Please help... Engine decision?

[70rs]

Originally Posted by camcojb

I second the Mike Lewis recommendation, great guy to work with.

Jody

I apologize Jody. You were the first to send me searching for Mike and I neglegted to mention that. Mike is a really good guy to work with.

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by 70rs

I apologize Jody. You were the first to send me searching for Mike and I neglegted to mention that. Mike is a really good guy to work with.

no reason to apologize, you were correct, Mike is one of the good guys.............

Jody

[awr68]

Yep, Jody sent me to Mike for my LT1 build and I can't thank him enough! Mike was a real pleasure to work with!!

[Nick.V70]

Ok so now we are talking about a carbed 540 BBC range. For something good and streetable but power on tap, what might be looking at spending for a set up from oil pan up before all the other needed upgrades to go with a swap like this. Just he complete motor, also are we talking getting a block and building it or just getting a crate motor from gm. What's the pros vs cons I should conseder?

By the way you guys are a great help, saving money in the end will be doing it once and not finding out I should have purchased something better for my personal use of what I want out of the motor.

[Nick.V70]

Also I will hheck this Mike guy out. I want to get a better direction before I start calling people so I have more feed back for them to help me.

[Vegas69]

A 540 will take you into aftermarket block territory. There was a recent article in one of the magazines on a 502 build up. Just a set of Dart Pro 1 heads like I run, around 10-1 compression, and not an overly radical cam. It made like 670hp and around 640 ftlbs. I looked for the article and couldn't find it. I'm sure Mike will point you in the right direction.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

A 540 will take you into aftermarket block territory. There was a recent article in one of the magazines on a 502 build up. Just a set of Dart Pro 1 heads like I run, around 10-1 compression, and not an overly radical cam. It made like 670hp and around 640 ftlbs. I looked for the article and couldn't find it. I'm sure Mike will point you in the right direction.

There was an article probably 10+ years ago where the late John Lingenfelter put ported oval port heads on a stock 502 with a decent size cam and made 660-670 hp, so it is pretty easily done and remains very street friendly.

Again, you could duplicate very easily with a 496 as well. Lotsa options here!

EDIT: here is the simple Lingenfelter 502 article.... wow, from 1993!

http://www.derekspratt.com/PDFs/Auto...ary%201993.pdf

[70rs]

Originally Posted by Nor-Cal Nick

Also I will hheck this Mike guy out. I want to get a better direction before I start calling people so I have more feed back for them to help me.

If you call Mike and tell him what you want out of the car and how you intend to use it he can help you design what is best for you. There are a million different ways to build an engine and just as many opinions about what to use. I would be happy to give you mine if you want it. But I really think that someone with the experience of a pro builder like Mike will be the best help you can get. Just tell him how you would like to use the car and what your budget is and go from there.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Nor-Cal Nick

Ok so now we are talking about a carbed 540 BBC range. For something good and streetable but power on tap, what might be looking at spending for a set up from oil pan up before all the other needed upgrades to go with a swap like this. Just he complete motor, also are we talking getting a block and building it or just getting a crate motor from gm. What's the pros vs cons I should conseder?

By the way you guys are a great help, saving money in the end will be doing it once and not finding out I should have purchased something better for my personal use of what I want out of the motor.

Well, I don't know if you are talking about a 540, but that's what I was talking about.

Here is a good start.

http://www.ultrastreet.net/engines/540_ultrastreet.asp

Crate motor from builder comes with warranty. (pro)

You build it yourself you save money (pro) but no warranty (con).

You could also do a short block 502 or a long block and finish it yourself since you have skills and tools it sounds like.

http://sdparts.com/catalog/crate-eng...p-zz502-engine

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by ratman67

i just bought a shafiroff racing saturday night special 540 800 hp on pump gas...wasn't cheap but what a brute. i will sell you the 502/502 that im pulling out of the car, complete turn key engine with less than 12k miles, starter, headers, ign., carb to pan. port the heads install a little bigger cam and your good to go...

You should read the whole thread (specifically, the post right above yours). He already bought a 454.