the car was really clean (under the dirt still had the yellow grease pen markings ont he black frame including the rear frame horns) the hydroboost brake system was also pretty nifty unless the PS belt failed or the pump did both of which happened LOL
i sort of want to swap it into a monte carlo
just to pick at the swap a SBC into every g-body crowed by removing a SBC LOL
the full plan for the engine is to bore it out to 4.125 (i had it sonic checked it has plenty of meat and could even go another .030 over) this is the stock bore of an olds 425 issue is the 425 pistons are expensive but the chevy 400 has the same bore and is cheap so i plan on getting those and 6" chevy rods just need to grind down the crank .010" when i do this i will have it off set to give it a 3.395 stroke. this will give it a zero deck height and 9.2:1 compression with the C heads (9.8:1 with the eddy heads) and have a size of 363 ci and have a tiny stroke but a huge bore so the engine will rev and the 6" rods are cheaper then then a set of factory 6" olds rods
still deciding on a cam but that will wait until i have a home for it and how i plan on driving it will probably splurge on a hydrolic roller as stock 7.3L PSD roller lifters are the same size and fit in the lifter bores just need to get a retainer
i sort of want to swap it into a monte carlo
just to pick at the swap a SBC into every g-body crowed by removing a SBC LOL
the full plan for the engine is to bore it out to 4.125 (i had it sonic checked it has plenty of meat and could even go another .030 over) this is the stock bore of an olds 425 issue is the 425 pistons are expensive but the chevy 400 has the same bore and is cheap so i plan on getting those and 6" chevy rods just need to grind down the crank .010" when i do this i will have it off set to give it a 3.395 stroke. this will give it a zero deck height and 9.2:1 compression with the C heads (9.8:1 with the eddy heads) and have a size of 363 ci and have a tiny stroke but a huge bore so the engine will rev and the 6" rods are cheaper then then a set of factory 6" olds rods
still deciding on a cam but that will wait until i have a home for it and how i plan on driving it will probably splurge on a hydrolic roller as stock 7.3L PSD roller lifters are the same size and fit in the lifter bores just need to get a retainer
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