blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
i have a friend who has quite abit of BBC stuff he wants to sell, he just recently got into dirt track modified & he's getting rid of all his BBC stuff and gathering up SBC stuff...i have been gathering SBC stuff for years, i have @ 14 complete SBC's mostly 350's, a couple of 400's & a sj327....& i plan to keep all of it!
but i recently got into the BBC scene..i bought a stock 454 for $455 off ebay and made a 7 hr drive to get it, did a rebuild w/mild cam and aluminum intake & put it in my k10, now i got the BBC flu & i want to know if what he has is worth what he wants for it...
he has 2 std. bore blocks, 1 .060 block, NO cranks, 3 or 4 sets of heads/not sure of casting #'s, he also has 2-3 sets of stock rods and pistons/1 set is for a 427 and i have a 366TD, which i've been told is probably a forged crank that's the same as a 427 crank(so i could put together a 427 w/it & 1 of the blocks), a couple of oil pans & couple of sets of valve covers, 2 factory 4b intakes, 1 aftermarket aluminum intake & the accessories for the front of 2 BBC's, brand new Manley aluminum connecting rods, .060 12.5:1 SRP pistons/118cc heads and a real radical roller cam...he says he has @ $1400 in just the new rods & pistons & he wants $1200 for all the BBC stuff i listed...is it worth it? considering \/this\/
i doubt i'll use the aluminum rods since they aren't for an engine that runs for extended periods of time, i thought about trying to sell the rods and cam & buy me some forged steel rods, little less radical cam and crank and build the 12.5:1 engine for my k5 that is a dedicated toy/no street time just a mud truck that has a mild 350 in it now.
but then again me being a bbc newb, i don't know if i could use those Manley rods, SRP pistons & the roller cam and build me an engine to run thru the mud bog and be ok, because 4x4high said that type of engine needs a regular tear down to check stuff out, like rod stretch, but i don't know if it needs checked every week or can it go all season/8-12 weekends, 3-4 passes each weekend and be tore down between seasons? if it will go all season w/ a rebuild between seasons, i probably could fund that but if it needs a tear down every couple of weeks, i doubt i could afford that. so i ask those of you who do know??????
but i recently got into the BBC scene..i bought a stock 454 for $455 off ebay and made a 7 hr drive to get it, did a rebuild w/mild cam and aluminum intake & put it in my k10, now i got the BBC flu & i want to know if what he has is worth what he wants for it...
he has 2 std. bore blocks, 1 .060 block, NO cranks, 3 or 4 sets of heads/not sure of casting #'s, he also has 2-3 sets of stock rods and pistons/1 set is for a 427 and i have a 366TD, which i've been told is probably a forged crank that's the same as a 427 crank(so i could put together a 427 w/it & 1 of the blocks), a couple of oil pans & couple of sets of valve covers, 2 factory 4b intakes, 1 aftermarket aluminum intake & the accessories for the front of 2 BBC's, brand new Manley aluminum connecting rods, .060 12.5:1 SRP pistons/118cc heads and a real radical roller cam...he says he has @ $1400 in just the new rods & pistons & he wants $1200 for all the BBC stuff i listed...is it worth it? considering \/this\/
i doubt i'll use the aluminum rods since they aren't for an engine that runs for extended periods of time, i thought about trying to sell the rods and cam & buy me some forged steel rods, little less radical cam and crank and build the 12.5:1 engine for my k5 that is a dedicated toy/no street time just a mud truck that has a mild 350 in it now.
but then again me being a bbc newb, i don't know if i could use those Manley rods, SRP pistons & the roller cam and build me an engine to run thru the mud bog and be ok, because 4x4high said that type of engine needs a regular tear down to check stuff out, like rod stretch, but i don't know if it needs checked every week or can it go all season/8-12 weekends, 3-4 passes each weekend and be tore down between seasons? if it will go all season w/ a rebuild between seasons, i probably could fund that but if it needs a tear down every couple of weeks, i doubt i could afford that. so i ask those of you who do know??????
