Well, the pistons are in sad shape. When I sheared that pin on the roller cam, and the valves hit them, the exhuast valves left BIG gouges in every piston top. The intake valves were just touching the pistons again (just enuff to keep the carbon cleaned off on the edge about 1/16 of an inch around the edge of the valve) that might have been due to the 8000 rpm burnouts. Also, I have another cracked cylinder. this one is actually cracked down below where th block is filled, so it wasnt leaking hardly any water. I think when the valves hit the piston it cocked the piston in the bore causing it to crack. Plus the pistons are actually undersized for the bores (it was the only block I had to use at the time) (the biggest piston was 4.027,they were all different too, and all the bores are right at .030 over so they were loose). There are, and were when I put it together, some really ugly scratches, dents and shadows in the cylinders. And 3 of the rod bearings were into copper on the upper shell.

The plan now is to use another block I had filled, with a set of new Arias domed pistons I have had for a couple of years. Use the same crank and rods but actually have it balanced this time.
And then use my heads and cam in the other block that the pistons will actually fit correctly in.

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Originally posted by Clevo377:
Kid, was that the engine you threw together from bits'n'pieces after your last cylinder splitting misfortune? (post from a few months ago)

Paul

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Yes it was.

Cool story! I'm expecting mid 9's from a decent motor in your car.

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Originally posted by steve'66:
Rob,

Cool story! I'm expecting mid 9's from a decent motor in your car.

SteveW

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I would too, but I'm serioulsy thinking about try that slip n' slide powerglide again. I want to do alot more box racing. I went and ran some high dollar "box" races over thanksgiving, and got wupped bad. If you werent .510 or better, and "dead on with a..." every pass, you got the honor of going home. I never got out of the first round, and after buying back, never got past the third round.

My car is pretty consistent, but having to shift twice, just leaves that much more room for error.

We'll see, I am kind of prone to changing my mind about that sort of thing a half dozen times.

This new motor should be wicked

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Originally posted by futurattraction:
So what's the plan for your new engine, then? I've kinda lost track of what you're going to do for next year.
SP

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I have another block that has been filled. It needs finish bored to match the pistons. I have a new set of Arias closed chamber domed pistons I am going to hang on the ends of the rods out of this years motor, and use this years crank and actauly have this assembly balanced. I will re-use the solid Crower cam, my 4v heads, and my strip dominator. I am still debating on whether or not to buy a new set of headers, these are getting to look pretty bad and Heddman has a set with 2 1/8" primarys (I think thats the correct size) that will fit my car. I am also thinking about trying my powerglide again (but I will probably change my mind about that 3-10 times before spring anyways). I would also like to try that 2v Active intake on my 4v heads at some time to see how bad it kills/helps the power.

You could run 13-1 on your alkihaul. Just fly cut 'em and run low nines next year, or add a t-stop/delay box and run the 10.90 class.

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Originally posted by steve'66:
Heck Kid,

You could run 13-1 on your alkihaul. Just fly cut 'em and run low nines next year, or add a t-stop/delay box and run the 10.90 class.

SteveW

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I already got the delay box, just need the t-stop.

If I swap heads, and use my closed chamber heads as opposed to the opens I am using now, it would bump the compression up to right at 13-1 (well, if I deck the block a little). My open heads have 67 cc chambers, my closed have 64 cc chambers. At the statt of last yr, I had almost 14-1 compression, and lots of clearance problems.

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Originally posted by ASTIKHOSSW:
KID" SORRY TO HERE YOUR PROBLEMS,BUT IS YOUR ENGINE COMBO A CLEVELAND SET UP.IF SO I
HAVE A USED SET OF STROKER VENOLIA PISTON THAT ARE 4.065 WITH 1.100 COMPRESSION HEIGHT GAS PORTED WITH TWO RINGS FOR A CLOSED CHAMBER HEAD.AND I ALSO KNOW A GUY THAT HAS ONE OF THOSE FURANCE BRAZED BLOCKS THAT IS 4.100 BORE WITH THE BIG SLEEVES BRAZED IN IT.IT'S ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF BLOCK'S THE GLIDDEN'S USE TO RUN IN PRO STOCK BACK IN THE DAY.HE USE TO RUN IT IN THE OLD MODIFIED CLASS NHRA HAD.IF YOU INTERESTED LET ME KNOW.

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Yes it is a cleveland combo. But unfortunately, my finances wont even allow me to think about buying something like any of what you described.

Ok Alex, you have my attention...