This bbc has been in the build process for about 1 year. I finally got it running and all I can say is I'm very pleased with the outcome. I had 4 friends over when she lit off. Of course, everyone piles in for the maiden voyage!
We take off, ease into the throttle, and the tires rip and she revs to 8grand, grab 2nd....3rd and finally start to slow down after reaching about 100mph. Everyone in car has a big :D. We did this several times and we all came to the conclusion that this 540 make's to much hp, but in the hot rod world too much is perfect!

Thanks Mike for the :D 540 and a special Thank you Darlene for keeping the folks at Stewart pumps on the ball.

There's no replacement for displacement :)>

congradulations i bet that first ride felt so so GOOD.

tires rip and she revs to 8grand

Was this the break-in procedure that Mike recommended :eek: Congrats on your new engine. There will be another 540 coming to life next Wednesday :D

Break It In Like You Drive It !! Right!!!!!

Congrats! What are the specs on the motor? Mine should have been done already.....I guess other people's motors are more important than mine!

Was this the break-in procedure that Mike recommended :eek: Congrats on your new engine. There will be another 540 coming to life next Wednesday :D
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Break-in,,, we don't do no stinkin break-in,, :p

Actually, we be very scientific here,,
We have the cross your fingers, close your eyes, push the lever & hope break-in system :D

This bbc has been in the build process for about 1 year. I finally got it running and all I can say is I'm very pleased with the outcome. I had 4 friends over when she lit off. Of course, everyone piles in for the maiden voyage!
We take off, ease into the throttle, and the tires rip and she revs to 8grand, grab 2nd....3rd and finally start to slow down after reaching about 100mph. Everyone in car has a big :D. We did this several times and we all came to the conclusion that this 540 make's to much hp, but in the hot rod world too much is perfect!

Thanks Mike for the :D 540 and a special Thank you Darlene for keeping the folks at Stewart pumps on the ball.
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Hey Ben,,
Glad to here you got it in & runnin,,, always like to hear complaints about too much power,,:beers:

Ummm,,, could I interest you in a rev limiter :D :D

You are very welcome & Darlene says no problem, she likes harassing sales people,,,

Thank you again for allowing us to help.

Is this by chance the motor that was in pieces on the floor when I was up there the first week of last December? If so, I know what your feeling right now. That particular build, I think originally commissioned as a 496 or something, but evolved to nearly a clone of my 540. After months of research, evaluation, upgrading, overspending, soul searching, o.k.ing. questioning, suggestions, inquiries, decisions.......did I say overspending twice....good, cuz it should be mentioned three times, I was very familiar with the part #'s, so I starting to load the boxes, only to realize that they still had parts in them.

Point being, that baby delivers.....pulls and pulls and pulls somemore.
By the way, my peak hp was at 6700 rpm and the dyno pulls were done with a 7K limiter. No good for real world application. You'll continously be hard into the "studder", gettin' out of it, mashing it straight back into it's limiter. I found that it likes to be wrung out and wound up well over 7500rpm. I still get the studder a little too much for my liking with a 7600 limiter in it.

It would likely be less of an issue if I still had my 4.10's, but I switched to 3.55's and though there is amazing accelleration, the drag radials are just starting to dig in. Shifting at or below 7K is like short shifting, momentarily taking the intensity out of the black hole (being sucked into the trunk-G's baby, G's).

The motor likes to tickle the 8, mine does it alot, easily 30X a day. Sh!t, I've put over 1100 miles on the motor since Easter (April 17), when I finally resolved my tranny issues, probably 1/2 of them WOT. 50 miles a week just driving kids to and from school. In the last month I've used 1/4 tank of gas in my truck and filled the Chevelle at least 12, 13 times.

By the way, joy rides around here are known as "SPHINCTER PALATES"!!!!

BUCKLE UP, PUCKER UP......FILLER UP......with Premium.

Oh Yeah, if it wasn't the motor on the floor......

Nevermind....

Can you give us some specs on the engine?

Congrats:D :beers:

Can you give us some specs on the engine?
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Probably weighs about 550 lbs
Has 8 cylinders & a very big carb that looks a lot like a huge toilet with 4 holes,,,
Has a cam about 24 inches long with a bunch of little bumps on it
Makes a lot of noise & uses a lot of fuel
Should put a smile on your face & be quite hard on tires.

That's all the teknikil stuff I can remember right now :clonk: :D :D

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Hi Rowdy, Darlene & the "pack" say hi too,,, :waving:

hey wolf that sounds like the same TEKNIKIL stuff i have on my tire burning ,gas gussling ,sphinkter puckering ,brotherinlaw scaring,smile putting,money pit i have in my garage. Wait a miniute have you been looking thourgh my garage windows ? Just playing wolf that was some funny stuff !!!

