Dangit. I didn't even think of that. Brilliant.

I might be the only guy on this site who covers up his billet with thin wall aluminum. :cool:

Maybe you should PM me your guys info :) i got a couple more things im in need of.

^^This. Have fun putting it all together. :thumbsup:

Ah jeeze what's the big deal it ain't like he's the first guy on this site with a billet dry sump pan.:rofl:

True, but due to my resourcefulness, I bet I got it for a 1/4 of what you paid. :unibrow: And don't give me that Ford vs Chevy parts availability excuse.

Okay I had a similar Matt Alcala situation the other day at Watson going over the motor teardown and inspection of my SB2.

Nothing is good and everything needs something.. of course. :rolleyes:

#4 cylinder has a pretty deep score.

Bad main cap walk.

Crank thrust no good.

Wrong bearings.

Wrong piston ring package (napier).

Steel lifter sleeve (wish it wad bronze bushed).

Standard SBC cam core (may go to 50mm BBC size if there is room).

And then there was..... ok at this point I just pulled a Weld and said "just fix it."

There was some good news. They loved the dry sump stuff I brought over and it was the first time Mike didn't tell me the stuff I brought to him was crap or inferior. :lol: He even brought Ben (Watson) who does all their billet and sheetmetal manifolds over and showed him the Hendricks pan. They loved it. :woot:

He's gonna send the crank out, do calcs on everything and then we'll decide where we go.

Oh, and he said the head gasket on this motor was the largest he'd EVER seen......

.120. :eek:

:unibrow:

S.A.R.(R.Y.) to hear about all those issues.

The good news is there won't be any more redo's

After all, it's not an LS.



:D

^ low, low, low, blow.

How bad is the cap walk? Possibly because too to little thrust clearance?

Also what block is it?

But dont feel too bad. i nearly Sh*t my self when I looked at my crank. huge hole, is huge.

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Matt

God D@mn, I feel for you. I keep forgetting our cars' engines both crapped out the same weekend at El Toro.

This is turning into a race to see who bought the biggest turd, and it looks like you're winning since your new engine is a pile.

Dude, I am sorry to hear about this. I know how expensive these things get, and how all kinds of little things you forgot or didn't know you had to buy just magically seem to end up on your parts list.

I'm glad to hear you just decided to "fix it" like Weld. That is what I decided to do today as well, and everyone tells me I won't miss the money once I'm driving, so get driving soon. We need to find out if you have more power than Rob.

Matt

p.s. Shipka has a little 5.3 you could just throw in there. :lol:

I got a cracked block 406 that will slide right in there big daddy. No worries.

I for one like the purple wiggins setup---it adds some style points.

Sounds like GW needs to come back in on this project. Put some Intro's on it and he'll be interested again.

BW