Yay! Just what the world needs. Another new small block chevy...NOT!
12-10-2012, 06:35 PM
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Yay! Just what the world needs. Another new small block chevy...NOT! Yeah I'm pissin and moanin but would it be that hard to spec out a LT1 block like this?
http://www.enginelabs.com/features/i...-engine-block/
Just DAMN!
http://www.enginelabs.com/features/i...-engine-block/
Just DAMN!
12-10-2012, 07:09 PM
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*******!!!! We need to have Every LTx gearhead Email & call the sorry Bastards!!! OR ProComp & World Products are always choices Make an Iron Block first Then Maybe Aluminium next 
MY 396 would sound SOO much better as a 427 or 454!! LoL Its good to have a Dream LoL A machine shop told me they could overbore & sleeve a stock block BUT wouldnt warranty it for street use! Dunno
MY 396 would sound SOO much better as a 427 or 454!! LoL Its good to have a Dream LoL A machine shop told me they could overbore & sleeve a stock block BUT wouldnt warranty it for street use! Dunno
12-10-2012, 07:16 PM
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Just buy a aftermarket sbc block. Not sure why people are so caught up in a ltx block. It's not like ur gonna be running a opti or the factory ecm if ur gonna go big dog status. If it hasn't happened by now it will probably never happen.
12-10-2012, 11:59 PM
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^^^^ EXACTLY Thats why Im keepin a stock intake & gettin a lil help from the Fast LTx guys that have intakes that make single plane power Hint Hint TwoFast4Lv Otherwise I woulda bought the 400 sbc down the road for 500 & stroked it But its not the same lol
Otherwise I woulda bought the 400 sbc down the road for 500 & stroked it But its not the same lol Trending Topics
12-11-2012, 05:52 AM
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There are already big-cube LTX blocks out there somewhere, the trick is finding one for sale. The last one I heard about made its way to ebay 2 years ago and was purchased by a member in here. No clue what has happened to it since then.
12-11-2012, 07:00 AM
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I like my LT1 but I'm sure someday ill build a big cube sbc or LS. Hell I'd build a big cube ltx if there was a block in production and was decent priced. There are a few unicorns out there. There are only a handfull of serious ltx racers left and the guys that are running ls now are not gonna come back for a block. I just don't see the demand from a business aspect to justify making room in a production line. Would it be nice? Yes
12-15-2012, 04:38 PM
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Get this one. Dart, the clowns that psyched us out with a big bore LT1 block, just developed a new LSX block in an already saturated market.
http://www.enginelabs.com/features/s...-engine-block/
http://www.enginelabs.com/features/s...-engine-block/
12-15-2012, 05:17 PM
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Screw LSx, I'd go big cube SBC before LS-anything...and BBC before either of them.
If my new motor blows, or I just start having more play money then I know what to do with, I'd go BBC.
If my new motor blows, or I just start having more play money then I know what to do with, I'd go BBC.
12-15-2012, 06:15 PM
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Saw one of these blocks(one of the first ones released) tuesday while dynoing my engine.
It fills a good market good caps raised cam either lifter bushing you want etc.
Problem is most raised cam sbc blocks you have alot of stuff to deal with that not everyone wants.
Id buy one
It fills a good market good caps raised cam either lifter bushing you want etc.
Problem is most raised cam sbc blocks you have alot of stuff to deal with that not everyone wants.
Id buy one
01-17-2013, 08:02 PM
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Check this new vid out from Dart. He says in the vid they can craft Ford heads to fit on a Mopar block. Well that's just great! All that CNC technology so how bout you craft us an big bore LTX block already...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=dcBvGIb5LB0#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=dcBvGIb5LB0#!
01-18-2013, 02:08 PM
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01-18-2013, 06:03 PM
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Those just look like big-bore bronze lifter bushings. That can be done to any of them. My #2 engine block is just an LT1 block with 904" bronze bushings. Not that big a deal.
I don't see the big deal about the single plane intake deal. My ported LT4 intake was ported by Pete Incaudo with the top milled off. Welded a new lid on it after I got it back. Made more on the dyno and was quicker & faster on the track than an Edelbrock single plane, with two different elbows. My Hogan is even better. I spent a lot on port & machine work on that thing. Gave up thashing and testing with it, sold it to a racer in Louisiana.
I don't see the big deal about the single plane intake deal. My ported LT4 intake was ported by Pete Incaudo with the top milled off. Welded a new lid on it after I got it back. Made more on the dyno and was quicker & faster on the track than an Edelbrock single plane, with two different elbows. My Hogan is even better. I spent a lot on port & machine work on that thing. Gave up thashing and testing with it, sold it to a racer in Louisiana.