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01-16-2021, 04:28 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Louisville,
KY
Cobra Make, Engine: I'm Cobra-less!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by daverascal
I have a 408 Winsor in my car. I had planned on a BBF but my engine builder talked me out of it. He said the hp to weight ratio isn't there unless you build a mountain motor. My only advice is to use best internal parts you can buy. My only regret on my build, I used a Ford block and I'm at the limit of the block. I have main stud girdle and arp studs everyplace. If i could do it over I would have used a dart block.
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Girdles don't do anything, unfortunately. Lots of nice photos of SBF blocks split in half with the girdle holding the main caps together.
The 302/5.0 block won't take as much horsepower before letting go, but unless you're making over 600 hp with that 408, you're in no danger of hurting it. |
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