Thread: 454 500hp!!!!!!

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thanks joe and everybody else for the positive feedback, as for you henry your very much entitled to your 2 cents.
but what strikes me is that its much more gratifying for you to take the time in writing a extremely detailed paragraph with not one bit of useful nor positive information then to just help a fella out, its more satisfying for you to discourage somebody that has no clue on what he is doing but is taking the initiative in teaching himself something that most people in the culture have been doing for a very long time, i bet you have never been the type of guy to be casually strolling by a forum thread or a race track and had something insightful to say.
you rather be pointing out all the bad all negative rather then to lend a hand. but hey whattttever floats your boat.
for your information i have done research, hence the decision to go with a bigger engine then the stock 350 that it came with. have i read or bought books? how about 4. So please dont be so quick to judge somebody just because you might know a thing or about valves & cam's .

Originally Posted by 1nkred1ble

thanks joe and everybody else for the positive feedback, as for you henry your very much entitled to your 2 cents.
but what strikes me is that its much more gratifying for you to take the time in writing a extremely detailed paragraph with not one bit of useful nor positive information then to just help a fella out, its more satisfying for you to discourage somebody that has no clue on what he is doing but is taking the initiative in teaching himself something that most people in the culture have been doing for a very long time, i bet you have never been the type of guy to be casually strolling by a forum thread or a race track and had something insightful to say.
you rather be pointing out all the bad all negative rather then to lend a hand. but hey whattttever floats your boat.
for your information i have done research, hence the decision to go with a bigger engine then the stock 350 that it came with. have i read or bought books? how about 4. So please dont be so quick to judge somebody just because you might know a thing or about valves & cam's .

What I advised you to do is exactly what most people with some knowledge of automobile engines and mechanics have done. It's a pretty good idea to advise someone who doesn't know how to swim to be careful about getting in the water over their head. You made no mention that you had done any research at all until your last post, when you also went out of your way to make some assumptions about my character. A little more research on that might have done you some good also. You think I have made 3,455 posts on this site just trashing people out? You also might want to do a little reading on maturity. Good luck . . .

To get 500hp out of an 80s 454 truck engine is going to cost you way more than if you just buy a GM crate engine with 500hp to start with.

But if you have more cash than you know what to do with go for it. The first thing you'll need to do is throw those heads away or save them for boat anchors. Get yourself some good aftermarket heads. Get a complete engine rebuld kit with all forged parts and some high compression pistons. Find a good machine shop and get building.

Originally Posted by dmw56

To get 500hp out of an 80s 454 truck engine is going to cost you way more than if you just buy a GM crate engine with 500hp to start with.

But if you have more cash than you know what to do with go for it. The first thing you'll need to do is throw those heads away or save them for boat anchors. Get yourself some good aftermarket heads. Get a complete engine rebuld kit with all forged parts and some high compression pistons. Find a good machine shop and get building.

i do not want to plug my shop well just a wee bit i know i can get you more bang for the buck over a crate engine anyday like others have said if you do not build engines or know what to look for then your just throwing good money away most guys for street use will not know it whey have 420hp or 500 if it bit them in the ass for street use you build for off idle use and max tq i would take TQ over hp and day hp is just for braging rigths i work thru many cams with a dyno soft ware and years of what i know what just will not work stock rods stock crank iron or steel and a hyper or forged will work

Originally Posted by 1nkred1ble

thanks joe and everybody else for the positive feedback, as for you henry your very much entitled to your 2 cents.
but what strikes me is that its much more gratifying for you to take the time in writing a extremely detailed paragraph with not one bit of useful nor positive information then to just help a fella out, its more satisfying for you to discourage somebody that has no clue on what he is doing but is taking the initiative in teaching himself something that most people in the culture have been doing for a very long time, i bet you have never been the type of guy to be casually strolling by a forum thread or a race track and had something insightful to say.
you rather be pointing out all the bad all negative rather then to lend a hand. but hey whattttever floats your boat.
for your information i have done research, hence the decision to go with a bigger engine then the stock 350 that it came with. have i read or bought books? how about 4. So please dont be so quick to judge somebody just because you might know a thing or about valves & cam's .

Funny thing is you also started the same type of thread, around the same date on www.Chevelles.com At that point in time you were told by many members there as well to get some books and start reading; and at that point in time you didnt have ANY books! Now you have 4? You were also told nobody could possible give you all the inside info and educate you how to build and entire motor from an online forum. It appears you want the product/knowledge for nothing, and little to no work on your part.

What Henry told you on here is the best advice you got. Reason is this..if you think your gonna disassemble you motor drop off the parts and just aseemble and drop it in, I say go for it...and you will fail. Im hardly a novice, but have far less experience than most on here. Im telling you it took me 20 years of helping my old man, watching my others, volunteering to help for nothing and reading anything I could get my hands on to where Im at knowledge wise with building motors. during college I would work Saturdays for free at a machine shop around the block from my house just to learn and pick the brains of the old timers. You have to put your time in to learn! Its not a do it yourself kit that always goes together with basic socket set. Do you follow? Your next post on here should be weeks/months from now after you have purchased all the books tech inspector listed, and once you have read them all I bet your attitude will have changed.