400 will be .030 over, stock stroke (plan for now, original plan was 461 stroker), forged lightweight crank and rods, edelbrock aluminum heads and intake, solid roller cam and some kind of fuel injection system. Any way I cut it, it's no less than $6000 in parts and machining costs. I still have brakes, seats, dash wiring and correcting the front suspension geometry on the list of must haves... I also don't want to bolt the 400 after it's built to the stock 3 speed trans, I don't think she's gonna hold up long... And the rear end still needs done. Refresh the 350 and live with it while I get everything else done and get the parts lined up.I can understand freshening the 350 to save some coin. But, what are your plans for the 400 build?
400 will be .030 over, stock stroke (plan for now, original plan was 461 stroker), forged lightweight crank and rods, edelbrock aluminum heads and intake, solid roller cam and some kind of fuel injection system. Any way I cut it, it's no less than $6000 in parts and machining costs. I still have brakes, seats, dash wiring and correcting the front suspension geometry on the list of must haves... I also don't want to bolt the 400 after it's built to the stock 3 speed trans, I don't think she's gonna hold up long... And the rear end still needs done. Refresh the 350 and live with it while I get everything else done and get the parts lined up.
Yeah there aren't as many guys out there racing the Olds stuff as there are the Ponchos...The Olds has some things that have made me take a moment but getting parts sucks.
I have built a few Ponchos and they seem to be pretty straight forward.
400 will be .030 over, stock stroke (plan for now, original plan was 461 stroker), forged lightweight crank and rods, edelbrock aluminum heads and intake, solid roller cam and some kind of fuel injection system. Any way I cut it, it's no less than $6000 in parts and machining costs. I still have brakes, seats, dash wiring and correcting the front suspension geometry on the list of must haves... I also don't want to bolt the 400 after it's built to the stock 3 speed trans, I don't think she's gonna hold up long... And the rear end still needs done. Refresh the 350 and live with it while I get everything else done and get the parts lined up.
If I were in your shoes I believe freshening the 350 and getting some other stuff done first would be the way to go.
This is the way I think I'm going. Need to do a leak test on the 350, hoping it's just headgasket. I really don't want to get into the bottom end. Will throw a new cam in and and convert it to a 4 barrel.If I were in your shoes I believe freshening the 350 and getting some other stuff done first would be the way to go.
Yeah there aren't as many guys out there racing the Olds stuff as there are the Ponchos...
It would be a lot cheaper to just drop a Chevy motor in it and be done with it
I'm a big fan of Oldsmobiles. Good power. Those w-30 cars are the .In the day (late 60's early 70's) there were a lot of Olds at the track and rolling the street scene. I owned a 1970 W-30 that I bought brand spanking new. Traded a 69 442 in on it that I completely hated. I owned that car until mid 1980. Not the fastest car but it was one of my favorites. Sold it just before I met my lovely spouse. 88K on the clock and still mint. I had need of the funds. It was the Olds or my 64 El Camino. The Olds was worth a lot more. Did I mention I needed the funds. Had I known what those would eventually be worth I might have kept it.
I don't have to admit it.He is right you know.
I don't have to admit it.
Nope. Not gonna do it. Sacrilegious.Yeah but still........
Nope. Not gonna do it. Sacrilegious.
I wouldn't even put a Chevy in a Ford. Even though it would make way more power for a lot less money.
Now you done went and done it Thunder is going to be along to set you straight.
Well I might as well get him mad at me too.
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