Well, I decided to pull the plug on the body work on my 70 SS396 car for now. So being that the car will be coming home I have decided to pull the 70 apart and do what things I can at home myself. One of those things is pulling the mystery 454 out of the car and getting it ready to go in the 80 Malibu. I call it the mystery 454, because when I bought the 70, the owner conveniently knew nothing about it. He swore it was a 468, but also a .030 over 454. I do know its got 702 casting closed chamber heads on it, a solid roller cam of I think just under .600 lift with 10" vacuum. I would bet its a cast crank, 2 bolt block, with possibly 3/8" rods. I want to build a decent hydraulic roller/Aluminum head 496 for the Chevelle, and I want to do a v8 conversion on the 80. Being I have this mystery engine with really no value, why not put it in the Malibu?? The car is a 229 V6 so a chevy small block would be the "smart" choice considering I have all the accessories. But that would cost money. I have the big block, the old 1 3/4" Chevelle headers out of the car and Big block AC brackets. I also have a set of late model Short black chevy big clock valve covers off a Mercruiser engine. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG??????????🤣
One step closer to regretting my decisions!!!!
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Send it!!! The no buck, roadkill style projects are sometimes the most fun. And they usually make for the best stories later, so don’t forget to keep us updated.
One of my biggest missed opportunities was putting an L89 396 in my Monte. G-bodies should have proper muscle car engines.
Don't bend the pushrods and you're golden. As previously stated...SEND IT!!!!!!! Have fun.
I just know I should go small block. But by the time I spend $2500 for a crate motor, and sell the big block for peanuts it’s hard not to put it in. I really don’t even want to take the big block apart to find out bore size. Maybe I’ll pull the pan off to change some gaskets. I keep getting ideas that keep adding money. So we’ll see.
I can hope. I looked in the cylinder with a camera and they are small dome pistons with a closed chamber head so it’s probably a 10:1 motor. I’ve already been asking around for a Chevy 502/502 hydro roller that someone may have pulled out!!!
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