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ChevLoRay · 12-13-2002, 07:29 PM

I watched "Two Guys Garage", which used to be "Crank N Chrome" which used to be "Shadetree Garage".....on Thursday. Anyway, they had a feature on the two guys competing to build a small block Chevy, which they did in about 38 minutes from a bare block. Of course, all of the parts were "right there" and they had already been fit to the block. The deal was that they had to assemble the engine and make it run for 30-seconds....straight out the headers.

Anyway, blueprintengines.com was the sponsor and I tried their website to "Build" an engine. All I found for Chevy was a 383 Torquer. You have a choice of colors, pan types, heads-aluminum or iron, etc., but no choice of pistons, rods, cam, timing gear, etc. The engine I built showed to put out about 440lbft of torque, with a fairly flat torque curve between 2200 and 4800 RPM's. Horsepower was about 375 at 5000RPM's.

IF you wanted a Ford engine, they have several choices. Only one Chevy engine for us, tho.

melloyello · 12-13-2002, 10:05 PM

Hmm that blows, over 6 grand for a 383 with very limited dress up items.... lol the should change the site name to dressupengines.com...... I mean come on here what about pistons, cams, bearings, etc. sheesh only options they give you are oil pan heads and intake....thats just sad plus they wanna charge a person over 6 grand for a 2500-4500 engine

wnc mountain · 12-13-2002, 10:31 PM

I checked out that site today too. I thought the same thing. seems with a name like that they wouldn't suck!

12-13-2002, 07:29 PM	#1
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	blueprintengines.com I watched "Two Guys Garage", which used to be "Crank N Chrome" which used to be "Shadetree Garage".....on Thursday. Anyway, they had a feature on the two guys competing to build a small block Chevy, which they did in about 38 minutes from a bare block. Of course, all of the parts were "right there" and they had already been fit to the block. The deal was that they had to assemble the engine and make it run for 30-seconds....straight out the headers. Anyway, blueprintengines.com was the sponsor and I tried their website to "Build" an engine. All I found for Chevy was a 383 Torquer. You have a choice of colors, pan types, heads-aluminum or iron, etc., but no choice of pistons, rods, cam, timing gear, etc. The engine I built showed to put out about 440lbft of torque, with a fairly flat torque curve between 2200 and 4800 RPM's. Horsepower was about 375 at 5000RPM's. IF you wanted a Ford engine, they have several choices. Only one Chevy engine for us, tho. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

12-13-2002, 10:05 PM	#2
melloyello Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 66	Hmm that blows, over 6 grand for a 383 with very limited dress up items.... lol the should change the site name to dressupengines.com...... I mean come on here what about pistons, cams, bearings, etc. sheesh only options they give you are oil pan heads and intake....thats just sad plus they wanna charge a person over 6 grand for a 2500-4500 engine __________________ 67 C/20 camper special 350

12-13-2002, 10:31 PM	#3
wnc mountain More hobbies than money! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Raleigh, nc, usa Posts: 655	I checked out that site today too. I thought the same thing. seems with a name like that they wouldn't suck! __________________ '70 cst10/swb 350, 3 on the tree, factory buckets. '70 GMC lwb 350/350 ps,pb '72 c-10 lwb 350/350 a/c, ps, pb '72 Blazer project

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