331,opinions and info

[Mach 1]

Originally posted by 302 LX Eric
Mach 1


If you don't mind, it would be great if you could keep us posted on your friend's 331 build-up.

E

Well, hes building a carbed combo, with AFR 185 heads and a victor jr. intake manifold, with a barry grant carb, and an x-303 cam.


should be a screamer.

Hes been milking it, setting the parts together on his engine stand and admiring it and sending pictures around, saying hows hes going to blow my doors off instead of putting the thing in his car and firing it up.

I thihnk hes gonna get the car painted first. lmao...thats a funny story. He tried to paint the car himself to save money, and he spend $100's on quality primer, paint, and materials, only to sand it off and spray it again a couple times because it looked like crap.

And his entire garage floor is an ugly shade of pink...(was pianting car red) he tried to make a "homemade paint booth" with some sheets and a fan...lol...wasnt happening.

I know he had problems witht he balance. He ordered eithier a 28 or a 50 oz imbalnce flywheel and dampner, but the machine shop couldnt balance it to what he intended (cant remember which one) and they had to go the other way with it. He sent the flywheel and dampner back to sumitt and had to eat like a 20% restocking fee because he had the parts for a long time already.

anyway, if he ever gets it running, Ill let you know more. He's aiming for 10:1 compression, and he wants to install a direct port nitrous system later on.