[V8Vairs] 327 for road racing

[GnKHOFFMAN at aol.com]

Actually, I paid an machinest/engine builder to do the work (and he knew  
what he wanted done, since he builds engines for hillclimb cars and sprint  
cars).  He did some work on the oil return galleys at the front and back of  
the block, some risers in the middle valley, he has a certain kind of oil 
pump  he wants, and an oil pan with kickouts and baffles.  He is very 
particular  about the clearance in the pan to the pump.  He spent a lot of time on 
the  heads (local club requires vintage heads); machined for the larger 
intake valves  (stainless valves); I chose a comp cam (hydrualic lifter flat 
tappet, I think it  was a 284 XE), so he had to do spring seat work and 
clearancing for inner  springs; he has only one type of roller rockers he believes 
will live.  The  cam's best power range is advertised as 2500 to 6800 rpms.  
As per comp  cams, it should put out just short of 400 hp, and around 385 
lb-ft of  torque.
 
The block had been bored, crank polished, new 10.5 to 1 hyperutectic  
pistons, resized stock rods, all balanced (that was actually a local Criagslist  
buy before it went to the mechanic).
 
 
 
The line for the engine running follows.  I didn't make it clear  
initially, but the video is after the cam has been broken in; actually by the  time I 
got out to the shop to take the video, the engine already had 4 hrs of  run 
time on it.
 
The valve covers are his (mine have just been ordered), and I have Jet Hot  
coated headers instead of his rams head exhaust manifolds.
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb_eiGU8fk4_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb_eiGU8fk4) 
 
I haven't brought the engine home yet (still need to do a few things to the 
 car, like the headliner, while the engine is out).

Gary H
 
In a message dated 9/28/2010 6:18:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
Robert.Thomas at tinker.af.mil writes:

Gary  wrote, "I had another 327 built (with some extra features that
should make  it live  better on a road  
course)."

What kind of things  did you do?

Bob Thomas 68  Monza

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