I'm exploring building a carb'd Gen 3 for my dirt late model deal... rebuilding a small block 383 right now.
Seems to me it will be cheaper than buying a Ritter block and W-2 or ported aftermarket heads. Plus the good Eagle heads are better than most any small block head and are on the shelf at my local dealer 6 blocks away.
The juice lifter deal is my only question mark... can they live for 25 laps on a 1/2 mile at 7,000 rpm's? The T&D/Jesel numbers don't fit my budget right now so solid lifters are pretty much a no go.
We'll see.....
there was a member here that built a GenIII for a dirt modified here. Seems they had some bearing probs, but corrected some oiling issues and it worked.... can't for the life of me remember who it was.
CHAPPER did, and it took an aftermarket crank to get to live at 8000+ and a 13qt pan iirc.
