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WildBillyT 02-04-2010 04:12 PM

"Giddy up Giddy up, etc..."
 
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...e_image-20.jpg

Not mine, although I wish it was (with the car it goes in) :mrgreen:

See if you can ID it.

Featherburner 02-04-2010 04:40 PM

Well, it's a W block. 427 for a Z11 car?

WildBillyT 02-04-2010 04:45 PM

W block it is. World's new Merlin 409.

B4C 02-05-2010 08:15 AM

I was gonna say 348-409 w-block, you can tell by the bores.

WildBillyT 02-05-2010 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B4C (Post 678837)
I was gonna say 348-409 w-block, you can tell by the bores.

Yep!

I think it's really cool. Hard to believe you could get a tripower 409/350... back in 1961.

BonzoHansen 02-05-2010 08:27 AM

409s are bad ass. and very cool looking. the new edelbrock heads for them seem to be getting good reviews.

bad64chevelle 02-05-2010 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen (Post 678840)
409s are bad ass. and very cool looking. the new edelbrock heads for them seem to be getting good reviews.

Really? Besides for intake manifolds they cant make crap. Even there they still suck.

BonzoHansen 02-05-2010 09:52 AM

you are very angry.

WildBillyT 02-05-2010 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad64chevelle (Post 678859)
Really? Besides for intake manifolds they cant make crap. Even there they still suck.

Hmm. Their intakes must be good, otherwise why would professional products rip off their entire design?

sweetbmxrider 02-05-2010 10:08 AM

is that a 5 inch bore on the right?

WildBillyT 02-05-2010 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 678865)
is that a 5 inch bore on the right?

Dunno. But I heard you can bore the crap out of these blocks.

LTb1ow 02-05-2010 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad64chevelle (Post 678859)
Really? Besides for intake manifolds they cant make crap. Even there they still suck.

:nod:

Featherburner 02-05-2010 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad64chevelle (Post 678859)
Really? Besides for intake manifolds they cant make crap. Even there they still suck.

They make pretty good Pontiac heads. Not great but with some work they work well.

PolarBear 02-05-2010 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WildBillyT (Post 678684)
See if you can ID it.

Nice! I read about these a few months ago. Pretty cool how they did it. I think they worked with someone that had a lot of experience building them in the past? IIRC the heads had a shim under them for development and was a little strange looking in the article. :shock:

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 678865)
is that a 5 inch bore on the right?

It is just a optical illusion, it is basically just a BBC with the deck cut on an angle. There is more to the block design but thats what it started life as originally. The heads and pistons look like freaks of nature too

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonzoHansen (Post 678860)
you are very angry.

Is he as angry as I am? :rofl:


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