Hey Guys,

I'm planing on putting a 400sb chevy in my 64 impala-283 is cracked block. I purchased all the parts but now everybody is telling me that i made a bad choice of parts. Here is what i purchased- Stock Recon.400 crank, Stock Recon.Rods(short), Cast dished pistons w moly rings-30 ovr, 400 bare block-checked by a trusted machine shop. Cam is a GMPP i212/e222-i435/e460. Carb & intake has not been selected. Accel Hei dist. Heads are off a 89tpi 350-Camaro. The heads had not been worked on yet.

I'm rebuilding the p/g trans also. Rearend Ratio is not known.

I'm about to haul everything over to the machine shop, all the shade tree rodders are telling me that i should of used different rods & crank etc. blah blah blah.

What i have is what i have is this a bad set up?

I just wanted to build a motor with a lot of torque to get that 64 moving.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!