Re: 350 to 454 swap...is it worth it?
Wanted to update this and perhaps get a little more info. I tore into the motor to find out what all was there and found some interesting things.
First off this motor appears that it wasn't put together that long ago at all. It still says .060 on one of the main caps in sharpie.
Block is bored .060.
Heads- The peanut port heads have had valve work done to them and appear to have the same size valves in them the 781 casting heads I bought do. I am really thinking about running them again and just selling the 781's I bought. From info on here and what I have read the motor should be a torque monster with them. How many cc's should these peanut port heads be? They look to be the same as the 781's, 119cc.
Pistons- They are Speed Pro part # H581CP. From what I can find they are a .300 dome and should give me 10.2:1 compression with a 119cc cylinder.
Cam- Cam is Comp Cams XE268H. I already ordered a XE274 or I would probably just run this one again. The 274 shoould give me a little better rumble anyway.
Like I said, everything on the inside of this motor looks brand new. The cam lobes dont even have the black worn off yet. 0 wear on the lifter.
Thoughts, opinions???
Last edited by baclay9; 10-14-2010 at 10:46 PM.
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