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Originally Posted by HWYSTR455
Spotts was selling IA2 505 short blocks, assembled, for $6500. You can email and see if that's still a valid price, if it's not, it's very close to that.
spotfam@verizon.net
Toss on a set of E-heads, a cam, and button it up with oil pan, valley, TC, etc, and you can make some good numbers with a virtually indestructible short block. |
That is what I did and that price is in the ballpark for the MR-1 shortblock with dished pistons I got from Kauffman cost. Add your cam, heads, induction and have fun. If you get bored with that just add more of each and some extra rpms, or maybe a power adder of some sort, without having to touch the block.
One thing that discouraged me on the IA block is that I was told the pan rail is lower than a stock block. Is this true? If so it could cause potential interference with the crossmember in a stock bodied application.
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68 GTO,3860#
Stock Original 400/M-20 Muncie,3.55’s
13.86 @ 100
Old combo:
462 10.75 CR,,SD 330CFM Round Port E's,Old Faithful cam,Jim Hand Continental,3.42's.
1968 Pontiac GTO : 11.114 @ 120.130 MPH
New combo:
517 MR-1,10.8 CR,SD 350CFM E's,QFT 950/Northwind,246/252 HR,9.5” 4000 stall,3.42's
636HP/654TQ
1.452 10.603 @ 125.09
http://www.dragtimes.com/Pontiac-GTO...lip-31594.html