coil, unless you can confirm they have fixed that with an MSD Engineer. Not...