pics of new project
 

here she is.
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL17/8...3/19866016.jpg

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL17/8...3/19866005.jpg

its a 408 (.04 over 400). machine work was done by kim barr racing engines in garland, tx. it been tanked, fluxed, line honed, honed, bored, decked. should be purchasing the rest of the parts in the next two months and putting it together and dropping in this summer.

heres the plans:
-4340 forged 3.75 stroke scat crank
-forged eagle SIR 5.7 rods
-forged srp pistons -21 cc dish (9.8:1 with 64cc heads)
-re using the dart iron eagle heads from the current engine
-comp 274 xs solid lift cam
-reusing my comp 1.52 ratio roller tip rockers
-eddy rpm intake
-haven't decided on carb yet, probly around 700 cfm
-oh yeah and the nitrous of course:D

You'll have to change your name to FAST 84.

Heck of a deal you got for sure!! You might look into the 292XE that's what Tracy Focht runs.

what are you gonna do with your current engine? wanna sale it to me?

tracy is runnin the 294 xs solid, which is pretty huge. i wanna go a little milder but still go with a solid lift like he has.

eric, i hadn't thought about selling it. but mabey. if i did it would be less the heads since i am reusing them. so you would have to find another set. when we had the heads off last month you could still see the cross hatches in the bores so it has been machined fairly recently. it is .06 over already so it can't be bored again. but if you did want to take it apart and get some machine work done i think they could just hone it since the bores appear good. let me know if your still interested we can work something out. i won't be pulling it till late may.

God help the rice burners in Coppell, Texas :D lmao@ricers :D

hehe, i'm shooting higher than that. forget the ricers, i'm gonna get me a piece of some ls1's and lightnings:D

whatever, ANYTHING can be bored again!!!!;)




:D

I'm jealous. It will be cool for sure.

You wouldn't have the orginal crank? I have a 400 block, that had a rod with a spun bearing, and it took the crank with it. :(

I'm with Mike ----> jealous!

old shortblock
 

I might be interested in buying your old shortblock minus whatever you dont use, plus Ill come pick it up for you. Keep me in mind when your ready to unload it.

SWWWEEET!!!
add me 2 the list of jealous

nope i just bought the block and mains. you can get a scat 9000 which is good for stock to mild performance motor for about $200 bucks.:D

eric got first dibs on the motor but if he don't want to buy it then your next jeff.

Stock Lightnings are easily obtainable. There is a guy here, with a stock, and I mean 'real' stock..(not lying like some guys I know) and he runs a solid 13.80's. And my old 383 ran a 13.56, faster than a stock Vette. So with good traction, you should see 12's on that motor alone.

I think you'll like it, and relatively speaking, the 408 with bigger cubes, the 294s seems tame at idle.
But I would go solid for sure, no matter what size.