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[Catmaigne]

So I ended up pulling the valvecover on the side where the gasket blew out and found that one of my pushrods was MIA... Must've fell into the intake valley somewhere. Anyway, the stock cam is probably all dinged up from smacking the unconstrained lifter the whole drive home and there's way more blowby than before (maybe from a hole in the piston? lol), so I'm officially retiring the stock motor.

In prep for a budget 355, I grabbed some 5.7" Eagle H-beams from @Ltconvert with the 7/16" ARP 8740 bolts. Also got a stock crank and 2-bolt block from @SSlowBoat. Original plan was to have the stock mains studded, but I found a cheap 4-bolt block on marketplace and am going to use that instead.

I took advantage of those black friday sales and have some parts coming in the mail:
- Wiseco ProTru PTS503A3 forged pistons, 4032 alloy, -5cc flat tops
- Lunati 20080543 cam with the laziest lobes possible, 219/227 duration, .534/.544" with my 1.7's, 110LSA +4adv, should be fine with my Crane duals
- Morel 7717 lifters (the Summit branded ones), basically LS7s but hopefully not as shitty
- Cloyes true roller 9-3651X3 timing set similar to the ole LT4 HD one
- Spec 12lb aluminum flywheel so I don't shatter the 10 bolt with brake hop lol
- Yukon Duragrip posi because my Auburn is dying and I'm too cheap for a Truetrac

Last two things I need are a Super Damper (the big 7" aluminum one) and a windage tray, but I'll get to that.
Cam is on backorder unfortunately. There was a cam shortage for a while, so who knows when Lunati will get to grinding the damn thing. I'm probably going to throw the Roadmaster's LE1 motor in the car as-is though as I already signed up for an event at Thunderbolt 3/11 and dunno if I'll have time to cobble the shortblock together before then.

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[SSlowBoat]

So I ended up pulling the valvecover on the side where the gasket blew out and found that one of my pushrods was MIA... Must've fell into the intake valley somewhere. Anyway, the stock cam is probably all dinged up from smacking the unconstrained lifter the whole drive home and there's way more blowby than before (maybe from a hole in the piston? lol), so I'm officially retiring the stock motor.

In prep for a budget 355, I grabbed some 5.7" Eagle H-beams from @Ltconvert with the 7/16" ARP 8740 bolts. Also got a stock crank and 2-bolt block from @SSlowBoat. Original plan was to have the stock mains studded, but I found a cheap 4-bolt block on marketplace and am going to use that instead.

I took advantage of those black friday sales and have some parts coming in the mail:
- Wiseco ProTru PTS503A3 forged pistons, 4032 alloy, -5cc flat tops
- Lunati 20080543 cam with the laziest lobes possible, 219/227 duration, .534/.544" with my 1.7's, 110LSA +4adv, should be fine with my Crane duals
- Morel 7717 lifters (the Summit branded ones), basically LS7s but hopefully not as shitty
- Cloyes true roller 9-3651X3 timing set similar to the ole LT4 HD one
- Spec 12lb aluminum flywheel so I don't shatter the 10 bolt with brake hop lol
- Yukon Duragrip posi because my Auburn is dying and I'm too cheap for a Truetrac

Last two things I need are a Super Damper (the big 7" aluminum one) and a windage tray, but I'll get to that.
Cam is on backorder unfortunately. There was a cam shortage for a while, so who knows when Lunati will get to grinding the damn thing. I'm probably going to throw the Roadmaster's LE1 motor in the car as-is though as I already signed up for an event at Thunderbolt 3/11 and dunno if I'll have time to cobble the shortblock together before then.

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i have a windage tray and a road race oil pan too lol

also have the baby 230/242 114lsa cam for sale as well, you could run it with a hydraulic lifter

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[Catmaigne]

i have a windage tray and a road race oil pan too lol

also have the baby 230/242 114lsa cam for sale as well, you could run it with a hydraulic lifter

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I'm just gonna reuse the Kevko pan that's on there now.
I decided against a bigger cam for the sake of longevity and also so the budget wouldn't balloon out of control. Definitely overbuilding it because this thing will be doing WOT for 2hr per track day.

[Catmaigne]

Some goodies showed up. Interesting how you can see the needle bearings on one side of the Morel roller.

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[JOATMON]

Dam I like shiny parts. Bulletproof piston and rod combo you got there. The valve reliefs seem big enough to make it a D-Dish piston. Must be an optical illusion at only 5cc.
Should have plenty piston to valve clearance.
You gonna be da boss running on all 8 considering that you were doing pretty good on 7. LOL
Nolan

[harner]

Curious how those lifters work out for you, but also excited to see how the new setup performs!

[rentedmule]

Excited to see how this turns out. What RPM do you think you'll be able to spin it to safely?

[Catmaigne]

Excited to see how this turns out. What RPM do you think you'll be able to spin it to safely?

It'll probably go to 6.2-6.3k no problem. I think the valvetrain will be the real limiting factor.

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[Catmaigne]

Also, I bought a tow rig + new daily. I have a problem lol.20221204_150623.jpg

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[JOATMON]

That's a damned nice ride, me likey. Is it an LT1 Cad ? Years ago I was visiting with friends over the holidays, his Aunt was there in this beautiful black Cadillac, come to find out it was an LT1. I was so in love with it that I almost had her talked into selling it to me, but she said no way because you can't buy one like this anymore.
Nolan