Oooo shiny.

 

And just ordered the 383 rotating assembly. Now to drop the block off and wait for the rotating assembly to ship.

 

Wait did you pull the motor? Or you find another motor to build?

 

I bought a 97 vortec a year and a half ago with intentions of building it to install in to something one day. Factory roller with a one piece rear main. Then I bought the blazer and all my engine money went towards that. Blazer is in a good spot mechanically now so it's time to build the spare block and drop it in. The current motor is bored 60 over with flat tappets and a two piece rear. Stock build with an RV cam. It runs fine but the oil pressure is about 2-3psi at idle but climbs to about 30psi running down the road. I don't know the history of this engine but given the bullshit I've had to fix from the previous owner I'm going to scrap it and start with a fresh engine. Current plan on the new motor is flat top pistons, brodix ik aluminum heads with 180cc runners and 70cc chambers and a howards cam with 560ish lift and a 112lsa. Should be about 10.1:1 compression and make solid power from about 2000-6500. Throw an 11" converter with a 2500 stall in the transmission and this should be a fun truck to bomb around in but still be able to crawl. I'm also starting to piece together a Holley Terminator X fuel system hence the new intake manifold.

 

Ohhh that sounds like it will work real nice in there.

 

Yikes 2-3 psi OP is scary, sounds like it will be a ripper with the new motor! I'm all about having spares or at least a solid plan on backup engines and trans, sick of waiting for stuff to get finished at shops when I need it or trying to find stuff in stock during the covid BS.

 

Pressure builds up with rpm’s so I’m not terribly worried but I always have that thought in my mind of when it pops. It might be loose bearings, might be a worn pump, who knows. Not worth risking with a big build. I’ll tear it down when I put the new one in and see if anything stands out and maybe throw some
bearings at a pump at it and leave it for a spare or sell it.

 

I like the new signature! #TeamNotACrawler

 

That signature has been around for a while now haha. I just rarely post from a computer. And it’s not a full on crawler haha.

 

I only see it when I am on the computer and Im not on the PC very often, mainly phone. No sigs on phone