need engine spec help and such..just read
ok, i just recently bought back a motor i built over 4.5 years ago, which was sold about 3 years ago. Its a SBC thats not putting out the hp that it should, i'm not sure if its a simple issue of tuning or a possible mis-match of some of the internal components. I'm looking for my reciepts to find the documented specs of the rotating assembly, heads, and valvetrain, but i'm not sure if ill be able to find anything. I plan on dissasembling the engine and getting everything measured and recorded so I can see for sure whats going on, Are there any specialty shops that could help me with this? I can probably send the cam back to where I got it and have them tell me the specs. Parts that make up the engine are dart iron eagle heads, pete jackson timing gears, doug herbert custom grind billet cam, solid roller lifters, crane 1.6 ratio gold race roller rockers, extended length pushrods, msd pro-billet disributor(bronze gear), msd 6a ignition box, weiend stealth intake manifold, holley 750 carb, edelbrock TES headers. One big thing i did notice is that when i opened the valve covers I found that the valves were considerably out of adjustment, being solid lifters, they need to be adjusted and I know neither of the 2 owners after me ever did this. I would also liek to find a shop with an engine dyno that could set this up for me so i can get a realistic rating once i think i have it all figured out. SO, if any of you have advice how i should go about all this or of any shops that can help, id appreciate any info...
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