No I haven't finished assembling it yet, too busy working and also trying to get stuff done on my Regal project.
Probably start on it again in the spring.
My New 565 Big Block Chevy
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Probably start on it again in the spring.
I know the feeling. Mine took 2 seasons to do. I used some of the stuff from when it was a 548 too. I changed the rotating assembly and the cam, had the lifters rebuilt and that was it. It made 910 hp as a 548 and 978 as a 565. The car went from 9.03 to a so far best of 8.87.
Sure my engine is no secret. It's a 4.6 bore Merlin II block with main studs. Scat crank, eagle 6.535 rods, JE gas ported shelf Pistons about 15:1 compression. It's a .043/.043/3mm ring pack from JE. The oil pan is a moroso 21049 with the 22187? pump. It's the one with the baffle on it. The heads are Dart 355 heads with 2.35/1.88 valves. They flow 426 at .800 if I remember. The cam is .814/.798 282/[email protected]. It's got a super victor and a Dale Cubic 1150. It has jesel sportsman rockers, regular .842 morel roller lifters, ati balancer, 2 1/4 headers, and that's about it. Pretty much all out of the summit catalog except the cam. It doesn't have a crank trigger, or a vacuum pump, and the timing isn't locked out. Runs on Sunoco maximal or vp x16 fuel.
I went a little milder on my set up to help it live on the street but it sounds like a pretty comparable set up but you have more compression and cam and less drag with your ring pack.
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