He's on the road this week, but GRM ad ninja Steve Chryssos is making progress on the rebuild for his 1968 Camaro engine. (Actually, the engine is pretty far removed from what came in a Camaro, but you get the idea.)
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Looks delicious. I can't wait to hear it!
Looking good....
Nice heads! Is that an aluminum block? Or just silver paint?
In reply to cwh:
I was going to ask the same question, but then I read the article. It is a good paint job.
cwh wrote: Nice heads! Is that an aluminum block? Or just silver paint?
Indeed, looks yummy
Iron block, circa 1971. "Last of the prime 400 blocks" in the words of Steve, but I honestly don't know what makes it a "prime" block.
Currently bored .030 over, badass Millodon billet main caps, etc... It's full strength.
Steve knows the details in his brain, and he's working on the next update already. Stay tuned and such!
I can't begine to describe the level of awesome.
Tuned in for future updates.
Gotta say, I love it when carbs get dumped in favor of fuel injection. Looks like a solid engine.
Greetings from Detroit. The block is indeed cast iron. What you see is DuPont Imron silver paint. Nasty, carcinogenic stuff, but it sticks and really lasts thru heat, weather and chemicals. Johnny over at Express Racing Engines in Deland, FL couldn't understand why so much paint remained after the block boiling process.
I like to paint my engines a bright color after 100% assembly in order to better spot leaks down the line. With Imron, I can paint over gaskets, hardware, and every square inch.
Thanks for looking /Steve
Silver worked really well and complemented my car's gold hue and stripes, so I'll probably go that way again.
that does look more like a piece of art than something to stuff under the hood of car
what kind of power, tq, rpm range are you building for?
if i come across a sb400 i keep liking the notion of a 377 destroked build for some future volvo or jag or whatever.
With modern cylinder heads, it's so easy to build 1 HP per cube @ 9:1 compression and using a decent hydraulic camshaft. With 10.5:1 CR and a roller cam profile, the estimate jumps to 1.2 HP per cube. Cater that combination to EFI and you might expect 1.3 HP per cube. We're expecting 525 HP at the flywheel. we're anxious to get the car running, so we might bypass the engine dyno phase. /Steve
I love it when you talk dirty.
One of your springs is upside down.
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