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Originally Posted by n2ogpsj462
Ditching the 4cyl or just a stay busy project?
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Man that is a loaded question. haha
I'm not but I am. I know that makes no sense.
The 4 cylinder is like having a bipolar girlfriend its very unpredictable . Its happy one second and the next millisecond its not. I like it most of the time because its got cool factor and it gets tons of attention no matter where I bring it , the car is basically like a movie star, im not kidding everyone piles around it to look at the motor as soon as I pull in to any local car show.. .it has a reputation around here for more then one reason . But at the same time I can't afford to build it the way it needs to be built for the power level I want It to live at. If I get a crank made for the 4500- 5000 dollar's Moldex wants to build one for, a big question comes to mind that stops me quick. What will be the next weak link. In my mind its the block . I had a chance back when I started building it to buy a Super Duty block (very rare) but didn't because the guy wanted 1400 just for the block. so I went with the other block he had for 400. At the time it seemed like the better choice because I didn't know where I was going with this and how successful I would be at actually getting it built. there's not a lot of parts out there for it . So I called Nunzi and told him about it . In an earlier conversation I had with him prior to this one he assured me I would never find one , boy was that far from the truth for me. He didn't believe me at first because of the rarity of the block . But after the guy Andy that had it called him he bought it for 1000 bucks . It kills me every time I think about not buying that block. If I had the block I would get the crank made and have a 1000 hp 4 cylinder all day long .. An to rub it in more the machinist that did Nunzi's block did mine. He told me that that block was so hard to bore because of the high nickel content it had. He said he was afraid it was going to break the boring bit it was so hard when boring... he said mine cut like butter. Anyway right now the cam is out and back for the third time to the guy that made it because one of the lobes keeps going bad. Just like a pimple something keeps erupting from underneath , it seems there was a defect in the core . So when he gets back from the PRI show he's going to evaluate it and tell me what he's going to do. So there you got a short history of what its like doing a 4 cylinder. Its just hot and cold all the time.. So yeah im building a 8 cylinder for the future because of the rocky road I've had so far. It will make the same power at 12 psi then dealing with 38 psi and do it reliably .. Sorry for the long answer, you just got me thinking....