I never had a build thread for this car so I thought I would post some pics of the car since it is near completion. Just have some small stuff I want to do yet, like reroute coolant tubes, Install headers and finish my custom exhaust, along with some body mods.
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dozol Member
Posts: 679 From: Chicago, IL (Oak Lawn) Registered: Feb 2005
Here is the trunk after I cut it out. I am going to fabricate a piece of metal to weld in across the opening so I will still have a small trunk area. Should have enough room for some fold out chairs to take to the car shows when it is done.
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Mr.PBody Member
Posts: 3172 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Registered: Oct 2006
This past weekend I was racing a Grand National and "I stomped the dog snot out of him" But in the process when I slammed 3rd gear the engine let out some really nasty clanging and banging and I felt that I dropped a cylinder, and the smoke that came after was a dead give away. Needless to say I broke a valve spring and dropped a valve into the #6 cylinder, the valve broke and through the piston she went, not to mention all the damage to the cylinder wall. The block is junk. Anybody need a $4000.00 paper weight. Not much I could do about it when the engine is turning 7000 rpm.
But you should have seen the look on his girlfriends face and his after being wooped by a fiero. "Priceless"
For everything else there's "MasterCard"
So now I'm going back to the old drawing board and going to build a bigger and better engine. I'll probably spend another 5 grand on building the new engine, but it's only money, I can't take it with me when I die, So why not enjoy it. I'll take some pictures of the paper weight when I get a chance.
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Nov 14th, 2007
William Federle Member
Posts: 733 From: Milwaukee WI, USA Registered: Sep 1999
aww nooo! Craig, thats too bad. Are you getting another 350 or something else? Hey, at least you beat him
I just purchased another 350 engine today that I am going to use as the foundation for my new engine build. I spoke with my machine shop and told him what I wanted to get out of this and this is what we came up with. If our calculations are correct, this set up should give me over 500hp and over 500 ft lbs of torque.
• 4340 Forged steel crankshaft - 4.000" stroke • 4340 Forged H-beam rods • Mahle Forged pistons • Mahle file fit rings • Dura-bond cam bearings • Block plug kit • Solid roller camshaft • True double roller timing set • Melling high volume oil pump • Melling oil pump drive shaft • Melling oil pump pickup • Solid roller lifters • AFR CNC ported aluminum heads • ARP Head bolts • 7/16 screw in rocker studs • Comp cam push rods and guide plates • Aluminum full roller rocker arms • Edelbrock Victor Jr manifold • New 12pt bolt kit • Block sonic checked for thickness • Block pressure tested @40 psi • Block stroker clearanced • Block square decked w/BHJ fixturing • Aligned hone mains • Bored and honed w/torque plates • All clearances checked to the nearest .0001” • Rotating assembly balanced • Engine blueprinted
So I told him LETS DO IT!!!!
He jumped on the phone and started placing the orders for the parts. Some of the parts should arrive on Friday and the rest will arrive early next week. I am going to take some pictures of the new engine I just bought before I start the teardown.
I hope everybody will watch the progress of this build.
Who wants dibbs on riding shotgun for the first ride?
Craig
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prostreet505 Member
Posts: 426 From: Wind Lake, WI 53185 Registered: May 2007
what cam are you going to use with those AFR heads?
We are going to try a couple different cams to see which one we will get the best results with. One of them is a Lunati with a 290 duration and a .555" lift and the other is a comp cam with a 288/296 duration and a .630" lift. Or after the dyno results I might want something a little more streetable.
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Nov 17th, 2007
prostreet505 Member
Posts: 426 From: Wind Lake, WI 53185 Registered: May 2007
Well, here are the pictures of the engine I am going to use as the foundation for this torque monster. I know it don't look like much now, but keep watching as this engine build progresses.
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Nov 19th, 2007
prostreet505 Member
Posts: 426 From: Wind Lake, WI 53185 Registered: May 2007
Okay, after tearing down the engine and cleaning it up some I found out that it is not a 350. It is a 305 HO out of a 86 camero.
After talking with my boss (my wife) we decided to make this engine a budget build. I am still going ahead with the torque monster build, but we are going to put that into another fiero we have our eye on. Our plan with the torque monster build is to have this powerplant mounted to a 6 speed trans. This build is going to take about a year or so to do with all the fabricating and body mods that we want done.
So for now I am going to start another thread for this 305 build. Its going to be called "sbc screamer budget build" So watch for the new build thread.
As for this thread I purchased a 350 block from my machine shop and he started the preparing of the block and has got a shipment of the parts we are using. The next shipment should be hear tomorrow. I didn't get over there this weekend to take any pics because I was working on Dozol's car and had to get him some pics to post on his thread. I'll try and get there tomorrow to get some pics to post of the engine and parts.
I know this is just an ignorant question but where do you find the stamp on the engine so you know its a 305. I see it in the pic but want to be sure when I get to buying a 350 I dont end up with a 305 by mistake. is it someplace easly see while its still in the car/truck?
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tesmith66 Member
Posts: 7355 From: Jerseyville, IL Registered: Sep 2001
No, really. My buddy standing next to me was.
