On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, S Schmidt wrote:
> Way back when, when I was a lot younger, I built a 327...used a 4bolt main
> 350 block and a 307 steel crank. I was running it in a '69 chev 3/4 ton 4x4
> w/ 4spd trans and 4.55 gears. There were only 2 problems, in prime
> condition it got about 12 mpg (holly 650 double pumper), and after 105,000
> miles on it, it sucked a valve :( pretty much the end of it! But even with
> the 4.55 gears I would cruse I-5 at 70+, and at one point I saw the speedo
> at 110 mph, (yikes!)(would that be fast enough for a '56 3100). Yep shoulda
> had stronger valve springs and better valves! Oh and by the way yes it was
> balanced! Best ruinnin' SB I've ever had!
I love the big journal 327. I've done the same thing. I used the forged
307 truck crank. That thing revved for ever. I always wished I could make
a 302 but the necessary crank was prohibitively expensive.
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Scott H. Zekanis
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1957 Buick Riviera Hardtop (2 dr., 364" Nailhead)
1959 GMC in Chevy Sheetmetal 1/2 Ton (235" Inline 6)
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