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02-05-2013 10:40 AM #7
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I wouldn't buy the engine you've picked from JEGS if it were me shopping. It's just a basic transportation build, nothing special, but it has a flat tappet cam and I would not put a flat tappet cam in anything new today considering the situation with lubricating oils. Sure, you might break it in right and be one of the lucky ones, but too many people have ended up with one or two flat lobes after only a month or two, and the particles from the lobe destruction have now trashed every bearing and the rings in the new engine, and maybe the cylinder bores, too. For my money I'd shop for a different crate engine with roller lifters at a minimum, or all a good local machine shop and have them build you a basic 350 from one of their cores.Last edited by rspears; 02-05-2013 at 11:56 AM.
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