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chevy 350, 4 bolt mains,target block, cast steel crank, scat 6''h-beam forged rods,kb .150 dome pistons,.020 bore,msd 6a ignition, msd 8.5 wires, hei distributor,aluminum pullys, holley 750, trick flow alumn. valve covers, alumn. flex fan,new belts, new water pump, chrome timing cover, new balancer, holley fuel pump

any idea of hp?

Originally posted by DennyW
Need a little more info for a hp guess. The carb sounds a little to big for what you are going to have.

got a 74 camaro, thinking of swapping that engine into it. Maybe upgrading tranny. Is that good engine build up or should I stay away. Its used engine someone selling locally.

".......4 bolt mains, target block, cast steel crank, msd 8.5 wires, hei distributor, aluminum pullys, trick flow alumn. valve covers, new belts, new water pump, chrome timing cover, new balancer, holley fuel pump....."


Boy oh Boy this stuff adds up to a ton of HP

HP is made in the combustion chamber and results from the combination of chamber design, compression ratio, valve size, valve opening (cam specs), induction and exhuast. You know all those things you fail to mention.

Basically anything other than putting it on a Dyno is a guess.

Sounds like you need a set of heads, a cam, and a valve train to go with it......

What does it have?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hurst01
[B] I don't know why someone would bore out an engine to .020. That hasn't been done for years.

Dont know where you got this from , .020 pistons are available from almost every piston manufacturer, and they would not still be making them if there were no demand. Do you really think 355ci has any significant advantage over 353.3 ci. A lot of people ,when they build a motor dont want to bore that block any further than necessary for that rebuild.It may also allow them to get one more major rebuild out of that block.
One thing we were in total agreement on was , I couldn't tell if he had Trick flow heads or trick flow valve covers.

Now thats a sizeable horsepower difference.

I hope its trick flow head

I know full well that .020 pistons are still available. I also know that every now and then a person might want to bore one to that. However, most people don't. It used to be much more common to bore one .020. I have even seen engines rebuilt by Jasper that had only one hole bored .040. That also used to be standard practice, but not any more.
This post is the first time I have heard af any one boring one to .020 for years.
As far as saving the bore to bore it out later, how many times would an engine need boring anyway?
Momo, you need to find out more information about the engine, other than it is shiny. So far you haven't given anyone any information as to how to determine what kind of HP it could have.
Valve covers, water pump and fan blades don't make engines fast.
Ed

Originally posted by Hurst01
As far as saving the bore to bore it out later, how many times would an engine need boring anyway?
Ed

Depends on how well the owner takes care of the motor... If they run it hard, don't change oil, screw the cylinder walls up then once a month maybe??? Don't take that seriously... sarcasm that's all.

How are those Merc blocks? Are they pretty thick walled? Talking about blocks, I still have this 250 Chevy block sitting in my garage. I am trying to decide on whether to use it or build a nice 383 or something. Everyone keeps telling me that a 383 would be cheaper because all I have is the block and nothing else. The head is sitting in a friends car and he was supposed to bring it by weeks ago but haven't seen em....
(sorry to get off subject here).

Yeah good idea... I thought about finding a 327 motor. I get kind of tired of the same old 350 and 383's. A friend has a 327 pushing over 400 horses, it's a nice race engine but it's sitting in his garage not getting used.

Originally posted by DennyW
Yep, no kidding, Lets see, my merc is bored 0.060 over now, and I may bore it another 0.030, or even 0.060. 67 motor, I guess by doing this, unless I bust the block, it will last my street racing a lifetime,

no more than you race it, if you bored it every time you street raced, i believe it would last a lifetime.

Originally posted by DennyW
You got a point there alright.
I did get some more boxes out today, and sort through them, gathering parts and putting them on the shelf where I can see them. Even dug out my Gyro, hahaha.

whats a gyro?

Originally posted by DennyW
Like this. Old like me, hahaha.

dont know no more than i did to start with.

i think i need one of those. got a extra?