I ran the old motor again this year (451” 10:1). It did improve to an 11.51 @ 119.78 besting all the 383builds before it. New motor spun a bearing on its first outing. Culprit was loose lifter galleys and a too inattentive driver. Once it got warm the oil pressure went down the drain. Maybe I’ll get it out next year, maybe I’ll work on putting the little motor into the 11.20s.
Bill
Bill do you have a picture of what was stamped on the ID pad of that block? Chrysler did some goofy stuff saving blocks and had oversize lifters to fit in oversize bores, the 400 block we used for enginemasters had some odd scuffing of the lifters before we had the block bushed if I'm remembering right ..
