So I made the deal, I swapped my Comet for the junk Vette with the blower motor. Here is my dilemma, the motor was put together about 6 years ago, dyno'd, then put on an engine stand in a heated garage. 2 summers ago it was put in the car, the wiring was a disaster so that was cleaned up and the motor was fired. It ran for a few min in my laneway, float sticking issues made us shut it down, then a dead battery prevented a restart and the owner had to go. The car sat with a cover over it, and a seperate cover over the motor, outside in the snow, then in the spring was towed out. Went to its "new" resting place and sat again untouched for the summer and this past winter.
Now its coming back here.
I can install it as it sits in my Monte, run new braided line and hope the Holley red is still OK after 6 years of sitting, hope the motor is OK etc etc, or
I can pull the motor down, sell the blower crap, replace the blower pistons with good forged pistons, install a big solid roller, a VC Jr and and an 850 and shoot for 500hp NA
It has forged internals, VC Jr heads as it sits.
TH400
3500 stall
4.11 gear.
So do I run fuel lines, bolt the thing in and see what I have? Or do I take it apart and redo it, as usual money is an issue, I can sell blower stuff to fund cam and pistons, or I can spend very little and install it with the blower.
Now its coming back here.
I can install it as it sits in my Monte, run new braided line and hope the Holley red is still OK after 6 years of sitting, hope the motor is OK etc etc, or
I can pull the motor down, sell the blower crap, replace the blower pistons with good forged pistons, install a big solid roller, a VC Jr and and an 850 and shoot for 500hp NA
It has forged internals, VC Jr heads as it sits.
TH400
3500 stall
4.11 gear.
So do I run fuel lines, bolt the thing in and see what I have? Or do I take it apart and redo it, as usual money is an issue, I can sell blower stuff to fund cam and pistons, or I can spend very little and install it with the blower.