| Re: coolant air bleed pipe |
Subject: Re: coolant air bleed pipe by biggrizzly on 2011/9/6 14:17:42 Tom, Yes, my builder used a internally balanced cast Eagle rotating assembly with Mahle Perfect Circle Rings, forged Sealed Power pistons and Clevite bearings. Rods were I beam forged but I can't remember the mfg, Eagle because it came as a balanced set IIRC. I did not build it myself. All I did was take it out and drop it off. After many conversations and me sitting in the builders machine shop a few times we nailed down what it was I wanted and would need to keep me happy and try to keep the engine build within my financial goals. However, we wound up doing some really wild stuff to the heads because the original valve guides were hosed on one of the heads. We used the stock LT1 heads but wound up going with .205 intake valves. The seats were replaced and reground and new valve guides where installed. Lots of bowl work and porting to accommodate the bigger valves. He also chamfered each cylinder top to allow a smoother transition for gases to enter the cylinder and not hit the edge of the cylinder and cause turbulence. It wound up with 10.8:1 Compression but I'm not sure what the power is at this time. Probably between 350 and 425 to the wheels. I have no clue. That may be wishful thinking too. |
