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Motor Parts
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:00 pm
by mooreken
WooHoo! Waiting for the "Big Brown" truck...Lots of motor parts on the way.
I'll post some pictures as things go along.
Ken
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:09 pm
by mooreken
Shiny stuff has arrived.
It almost seems like a shame to put all these pretty parts in a hot hole and make them go up and down real fast.
Ken
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:49 pm
by PikeStaff
Man.....them’s purty. ..]
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:58 pm
by BlackSnake
Nice stuff Ken, that had to put a healthy hit on your bank account...but clearly worth it! :ymapplause:
Btw Pike, you realize that stuff is pure Chevy goodness, don't ya? :W:
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:09 pm
by mooreken
Yep, I stepped it up a little bit. Went with forged pistons this time, I-beam rods with 7/16 arp bolts and floating wrist pins.
Compression should be right at 10.5.
4.155 bore with 3.875 stroke....421Ci.
Cam and heads are the same....had to same the budget somewhere..lol.
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:39 am
by Tom Wells
Mike,
"Chevy goodness" ????
Is that why we haven't seen the GT40 yet :W:
Tom
Chevy goodness.....
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:40 am
by PikeStaff
Well, to be honest, I kinda remember reading something a while ago about Chevy power.....but then got hit thinking there’s another member here, nameless of course ..] , who also cleaves to Bow tie power..... :D
Ahh, it’s all good. Besides, they really are gorgeous parts. Pistons, anyway. Ken, why no H-beam rods? They are a little heavier, true, but boy o boy are they strong.
Lookin forward to gazing enviously upon the voluptuous form of your GT, Mike. (v)
Roger
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:53 am
by mooreken
My research indicated they hit in too many places in the stock block with the longer stroke.
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:06 am
by PikeStaff
Ugh. Die grinder work. It is the pits. Can’t be faulted for wanting to avoid that.
Gonna make nice power. All Chevys do.....just in their bones.
Re: Motor Parts
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:06 am
by BlackSnake
Pike,
Sounds like you might be coming around to the light side, let me know when you're ready to drop a nice bowtie into that beautiful Unique... :D
I've given up on Tom, he bleeds Ford blue... O}
I'm doing my best to get the GT up and running, but I have a coolant leak behind the instrument panel that I haven't yet been able to find and resolve.