1971 Rs/ss

[ffshu]

I'm anxious to here how satisfied you are with the motor. I've been thinking about building a 400. You have been very busy over the last couple of years. Great progress. My parents have a place in Sarasota, I will have to look you up when I come down there.

[TBART1970]

Unreal!

[Citrus70]

Dude what a save with this car. WOW

[$ Mike 70 Z-28]

Looks great! A+++ what is your bore & stroke on the motor

[Bnsixx]

Guys-

Thanks for the kind words. Since thes last pics I've added the accessory drive, and fired the motor for the first time. I had a leak from what I thought was the input shaft seal on the transmission. After pulling the trans twice, I found it was actually a pin hole in the weld where the hub welds to the torque converter... I got way more parctice pulling the trans than I will ever need lol...
Anyway, no leaks for now. I will get some new pic's up soon.
I don't know the actual bore and stroke specs off the top of my head, I will post them as well.

[cars4life]

Super job on everything. A+ on the attention to detail and the determination for such a long project. You have just set a new standard to the term " savable".

[Chuck71RS]

Always admired metal men and gear heads as yourself. Impressive what skill and talent can do.

[Bnsixx]

$ Mike Z28-

We ended up at a 4.155 bore (.030 over) and a 3.875 Stroke. I can post all of the other specs if anyone is interested.

Thanks for the props, there are a ton of talented guys on here that inspire me to keep motivated!

[ffshu]

I would be interested in the specs if you post them. Again great work on the car. Looking good!!

[Bnsixx]

Motor specs are:
400 small block .030 overbore
Eagle 4340 internal balance crank, 3.875 stroke
Callies 4340 H beam rods, 5.850"
SRP pistons, 16CC dish
Hastings rings
9.6:1 Compression
ARP main studs
Cloyes adjustable timing set
Comp cams Xtreme Energy retro fit roller cam 1.050 base circle
Comp 1.6 rockers
intake .520 lift (.555 w/ 1.6 rocker) 236 duration @ .050
Exhaust .540 lift (.576 w/ 1.6 rocker) 242 duration @ .050
AFR 195cc heads 65cc chamber
2.05 Intake, 1.60 Exhaust
ARP 7/16 rocker studs
AFR stud girdle
Edelbrock port matched Victor Jr intake
Scat SFI Flexplate
M55HV oil pump
Powerforce Plus SFI balancer
Milodon 7 qt oil pan


This combo should be worth 550-600 horse, and be a torque monster. Sucks that it's going to be a while befor I can drive it. Worse than waiting for christmas....

[Jas0n]

That's a killer recipe!