Build update 2

[Ifitaintbroke]

Hey y'all. Here's how it's coming along:


460 bored 0.060 to 472. Custom cam by Delta in Tacoma WA per Scotty J's specs. ARP rod bolts. Custom notched lifters by PPAM. Ported D3's. Performer intake. Late model efi rockers. Hopefully will be done and going in soon.

[Gary Lewis]

Scotty has good stuff, so that should be a beast!  

[ArdWrknTrk]

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NICE!  😁

Do you know the static compression?
What intake and carb is it going to wear?
Sticking with DS-II or are you using something else for ignition?

i really need to plan a new engine for my truck.
It is starting to show low oil pressure when hot, and I'm not going to pull it to install the Melling high volume pump I have, and put it back as-is when it's 15 years old.
For now special oil has made the symptom go away.  

[Gary Lewis]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

For now special oil has made the symptom go away.  

Harley Davidson oil?  Ie 50W?

[ArdWrknTrk]

No.
Motul 10W-60 was on special at Amazon for $32/5L container.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Scotty says it should be 425 on hp and close to 500 on torque.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Static cr is some thing like 9.1 to 1. Possibly a little more as the heads have been shaved. Block has been decked to 0.010. Intake is an Eddy Performer, just torqued it down a while ago BTW. Carb will either be a Holley 1850 or 3310. I have both, plus an Eddy 1406, 2 Thermobogs, a Carte Yfa, several Quadrajunks in various states of decay, and more pieces of Holleys than I know what to do with.

Specs on the cam are something like 508 on the intake and 541 on the exhaust. Can't recall the exact numbers right now.

Thinking about putting it in with the transmission, but that will be over 900lbs, so will be tricky with a HF hoist.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Dizzy will be a points model custom curved by Scotty, fitted with a Pertronix module. Apparently that is a very specific thing, as he asked me about gear ratios, tire height, etc, and took Georgia's heat and humidity into account.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Oh and BTW, it is *possible* to take down the oil pan with removing the transmission. If I ever have to do another rear main that's how I plan to do it. Sure sure how the gasket would work though. Or getting to the oil pump.

[Gary Lewis]

He said the shortblock he built for me should be 360 - 375 HP and close to 500 lb-ft.  Mine has good power, so yours should be even better.  

[Ifitaintbroke]

What heads do you have and are they ported?

[85lebaront2]

It is on a 2WD, I've done it on Darth. Take the mounts loose and the exhaust pipe off. Jack the engine as high as it will go (till it stops against the floor pan). Support the engine by the exhaust manifolds, if you have headers find something other than the mounts as they have to come off (maybe the adapters with the bolts reinstalled). Remove the motor mounts so you can reach all the pan bolts. Remove the pan and lower it as far as possible. Reach over into the pan and take the oil pump and pickup off and set them in the pan. You may have to turn the crank to get the pan to go back and down but it will come out.

Reassembly, the hardest part is getting the oil pump and it's drive back in. I removed the pickup so I wasn't dealing with it.

[Gary Lewis]

I have the last iteration of EFI heads, which I think are F3's.  And they are not ported.

[Ifitaintbroke]

That's right, you're running sefi correct?

[Gary Lewis]

Yep, EEC-V with MAF and SEFI.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Sounds nice.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Hopefully will be putting it in tomorrow.

[Gary Lewis]

Hope it goes well.  

[Ifitaintbroke]

All went well! Engine and transmission are in. One header is on. Shifter is next.

[Gary Lewis]

Excellent!