Getting closer........

[Jim Nilsen]

I just went and looked at a 409 cu in 4 bolt main roller motor out of a car that caught fire because of a bad fuel line install. It is all apart because they were inspecting it. It looks like it is all ok and would go back together easy enough but it really needs to be gone over more than the L82 I have and I am hurting for time to say the least. The guy wants $1,000 for it. i would however be right back at the stage I was with the stock car motor not knowing what it has for a cam. without a bunch of work. We tried to look it up from the numbers on the cam and couldn't find anything, there is no manufacture name on it at all.

I am getting a quote for a short block with a 4130 crank and h beam rods that will hold up to the punishment and I was told I could have it by the end of the week if I decide to go with it.

So I am up to 3 choices and there is a place in California selling long blocks with much better heads and lower end also that I have to get a quote from making it 4.

By tommorow I should have it all apart and know the whole amount of damage.

I will hopefully be over feeling so upset by tommorow too.

I do like the idea of the 409 cu. in. for more torque but I am not that keen on the roller cam specs for the EFI.

I am still very tired from the weekend and am having trouble concentrating on it clearly with the anticipation of so many variables.

Decisions , decisions, hmmmmmm what to do?