And it begins!

[79Bandit]

Welp my fellow af.comers today the engine has been pulled bandit is now without a heart...here are the plans let me know what you think or any tips you might have.

Bore over - .031
Stroke - .75
Making are old 400ci into a nice 472 ci

then adding

Eagle 455 crank
Eagle Rods
Federal Mogul bearings
Custom Ross Performance Pistons
Xe284 Cam
Comp Cams Pushrods
Edlebrock 87-cc heads
Ferrea Valves

Muhahaha with those parts and a little more work here and there in about 4 months time i should be seeing times of 12.0 - 13.20 at the track on pump gas

thanks goes out to jims hand book "How to build max-performance pontiacs v-8s"

[79Bandit]

Welp here are some pictures of the progress....
































if you waited for all those to finish you have a lot of free time ... lol

[Fuzzy_C]

ouch, nasty push rod, but it looks like it's goin good so far, that thing's gonna be a damn beast when it's done, make the second generation proud

[MrPbody]

Bandit,

That combo IS good for about 530 HP (ask me how I know that...). I question the need for Ross pistons. The Eagle "kit" comes with SRPs, which are every bit as good as the Ross, and at a significantly lower price. I AM a Ross "dealer", I speak from experience. Also an Eagle "dealer", we substitute the Clevite mains ("full groove") for Federal Moguls (3/4 groove). The Clevite rod bearings are the best on the planet...

You "list" the Eagle 455 crank. If you order it that way, you'll get the wrong one. Eagle lists the one you want as a "400 Stroker" crank. That is, it has the 3" main journals to fit the 400 block. It also has the 4.25" sroke and 2.2" (BBC) rod journals.

You'll notice the source of that "recipe" in Jim's book is Central Virginia Machine Service (your's truly!). You might also be interested to know, I wrote Chapter 2, "Building Your Shortblock".

E-mail me about this project. Be glad to help.

Jim ([email protected])

[ponchonutty]

It's nice to see us old 'Birds on here. I'll try to post some pics of some of my old favorites that I had to sell. I'm still upset for selling my prize. It was a '76 TA ordered with rare options that I had to sell a few years ago. It only had 19k on the clock!!!!
Anyway, glad to see you are gonna build it right. Pbody, good to see you had a sharp eye!

[76ta]

hey poncho nutty nice to hear u had a 76'... same as what i got ... its gettin painted right now but ill put up some pics when i get back... the color is "electron blue metallic" off of 02-03 zo6 vettes... im just on my way downtown to put up a shipment of parts for my mild chev 350 (only thing that fits my current budget, or i would rebuild the 400 poncho block) being 16 and all haha...

79bandit shes gunna be a beaty when u getter' done ... cant wait

[79Bandit]

welp here is what has been done on day 2










tommorow after school i plan on taking the block to get hot tanked, bead blast, new freezer plugs, bored over and checked for cracks and defects wich will cost me a whole whopping 150$ wich is really good if you ask me.

[pro_am]

Man, I wish i had the money to make a beast like that, and i'm totally not jealous, but seriously, can i have it?
Jake

[79Bandit]

lol can you have it !!! well if you would of been there after i dropted that piston earlier on my foot i probally would of let you

[Fuzzy_C]

Originally Posted by 79Bandit

lol can you have it !!! well if you would of been there after i dropted that piston earlier on my foot i probally would of let you

i got sacked by a piston once, guy was hammering on the top, i went to catch it, slipped through my arms, BAM right in the crotch lol

all that for $150, damn, if i could get stuff done for prices like that i wouldn't do everything myself lol

[97cavalier]

looks nice, did you cut the header to get the motor out?lol

[79Bandit]

Originally Posted by 97cavalier

looks nice, did you cut the header to get the motor out?lol

Lol actually i did...where theres a will theres a way...the previous owner had welded the headers to the exhaust pipe so i said fuck it cut em off lol

[97cavalier]

nice work.

[79Bandit]

Originally Posted by 97cavalier

nice work.

its like a always said. "If ductape and wd-40 doesnt do the job then cut it off"

[79Bandit]

*UPDATE*
welp the block went to the machine shop today and is gonig to be hot tanked honed, bead blasted checked for any problems and bored i should get the block back either saturday or monday ill post some pictures.