I bought an engine

short block build by Scotty .38 over, 11.35/1 compression with all oil mods, H beam rods, TA forged notched pistons, TA 510 cam all fully balanced and de burred. Highly ported TA stage one valves heads flow 248 cfm intake at .500 and 188 cfm exhaust at .500 on a superflow. SPX intake, Holley 850 HP, messier electric water pump, aluminum pulleys, 7 quart TA oil pan, new Poston valve covers. I just need lifters , pushrods, gaskets, and assembly. Any guesses what kind of power this combo can make?
Cliff

 

547.3 hp

 

617 hp
563 ft lbs.

 

You're head limited,....500 to 515

 

550 ish

 

Hmmm What if I pulled the ported TA SE Stage 1's off my current engine and swapped heads? My other combo is pretty mild so Stage 1 irons would be just fine on it. I do not have flow numbers though. I really hoped to get over 600.
Cliff

 

That would be what I would do yes,...then yes you're gonna be rite at 600

 

I had a similar combo with a 259/267 550lift solid,....ran 10.80s at 122,....put it on corn and it picked up a little,.. would have gone 10.50s I feel pretty sure

 

Very Nice !

 

580 hp and 630 tq.

 

D0 the swap.

Devon

 

Sounds like beast! I am not second guessing Hugger.

 

I have the current yellow car scheduled to go in to the shop for a vintage air install next week. I will bring the iron stage 1’s with me and have him swap the heads first. I’m sorry honey! I don’t know why the bill is so much. Lol. Just kidding. I would do that to my first wife but not this one. She’s cool.
Cliff

 

That TA 510 cam is pretty nasty stick,..gonna sound badass need roller rockers with it tho

 

Way I see it both engines will gain by swapping

 

TA 1.6 roller rockers came with the new engine. FWIW the yellow car has them as well. I also got an electric air pump with it as the previous owner was planning on driving on the street occasionally.
Cliff

 

Rollers are always the better choice,..so score!

 

Will it be on an engine or chassis dyno or are we all just pissing in the wind? 515hp, 570ft lbs. with the aluminum heads. 480hp 540tq with the irons. What is the cost per hp?

 

So far I have $6000 in it and am at $10/hp at 600hp and $12/hp at 500hp. There will be other expenses to finish it though like lifters, pushrods, and gaskets. I honestly couldn’t tell you if that’s good. It will be a while before it goes on a Dyno though as I don’t have a car for it yet. There are a couple in the for sale section that I might be interested in. I’m working on a big deal at work and if I can book it I will be in a position to grab one of those if it’s still for sale.
Cliff

 

I thought it had TA stage 1 heads already. So fully ported stage 1 irons then. 547 HP, 545 ft lbs torque.