Has anyone done this?
I saw Arrington offers a 410 short block based on a 5.7 block w/warranty.I have an early 5.7 block 05. I was thinking since i have
a BGE crank and heads I could use the 5.7 block and have it bored to 4". Have the BGE crank offset ground since it spun a bearing.
Get a set of Molnar rods and some custom piston. Top it off with BGE heads and Holley hi ram.
Is this doable with minimal pain? Worth the effort?
Since my initial plan went bad I thought of this. One nice advantage is not having to deal with VVT.
Nutter racing out of Vancouver Washington state was the 1st to start boring the older blocks over 4 inch they use to sell what they called the 6.1 , 4.055 Bore 5.7 blocks .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl5a5kY1D0c At 5:00 mark he shows how thick the older block is.,
I have one of his 444Ci(4.08X4.25) 5.7 builds, has roughly 90k mile on it.
4.0X3.90 , (392 CI) Not hard to build, use Icon Ford piston IC613-STd , 6.125 C to C rods . The Piston is a true Flat top, and it has enopugh meat on the edges to fly cut vale reliefs for up to 2.14 DIA intake.