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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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Check Texas-Speed They have awesome prices with 408ci.
Or maybe Forged 346Ci with good Heads and cam setup and some nitrous.

if you put all of the 5gs in the block can you buy Heads/cam?????
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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Of course it was a salvage block. There's absolutely no reason to waste money on a new one when you can find a fire block that you know has worked just fine already.

Add in a used Eagle stroker crank from a sponsor on the site, Diamond pistons, CompStar rods, Hellfire rings, Clevite H bearings, machine work, ARP fasteners, GM gaskets all the way around (still have to measure piston deck height and order Cometic head gaskets). So for the price of a cheap 408 with cheap parts if I bought one pre-assembled, I get one with the best parts that are still affordable.
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by crazylane
If you don't mind me asking, how did you do it under 4k??? Was it a salvage block or something?

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Check TSP They have brand new 408ci with less that 4k.
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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Just be careful if buying from a sponsor. Make sure they send you the specs. I recently saw a 402 from a certain very popular company and the piston to wall clearance was close to .015"!!! It was basically one big machine designed to fill the intake with oil.
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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^^^^^^^ Thanks for the advice man.
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by N4cer
Of course it was a salvage block. There's absolutely no reason to waste money on a new one when you can find a fire block that you know has worked just fine already.

Add in a used Eagle stroker crank from a sponsor on the site, Diamond pistons, CompStar rods, Hellfire rings, Clevite H bearings, machine work, ARP fasteners, GM gaskets all the way around (still have to measure piston deck height and order Cometic head gaskets). So for the price of a cheap 408 with cheap parts if I bought one pre-assembled, I get one with the best parts that are still affordable.
Bad *** man. Nice work..
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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Ehh it'll probably be a turd and I'll have nobody to blame except myself.
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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by venom ws7
Check Texas-Speed They have awesome prices with 408ci.
Or maybe Forged 346Ci with good Heads and cam setup and some nitrous.

if you put all of the 5gs in the block can you buy Heads/cam?????
5g's at this point needs to cover everything under the hood..
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Build your 346ci with forged stuff and good H/C/I Package.
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