Looks great man

 

the new shortblock is gettin torn down tonight so its ready for the machine shop. they didnt call yesterday so my dads gonna call them up if they dont call by lunch. by the way my dads helpin me out wit the car. thats y i keep sayin we. but hes not doin it all for me this is my first motor and his lik 20th so hes helpin me wit it.

 

just got the quote from the machine shop new studs and bearings on the axles $355. top seal rings and diamond pistons $800 all machine work and balancing of rotating assembly $775.

that all sound about right 200 for the rings 600 for the pistons sounds right. but 355 on the axles sounds alot to me.

 

Gf sounds like a good one! Any pics? JK......well at least about the pics!

 

ill see what i can do about the gf pics lol she's great she supports the whole car thing. she doesnt always want to help she usually doesnt but she asked if we could take the seats out so i said of course. she wants to be able to say she helped

 

here's the only appropriate picture i have its from 2yrs ago though

 

what, are you running a **** business to fund this build? lol

 

if i was doin that maybe id be done lol. ive actually been with her for 3 1/2 years never thought i woulda stayed wit one girl so long but shes just to good to let go. has no problem wit anything i lik any of my friends her friends lik me my family loves her hers loves me. and the personal stuff ill sum it up and just say GREAT!! lol

 

2 bolt mains? BITCHEN

 

we have new main caps and the machine shop is installing them so itll be splayed 4 bolts.

 

oh okay, thought that was the finished block...i was like what the..

Sounds fun bro, good luck and post up the videos when she is done!

 

ill post vids my dads kinda pissed about the video camera though i tried postin vids and the camera had to be plugged in and i plugged th wrong cord in and fried the 500 dollar camera so either ill be buyin one or he will.

but the block is in perfect shape but for some reason the guy that built it didnt use forged pistons???! and also cuz the 2 bolt mains he was a good guy we drove 8hrs to get it and wen he showed up we talked for 2hrs about cars. he builds 3 motors a month for fun though

 

should be a good build gl

 

Not a chance, especially with a 27" tall tire. The 3.70 may help on traction problems by killing some of the torque you are putting to the pavement....and you will have plenty of torque with the stroker motor. Play with some of the calculators on the link here for selecting gear ratio's...may help with some of your planning. Can't wait to see this done!! And cool girlfriend! They are hard to fine!

http://www.tciauto.com/Products/Tech...alculators.asp

 

i played with the gear calculator with 27" tires and 3.70s itll be good to 142mph in 4th should be pretty good 3.73s would be almost exact

 

blocks all apart it looks great!! wont need much machine work. pistons that were in it look brand new same with the rods but the bearings were a bit worn lik it got a bit hot?

 

so my dad just talked to AI for me while im at work and the only thing he told me after is that were goin with the 215cc trickflow heads. dont know why guess its an easy dicision for him since hes not payin lol

 

Sounds like a smart move with the ci. you will be running. Same thing with the 3.73s, the nitrous is going to make that puppy wind up pretty quick.

 

yea ive always wanted to go with the trickflow and AI had told me the 200cc arent wat they would use but this build started as a minor rebuild. then went to a build to handle the nitrous then to the 9.80s goal and it seems lik its taking another turn.

 

got bored tonight so i ripped this outta the car its an old alarm that the guy befor me had the thing weighs about a pound. was entangled in EVERYTHING.

and its off to the machine shop tomorrow to drop the block off