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Old 02-04-2014, 12:31 PM   #16
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Re: 373 rear end question

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I would never buy an engine without the cam specs and compression ratio agreed on in writing (which was not mentioned on that list). Saying "muscle car chop" for a cam could mean a Thumpr cam which is NOT what you want. Without knowing compression, you could have some nightmare compression ratio for the street and he could be running this with alcohol on the dyno.

The good news is that it's a roller cam and a forged crank. The (somewhat) bad news is that this is a 2-piece rear main seal block.

Be careful. This engine might run strong, but 500hp is dubious, depending on the cam, you may be giving up low-end torque to get close to that hp rating, which will hurt on the street. But yet it's supposed to be a "street" cam. Some of these facts aren't straight.

In my perspective, for my hard-earned $9100, I'd need to know much more about this build before I'd be happy. Sorry.

Or you could just get it and run it, and not worry. It will certainly move your truck.
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