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tfeverfred
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I REALLY like your front radius rods. Did you make them?
old round fart
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Good choice! It's a bitch to polish with the body on!
EX JUNK
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Wise choice, Fred. IMHO
EX JUNK
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Sorry, that reply was supposed to be on Fred's post about painting his trans. Somehow I screwed up and it got posted on yours.
Jim
Intrepid
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I got the cam, timing chain, and harmonic balancer on, bottom end all buttoned up.
Now I was just about to put the heads on and thought I better chase the spark plug holes and get some of the paint and crap out of the threads before I bolt them home and found one of the spark plug holes is over sized.
Does any one know what plug might fit this SBC head oversized hole? Is this a common practice thing with a damaged plug hole ?
Now I was just about to put the heads on and thought I better chase the spark plug holes and get some of the paint and crap out of the threads before I bolt them home and found one of the spark plug holes is over sized.
Does any one know what plug might fit this SBC head oversized hole? Is this a common practice thing with a damaged plug hole ?
fletcherson
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Maybe someone installed a thread repair insert and it came out? That's how I would repair it if it's not too large.
Intrepid
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Took the head to the machine shop and they fixed it up. looks like it had previously had a thread repair (heli-ciol) that came out with the last plug.
So heads on.
Ok so now for the guess work.
Here is the specs lets see who comes closest before I get it on the dyno, everyone please post a guess at HP an Torque.
It is a 327 small block Chev, 60 thow over.
Had the deck done down to 15 thow.
Installed the Cometic 27 thow gaskets.
Has the 1960's 461 Corvette fuelie heads with 1.94 and 1.50 stock valves, I cc'd these heads at 64 cc.
Has the roller rocker setup with the stud girdle.
Has 2X4 600 vacuum secondary Holley carbs.
The big dual high rise intake.
And basically the straight headers, they have the 3.5" cherry bombs on them.
One not .. I ended up removing the windage tray due to a dipstick clearance issue.
And here is the cam card, its a solid lifter.
For a hint the stock 327 Corvette power ranged from 210 hp to 375 hp depending on the choice of carburetor or fuel injection, camshaft, cylinder heads, pistons and intake manifold. In 1962, the Duntov solid lifter cam versions produced 340 hp (250 kW), 344 lb·ft (466 N·m) with single Carter 4-barrel, and 360 hp, 352 lb·ft (477 N·m) with Rochester FI. In 1964, horsepower increased to 365 hp (272 kW) for the now dubbed L-76 version, and 375 hp for the fuel injected L-84 respectively, making the L-84 the most powerful naturally aspirated, single-cam, production small block V8 until the appearance of the 385 hp (287 kW), 385 lb·ft (522 N·m) Generation III LS6 in 2001.
Note some of that is copy and paste from Wikipedia.
Also note in the 60's General Motors horsepower and torque numbers were notoriously under rated for insurance reasons.
My guess with the open exhaust, bigger cam, and huge intake its a bit more but I won't say a number until I get a dyno sheet, I would rather hear what you guys think.
So heads on.
Ok so now for the guess work.
Here is the specs lets see who comes closest before I get it on the dyno, everyone please post a guess at HP an Torque.
It is a 327 small block Chev, 60 thow over.
Had the deck done down to 15 thow.
Installed the Cometic 27 thow gaskets.
Has the 1960's 461 Corvette fuelie heads with 1.94 and 1.50 stock valves, I cc'd these heads at 64 cc.
Has the roller rocker setup with the stud girdle.
Has 2X4 600 vacuum secondary Holley carbs.
The big dual high rise intake.
And basically the straight headers, they have the 3.5" cherry bombs on them.
One not .. I ended up removing the windage tray due to a dipstick clearance issue.
And here is the cam card, its a solid lifter.
For a hint the stock 327 Corvette power ranged from 210 hp to 375 hp depending on the choice of carburetor or fuel injection, camshaft, cylinder heads, pistons and intake manifold. In 1962, the Duntov solid lifter cam versions produced 340 hp (250 kW), 344 lb·ft (466 N·m) with single Carter 4-barrel, and 360 hp, 352 lb·ft (477 N·m) with Rochester FI. In 1964, horsepower increased to 365 hp (272 kW) for the now dubbed L-76 version, and 375 hp for the fuel injected L-84 respectively, making the L-84 the most powerful naturally aspirated, single-cam, production small block V8 until the appearance of the 385 hp (287 kW), 385 lb·ft (522 N·m) Generation III LS6 in 2001.
Note some of that is copy and paste from Wikipedia.
Also note in the 60's General Motors horsepower and torque numbers were notoriously under rated for insurance reasons.
My guess with the open exhaust, bigger cam, and huge intake its a bit more but I won't say a number until I get a dyno sheet, I would rather hear what you guys think.
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fletcherson
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A LOT will depend on the fuel. It will be a sweet running motor, but they had octane and actual gasoline back in the day. I love the 327. It's a good thing that you caught that plug issue before installing the head!
fletcherson
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The moral issue too! I've overlooked simple things before and had to tear down a fresh build and it's quite humbling, lol... I will be interested to hear what your actual numbers are on that beast. I have a '66 327 put back for a future project. Great engines.
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