Thread: Engine components questions

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I'm gonna be putting my engine together in the next couple of weeks so I was gonna put in an order to Summit this week to get the rest of the stuff I need to complete it. I know everyone is gonna say spend the money and get the best, while I went and got engaged in April and my girlfriend is Croation which equals BIG wedding, it's starting to interfere with my build .

It's a 383 SBC with AFR heads, XE268H cam, Edelbrock 600 carb and Air gap intake, I'm not going to race it just for street driving.

I need:
Oil Pump
Water Pump (not electric)
Starter
Alternator
Distributer (one that doesn't require a seperate coil)

Any suggestions for these, I'd prefer them raw no chrome or polish just reliable.

Thanks for any input.

Sean

Sean, first things first. I think if you'll research it, you'll find that the girl's parents are supposed to foot the bill for the wedding.

As far as the parts needed for completion, a trip to Autozone should suffice. Get a standard oil pump, not high volume or high pressure. I'd pirate an HEI distributor from a boneyard and rebuild it. Keep your receipts in case anything goes South.

That was a good laugh, I thought you were starting to tell me to read other posts and research some more . The funny thing is they probably would if we asked but I would hate to do that to them when they're finally getting ready to retire, we'll save their help for the grandkids.

Sean