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I went and finished/picked up the new "street" engine yesterday. My buddy in Topeka that was the brains behind the old 289 (that lasted 8 yrs of track abuse) pieced together a street motor for me.
It has an 86 302 block and rotating assembly. Decked the block .030" to get the pistons within .002" of the deck. It was already bored to .040" and only needed a hone. New bearings, rings, oil pump, timing chain and gears. An older Crower cam with .475" lift, 280* duration and 108* lobe center. He was swapping out the old 66 iron heads on his daughter's 289 drag engine, so we put those on this motor. They were a copy of my race heads way back when we built the first engine. He had an RPM intake that we added and I'll re-use my oil pan, flywheel, clutch, fuel pump and carb. The MSD box will have a 5,500 chip to keep me from over-revving it. No track days for this engine, it'll only the see the street. I hope to get it installed and running this long weekend. I'll provide pics later, after I unwrap it and start prepping it for installation. I still need to center the scattershield and paint it.
Since it will spend some time on the street, Deb requested I quiet it down a little. I remember Kent (KK Pony from the VMF) posting about Spiral Turbo Specialties. Jim makes these little inserts that supposedly quiet the car down while still allowing no loss of ponies. I'll install these after the race bullets and see how it goes. I couldn't find a post by Kent where he said if they worked. Hell, it's only money....
It has an 86 302 block and rotating assembly. Decked the block .030" to get the pistons within .002" of the deck. It was already bored to .040" and only needed a hone. New bearings, rings, oil pump, timing chain and gears. An older Crower cam with .475" lift, 280* duration and 108* lobe center. He was swapping out the old 66 iron heads on his daughter's 289 drag engine, so we put those on this motor. They were a copy of my race heads way back when we built the first engine. He had an RPM intake that we added and I'll re-use my oil pan, flywheel, clutch, fuel pump and carb. The MSD box will have a 5,500 chip to keep me from over-revving it. No track days for this engine, it'll only the see the street. I hope to get it installed and running this long weekend. I'll provide pics later, after I unwrap it and start prepping it for installation. I still need to center the scattershield and paint it.
Since it will spend some time on the street, Deb requested I quiet it down a little. I remember Kent (KK Pony from the VMF) posting about Spiral Turbo Specialties. Jim makes these little inserts that supposedly quiet the car down while still allowing no loss of ponies. I'll install these after the race bullets and see how it goes. I couldn't find a post by Kent where he said if they worked. Hell, it's only money....
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