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Originally posted by Don Shillady
Hey, hey, hey Scot, I know what you mean in that you want to tie your own shoes. Most of the fun is designing your dream engine and designing it yourself, but the down side is that it is easy to make a mistake or two that will cause severe problems on startup after a substantial investment. I would say Tech1 is a little on the conservative side BUT he really knows his stuff as you would realize if you had looked at his past (very helpful) responses.

Hi Don,

You are probably right. My response was a little heavy-handed. But, the point is that Tech1 doesn't know anything about me and I don't know anything about him...so, what's with the presumptions? If you equate Internet forums to a school and source of learning, the books don't start by asking about your financial status and state publicly that you don't know everything the book does. Ask me about my $$$ and I figure someone is trying to sell me something. He apparently presumed I was indigent and ignorant. I presumed he was meddlesome and arrogent. Tech1 was right about ignorant. I have a lot of learning to do... Don't we all? That's why we join lists like this. BTW, the completed car (from a kit) is about $80k and I have been planning the build for about 3 month. A rolling chassis from the factory is $90k. So, the savings are great in building it yourself.

Anyway, maybe that's the best program to follow (PAW). I didn't know about them and will look into them further. I have been reading a lot about engine construction, but I know there's no replacement for EXPERIENCE. Sounds like you've had some interesting "fun" with your experience!

I have done a fair amount of "bolt on" type mods...engine and suspension. The deepest I have been into an engine is rocker and spring replacement on LT1 heads (my '96 Impala). Shallow, at best. I consider myself capable, just never motivated to build an engine before. Now, I have a reason. And, I will have some local help from a guy that has been building cars since the mid 70's.

My original post had two (generic, I thought) questions about desktop dyno software and 377 base configuration. I think the 377 question is resolved. Have you ever tried any dyno software?

Thanks, and I appreciate your comments.

Someone stuffed this twin turbo into the same car!!!
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