Winter is here whats everybody's project they got cooking??
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Mark T-TB
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I don't know there Doc. Those parts look awfully fancy for you.
Maybe need to dunk them in some old oil, then park outside for a month to keep them "in character"?
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czimpel
Boost...gotta get some!
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I know some of you are going to question the decision on building the budget 4.1 instead of just finishing the stroker, and here's the reason.
I bought a freshly rebuilt 291 4.1 complete motor from a guy for $250 carb to pan. It already was bored .040 with the Speed Pro hypers that people have been using. I'm use the standard crank from the 36,000 mile 044 block. The 291 block had not only been bored, but also line honed, and all of the machine work seems to check out so far. I will only have about $800 in this motor after buying the used cam, bearings, gaskets, polishing the crank, and balancing the rotating assembly.
My stroker motor still needs close to $3500 in parts and machining to finish it. Just can't spend that kind of cash right now.
Here is the parts stash so far. Thanks to Dave Husek for the crank and rods and another board member for the Champion Irons.
I bought a freshly rebuilt 291 4.1 complete motor from a guy for $250 carb to pan. It already was bored .040 with the Speed Pro hypers that people have been using. I'm use the standard crank from the 36,000 mile 044 block. The 291 block had not only been bored, but also line honed, and all of the machine work seems to check out so far. I will only have about $800 in this motor after buying the used cam, bearings, gaskets, polishing the crank, and balancing the rotating assembly.
My stroker motor still needs close to $3500 in parts and machining to finish it. Just can't spend that kind of cash right now.
Here is the parts stash so far. Thanks to Dave Husek for the crank and rods and another board member for the Champion Irons.
Mark T-TB
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Hey, if we check the thermometer and look out the window here - it seems just like MN, so it's easy to get confusedSorry guys, just realized this was the MAGNA forum.
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i hear ya mark , its those posts of guys in their shorts with palm trees in the back round that i feel bad for ... they have to brave those harsh mid 60 degree winter days to work on their rides ..
btw its been snowing for over an hour here so i didnt make it out to the monthly meet , now i have to sit another month for the next one ....hopefully the salts will clear off the roads by then but i wont bet on it
btw its been snowing for over an hour here so i didnt make it out to the monthly meet , now i have to sit another month for the next one ....hopefully the salts will clear off the roads by then but i wont bet on it
Mark T-TB
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I was also hoping to make it over to NE Philly, but decided that I did not need yet another messy/slippery/dangerous commute
Here's hoping for a nice day in March
Mark T-TB
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^^^ Sounds pretty meaty, but you're gonna need a lot more tread than that this weekend
Mark T-TB
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That could be fun... I remember my cousin "teaching me" how to make a cool shower of sparks ^^^ with his 327 Camaro
czimpel
Boost...gotta get some!
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No snow here, but -30 degrees with windchill tomorrow.Hey, if we check the thermometer and look out the window here - it seems just like MN, so it's easy to get confused
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Snow is melting we get more daylight hope everybody is running back into the garage to Finish their buckets!! I know I am!!
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That could be fun... I remember my cousin "teaching me" how to make a cool shower of sparks ^^^ with his 327 Camaro
Here you go Mark & Doc, let's go racing!!!! I have way too many hours with this thing when I was growing up!!!
