GoFastRacer
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Posted: June 09 2003,7:50 pm |
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| Quote (AZKC @ June 09 2003,4:56 pm) | | Quote (GoFastRacer @ June 09 2003,2:19 pm) | Hey KC, why don't you go over and talk to Larry Peto, I think his shop is called Larry's Engine Service. I've known him since the 80's we both raced with NJBA, he's a cool guy and he does damn good work!..  |
Larrys very cool, I've been in and out of his place a few times over the last 25yrs, just alittle out of my budget.
I found a 40 over 454 2bolt with all the parts to put it together and resized rods for $600, The crank is turned 10 on the mains and 30 on the rods. I'm a little weary of the 30 on the rods  
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Yep, he's not cheap but you get top quality work!. I think I said it before, there's a big difference between custom and production. Just the way the machines are setup makes the difference, in production shops those machine don't get checked very often and the minimum wage monkeys that operate them don't give a rat's ass about them and just thrash the shit out of the machines so the tolerances just go out to lunch. I've used both and let me tell ya, when I check the numbers man, do they ever butcher things up and it's a downright shame too!.. 
Man, that's a hell of a deal for $600. Do you know the history of it?, is there a mag ticket on all that stuff?, how straight is the crank?, why is it for sale?  .Please, I'm not trying to be a smart ass here and discourage you but I been down that road before and got burnt on deals like that and it bit me in the ass big time, just want you to be aware and do your homework. I know this is been a real bitch for ya and you want to get this going again, but I'd hate to see ya put out money and just have it turn to shit again!. As far as the crank goes, you're not turning 7500 with a blower, don't worry about .030 under, heck that just slows down the bearing speed!. 
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5-01-2024 Three Word Post.....The Next Generation.... (Rep.#18,909) from: GoFastRacer
 
That's kind of odd...mine (ford) has a bolt on type of bracket on the screen end but the pump end of the pick-up tube into the pump just kind of slid in loosely (sounds like a personal problem,eh 
) so I JB welded the mofo just to make sure...been good for 2 plus years... 
JB still holds after all this time huh?, a friend of mine did that on a Chevy and it all fell apart in chunks, found it all in the pan!. 
Its not a life or death thing and it keeps my unemployed ass busy. trying to figure out what to do 
