Thread: sbc 350

Tweet

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

yes your a good machinist but not the only one around. my stuff is built and built right. it does not break. yes sonic checking is a good idea i never said i just pick some random piece of shite and go for it. i see the bickering has not stopped on this site.

and yes i have build .125 and .155 over 283's and .080-.100 over 350's. big whooptie do.

if 8500 rpm and 13:5-1 compression dont test things to its limits tell me what does?

Oh man.I thought I was done here. Please tell me the minimum wall thickness that you yourself have machined??. On the skirt side and on the wrist pin side??.

What are we doing here anyways??. This is the engine section of the site. I started the ball rolling by saying you can't bore a 350 .080. THAT IS BASED ON COMMONLY WELL KNOWN PRACTICES!!!!. I'll be dammed if it isn't good advise. The engine section should be technical based. Based on in this case,machinists like Pat and Jerry. Not some defensive personal vendetta trying to prove yourself. And not some off the end of the dock haft cocked popularity contest.

Really it is quite simple. The performance industry came up with aftermarket blocks solely because over the yrs time and again it proved a need because of the limits of bores the production blocks. It along with other improvements in design has a market for those aftermarket blocks because of a "majority of people" agree with those limitations.

Now you can go on and on about your adventures,thing is it is risky.That is the facts. Facts that the mass majority agree with. Facts that created the market for aftermarket blocks. Facts that well beyond this site prove your advise is also risky. Facts that the industry of engine building also agree with. You imply this should be a commonly done practice.The history of boring engines does not support that fact.

Don't think your the ONLY one with the history of drag race.That would be assuming a ton. As I said already,in my past I owned,built,drove,two /MP cars. But I am getting side tracked to my point. In drag racing as you know there is a saying. "It is much better to be lucky than good". Given your suggestions...............seems to me you have been pretty damm lucky. Humm,NEVER had a failure???. I mean really??. NEVER??. Almost sounds impossible.................