Thread: 355 build HP and Torque?

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most all intake s will (china????) fit at 9.010 and 010 off heads no big deal but need s to be checked so china wall air gap so it will not bottom out then your just not cutting the sides its the bottom of intake as well as bolt holes may hold it up to. the intake gets cut to match ports from intake to head it takes a hell of alot for it not to bolt on . there is no need to wast new gaskets just shim the 4 corners of the intake with a chunk of gasket or what every thats 060 thick. tape some washers or cheap frozen pizza. check bolts for fit or just keep a old clean set of gaskets to see were it is . there no hard fast rules but have taken 045. off from deck and heads and intake did fit what head gaskets come in to play to how thick they are . when the intake will or will not fit has some thing do with the marker of intake too . do not forget to check the distributor depth shim if needed .one thing i will add getting a block decked will not help much if not centered threw mains and cam bore like with a BHJ tru-deck setup like i use so side to side threw main and cam center line is dead on no up hill or down hill on the deck. when deck is 90 and front to back square then i base my boring bar off new deck. by a dial gauge so new piston bores are were they should be . some other things to think about re built rods will be shorter by .003 or more . crank stroke can be off as well a guy may off set the crank to save it and can be just one throw . same with rods a set up rods can be up and down from centers .005 ez. not all pistons in the set will have the same CH as well . so i do this nit picking all the time if i am short blocking or doing all machine work .i work out the deck height with head gaskets with your rods and pistons then deck with BHJ or if you have a number i can land on it if the block has not alot of offset threw center line or what we call twist side to side and i like to be less then .002 side to side then done