Unwanted wanted engine part

[morfiend]

I have a piston from a Kieth Black hemi,it’s kinda melted and has part of a valve inserted into it. Not sure of it’s size but I think the hemi was north of 500 ci and no you can’t have it,took over an hour to get it out of what was left of the block.




   

[Shuffler]

I dropped a valve in a 327 once. Buried in the piston. Barely marked the head.

[morfiend]

I dropped a valve in a 327 once. Buried in the piston. Barely marked the head.

LOL… this hemi was in a drag boat that blew up just as it launched,a good portion of it is at the bottom of the lake. It blew several rods out the side of the block and the blower only stayed on because it was tethered in place.

  I was able to grab the piston as the engine was being salvaged for any useable parts that were left. The left head was broken into at least 3 pieces.



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[knorB]

> 4" pistons  Fantastic!

Not sure what you are finding funny.

[knorB]

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/sucp-0901-496-chevy-big-block-build/

One of the most common starting points for a big-block build is the venerable 454 Chevy block. You can still find them and the better ones can handle a huge amount of power. Best of all, they're ripe for the stroker treatment. Take a 454, add a 4.250-inch stroke crank along with some 6.385-inch rods and your displacement shoots up to 489 cubes. Now bore those cylinders out a touch, to say .060-inch over and you end up with the venerable 496. Those extra 42 cubes pay big dividends when it comes to churning out torque, and as a byproduct horsepower.

[nrshida]

Ah so, am I reading it right that a 4.31 was the largest bore possible for this engine type? Mostly the boat forums have a lot of information about the big ones.

Not sure what you are finding funny.

I do not find it funny I think it's marvellous.

[Shuffler]

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/sucp-0901-496-chevy-big-block-build/

One of the most common starting points for a big-block build is the venerable 454 Chevy block. You can still find them and the better ones can handle a huge amount of power. Best of all, they're ripe for the stroker treatment. Take a 454, add a 4.250-inch stroke crank along with some 6.385-inch rods and your displacement shoots up to 489 cubes. Now bore those cylinders out a touch, to say .060-inch over and you end up with the venerable 496. Those extra 42 cubes pay big dividends when it comes to churning out torque, and as a byproduct horsepower.

The 427 is the choice for street rods these days. Several of the folks in the Camaro club have 427s with RWHP up to around 2000. Those are all street cars.

[zack1234]

Ah so, am I reading it right that a 4.31 was the largest bore possible for this engine type? Mostly the boat forums have a lot of information about the big ones.

I do not find it funny I think it's marvellous.

I got half a tea cake over said post.

[nrshida]

I got half a tea cake over said post.

Oh yes I said 'big ones'. Apologies.