who built your 408?
Originally Posted by 1fastTransAm
Mine was FFHP but knowing what I know now and all the headaches I would have spent the extra $$$$ and had someone like Wheel to Wheel, SpeedInc, Texas Speed, LME, etc build it... A bigger company verse some small shop that might not be open the next day and take yours and peoples money.
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Hopefully someone can help me with my ignorance. Isn't the diffrence between a 402 and a 408 just a bore of 4.060 vs 4 and if so what makes it worth the extra money in an ls2 for example to resleeve it because from what I've read most people dont like anything over 4.030 in bore.
I've tuned some LME engine's and they seam to be very good and a tight motor.
We use SDPC for the motor's which they sub out with I think the same place that does Texas speeds motor's. They have been very good.We've probly done 10 of them from a 440rwhp 346ci to 900rwhp Turbo 408's with no problems at all.
We use SDPC for the motor's which they sub out with I think the same place that does Texas speeds motor's. They have been very good.We've probly done 10 of them from a 440rwhp 346ci to 900rwhp Turbo 408's with no problems at all.
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Originally Posted by blown4.6
Hopefully someone can help me with my ignorance. Isn't the diffrence between a 402 and a 408 just a bore of 4.060 vs 4 and if so what makes it worth the extra money in an ls2 for example to resleeve it because from what I've read most people dont like anything over 4.030 in bore.
402= 4" bore with a 4" stroke
408= 4.030 bore with a 4" stroke
Originally Posted by bigdsz
Erik@hkracingengines.com is building a 408 for me now. This guy really knows his business.
erik is the man. I`ve had LME with my first. But Will always go to Erik from now on! Motor in Sig!
Greg Good is the man for the heads!!
Last edited by beardWS6; Mar 10, 2007 at 02:00 AM.
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May want to have a look at Dave Diluca from Canadian Performance. Top notch. Has built well over 400 LS engines. He has built all sorts of successful combinations and is also a stand up guy. Very nice attention to detail.
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SDPC put together my 402. The motor is sound but the communication within the organization is not so good. The poor communication has caused me problems in that there were delays, my goals weren't met, and now it is costing me more money.
Last edited by Gregory; Mar 10, 2007 at 01:18 AM. Reason: Added Information
