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for 3 thousand, you can do a fresh rebuild, throw a cam, heads, and intake manifold and headers on it and it should make where you want. 400 to the wheels with an auto will need to be about 500 give or take a couple (given the drivetrain loss) but it should still be doable. Depending on how well you can build one, and how well you can source parts and how in sync those parts are.
I know guys with 4.7 Dodge motors, 360, and 318s, 350 chevys, 327 chevys, so on and so fourth that have more than 450 to the wheels. just have to know how.
Also, you need to figure out your gearing and such. A high horsepower engine, will not show or prove anything if geared wrong, or paired with the wrong driveline parts.
I love my job. Got a quarter panel and rear door on a 200 done. Got a complete trunk and rear body cut out of a kia, and started to gut and chop the entire right back half of a brand spanking new GMC Denali. I also need to start rebuilding a Kia that was brought in, needs a front end, and right side. Smells like the driver was hanging with cheech and chong and ran slap into a parking pole, then tried to back up, and drive away while tearing up the right side of the car.......
Thought I'd check on y'all and post a couple pics of what I'm up to.
Here's the '92 IDI 7.3 I'm fixing up to sell for a friend.
This F450 is getting a fresh 7.3 that will make +500hp to go in front of the freshly rebuilt 6spd.
Here's some of the shiny parts going on the engine I'm rebuilding.
The bed is off and frame is cleaned and in primer here.
EBC Yellowstuff brake pads, new calipers and rotors on the rear.
I bought my first Jeep! This will be getting a jeep 5spd manual trans and a 5cyl Mercedes turbo diesel engine swapped in. Of course, I'll also do a custom veggie conversion as well. I just can't get off the cheap high cholesterol fuel!!
Jason
Welcome back. Is that the damage from when the engine shelled a while back?
Yep. Finally got another engine swapped in before Christmas and got the old one torn down. Pretty disappointed in what I found. There had been blow-by for a loooong time (staining on piston skirts and coking in ringland) and there was brass showing on 'high spots' on the main and rod bearings. Of course, none of that should have contributed to rod failure... I bought that engine as a longblock with about 2k miles on it and it had about 125k miles when it failed. I suspect the tolerances were less than ideal at rebuild.
Also, you need to figure out your gearing and such. A high horsepower engine, will not show or prove anything if geared wrong, or paired with the wrong driveline parts.
I think this is the best bang for the buck that I am going with.
I ask a local racer (Gary Ledbetter) here in town. He used to build his own engines. He told me it cost him more to build one than to get a BP. It is the machine work that grabs your wallet and want let go.
Blueprint sends the actual dyno sheet with every crate. That make calculations easy.
With the 9 inch you can swap gear ratios to get the sweet spot
I finally replaced the front bearing on the Grand Am, It fought me the whole way but I won in the end. I took it out for a test drive and it was nice to not have that thing whining. It was just about to drive me insane. I am going to try and replace the deck bearings and put some new blades on the riding mower tomorrow. That should wrap that up once and for all.
We had frost this morning too, I sure will be glad when spring finally gets here, doesn't look anytime soon with the chance of snow flurries and slushy mix Monday thru Wednesday.
Short work week next week and a 4 day weekend for presidents day!!! I sure am going to miss those when I finally have to get a real job.
The wife is making the worlds best hot wings for the big game tomorrow night, I guess I am rooting for Carolina since the Falcons are at home watching it too.
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