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Black_Duck · 08-21-2008, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by big_al_71

I was waiting for that one!!!!
That is what the guy had it on,,, I laughed my ass off!!!

Yeah, I shouldn't be the one saying anything I've got a 454 and a 4 bolt 350 in the back of a 71lwb that I'm using as an engine stand.

Good job on picking up the 400, I'm trying to get my dad to give up his 400 so I can put it in my wife's 72 Nova.

bad421 · 08-23-2008, 01:46 AM

Funny, I thought that the 400 was the only small block chevy made!

You will love the power of a 400 its the next best thing to a big block.

Irishpilot · 08-23-2008, 09:58 AM

I just built a 406 from a used 400 and it is a torque-monster! I'm still breaking it in, so I haven't really ran it that hard, but I can tell the power is there. The only thing that is slightly more expensive is getting the new rotating assembly/rebuild kit (we are talking a few hundred more). Most of the parts are shared with a 350. I like the old school approach to the 400. Good luck, oh yeah, did I tell you they make tons of torque?

big_al_71 · 08-23-2008, 01:31 PM

I am so phsyched by all the great ups on this motor.. We took off the water pump, oil pan, valve covers, fuel pump so we could clean the outside of the block really good so it could be painted then begin reassembling it with all the new goodies while the truck is at the body shop.

08-23-2008, 01:46 AM	#27
bad421 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 411	Re: 400 Small Block Engine Funny, I thought that the 400 was the only small block chevy made! You will love the power of a 400 its the next best thing to a big block. __________________ ASE MASTER TECH 1968 K10 LT1 350,SM420,T-221 lwb fleetSold 2007 Ford Ranger DD 2000 Ford F250SD V10 4x4 1968 Pontiac Firebird 468/TH400 current project 1991 Dodge W350 SRW CUMMINS POWERED Whole lotta fuel and a whole lotta Smoke

08-23-2008, 09:58 AM	#28
Irishpilot Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kunsan AB, South Korea Posts: 187	Re: 400 Small Block Engine I just built a 406 from a used 400 and it is a torque-monster! I'm still breaking it in, so I haven't really ran it that hard, but I can tell the power is there. The only thing that is slightly more expensive is getting the new rotating assembly/rebuild kit (we are talking a few hundred more). Most of the parts are shared with a 350. I like the old school approach to the 400. Good luck, oh yeah, did I tell you they make tons of torque? __________________ 1971 C-10, 406ci, restoration begun! 406ci sb; zero decked, bored .030, edelbrock aluminum e-tec heads, edelbrock performer RPM intake, comp 268 cam, comp 1.6 pro-magnum roller rockers, MSD street fire HEI, MSD 8.5mm wires, Holley Street demon 770, Hedman LT headers. 10.6:1 compression, Air Ride Tech bags on all 4-corners.

08-23-2008, 01:31 PM	#29
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: 400 Small Block Engine I am so phsyched by all the great ups on this motor.. We took off the water pump, oil pan, valve covers, fuel pump so we could clean the outside of the block really good so it could be painted then begin reassembling it with all the new goodies while the truck is at the body shop. __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild



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