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Super Stock SBC – Camshaft Installation and Timing
We’ve got the rotating assembly installed, time to slip in the camshaft. The cam is the heart and soul of the engine, it determines where the engine will make torque and how much. A simple cam change can change a small block from a tame street engine to a nasty fire-breathing race motor. Now let’s…
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Super Stock SBC Update – Engines are Stupid.
Full transparency means you share your victories and defeats. We’ve had Mike’s engine (WM EN: 23-01) on the dyno twice so far this summer, and neither time went as we had planned. First we broke the engine trying to brake it in. Once we fixed it, it didn’t make the power we hoped for. And…
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Super Stock SBC – Cylinder Head Installation
Short Block is built. Time to turn it into a Long Block. Why is it called a Long Block when it’s the same length as Short Block? They should really be called a Tall Blocks… We had the heads prepped by Barrington Engines – Cylinder Head machining and Prep is covered here. Cylinder Head Installation…
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Super Stock SBC Update – .500 is Great in Baseball
Long story short – we didn’t make it. May 10th has come and gone. One engine is complete, shipped off to it’s new home in New York. Another engine is scattered between my garage in Long Beach, and two separate machine shops in Santa Clarita. I am hundreds of miles away from both engines, stuck…
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Super Stock SBC – Blueprinting the Build
Thinking on it now, each of these components need their own post. Still working on how to frame all this information so it the most useful. WIP. We’re going to squeeze every bit of power out of this engine while still fitting within the rulebook. Here’s the map to get there: Engine Block – Important…
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Super Stock SBC – Bottom End Parts List
“Top End Makes Power – The Bottom End Just Holds It” – Here’s how we’re going it hold all the ponies in the pasture. Block and Rotating Assembly – Part Manufacturer Description Mfg Part Number Block Dart Machinery SHP 350 Block 31161111 Block Parts Kit Dart Machinery Cam Bearings, Freeze Plugs, Etc 32000013 Crankshaft Scat…
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Super Stock SBC Intro – Two Long Blocks, One Month
Building engines always takes longer than you think. We’ve built two motors for this class before, neither were completed in time for the start of the season. This time I thought I got ahead of the curve by ordering the rotating assemblies back in November – part suppliers thought otherwise. It’s now April 8th. The…