:waving: Rowdy it's the evil twin to your motor. I just got back from muffler shop with new 3" system with dynomax race magnums,boy the hp just keep's climbing.

Mike. I'm curious. What is the DCR of that 540?

LOL LOL LOL LOL

Mike. I'm curious. What is the DCR of that 540?

LOL LOL LOL LOL
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Well,,,,
I wasn't going to give out any real teknikal details but just for you I kalkulated it wit my Desktop Pacman program to exaktikily 6,0001756,, & it tells me it probably will not run no anything but pure kersene with some of dat hi okotine adatomytive :D :p

HA HA! That's exakely what my DCR done dere is!

Mark,

Dart Big M 4.5" std bore, suitable up to .120 over
Callies Dragonslayer 4340 forged 4.25" stroke crank
Manley H-Beams
JE 10cc dome forged pistons 10:1
AFR cnc'd 335's; 2.30 Int 1.88 Exh
Iskendrian custom ground solid roller 267/273 @.050 714/714 LSA 112
Isky Red Zone S/R lifters
Milodon Pro Gear Drive
Trends pushrods
T&D shaft mount roller rockers
Edelbrock Victor, port matched manifold
ProSystems 1100 Dominator
MSD Billet Dist
MSD 6al
Stewart short aluminum w/p

If I remember correctly, Ben's is the same except;
Comp Magnum rockers
Conventional Timing Chain
Heads milled to bump compression

For what it's worth, sorry Ben, not trying to be a braggert, just think the final result is interesting.

With most everything being equal, literally, as every single spec is documented (blueprinted), Dyno variances likely stem from two notable differences.

1/2 to 1 point more compression= Advantage Ben
T&D rockers-less deflection-actual ratio 1.715 = .720/.720 lift= Advantage Rowdy

I can only quote my Dyno sheet:
753.8 HP @ 6700 rpm/ 673.4 TQ @ 5200 rpm (over 600 TQ 3000 rpm up)

I was told Bens slightly lower, maybe 20 HP, would you mind sharing the actual numbers,

FWIW, I was really back and forth between 10:1 or 11:1. From the get go, I had justified the whole 540 thing as a compromise, trading compression for displacement. Then I was convinced that I had left something on the table, believing that the aluminum heads, efficient chambers and mild domes would tame the "edge" of pump gas practicality that my old 11:1 iron oval 427 had been teetering on for years.

As it stands, I'm completely satisfied with the power available with 10:1, I have yet to detect detonation, though triple digit ambient temperature, 200+ operating temps will occasionally result in an afterrun cough or two from 91 octane fuel, as 93 isn't available locally. A very small amount (mouthful) of octane boost (any brand) quickly eliminates this as well.

hey Wolf can you build me a mouse with to much power?and i needed it yesterday,but mon or tues will work

Ben,
I meant to ask, are you currently or are you planning onrunning a PCV. I did at first, but I have such low vacuum, that I doubt it accomplished anything, other than reduce the signal to the modulator.

I did, however, hook it back up last week in hopes to reduce the oil being pushed past my front oil pan seal. Can't say that it helprd at all though.

I don't have a pvc and don't plan on running one. I am also running 1 quart less oil then recomended. We did this on dyno and oil pressure was fine.

Mark,

Dart Big M 4.5" std bore, suitable up to .120 over
Callies Dragonslayer 4340 forged 4.25" stroke crank
Manley H-Beams
JE 10cc dome forged pistons 10:1
AFR cnc'd 335's; 2.30 Int 1.88 Exh
Iskendrian custom ground solid roller 267/273 @.050 714/714 LSA 112
Isky Red Zone S/R lifters
Milodon Pro Gear Drive
Trends pushrods
T&D shaft mount roller rockers
Edelbrock Victor, port matched manifold
ProSystems 1100 Dominator
MSD Billet Dist
MSD 6al
Stewart short aluminum w/p

If I remember correctly, Ben's is the same except;
Comp Magnum rockers
Conventional Timing Chain
Heads milled to bump compression

For what it's worth, sorry Ben, not trying to be a braggert, just think the final result is interesting.

With most everything being equal, literally, as every single spec is documented (blueprinted), Dyno variances likely stem from two notable differences.

1/2 to 1 point more compression= Advantage Ben
T&D rockers-less deflection-actual ratio 1.715 = .720/.720 lift= Advantage Rowdy

I can only quote my Dyno sheet:
753.8 HP @ 6700 rpm/ 673.4 TQ @ 5200 rpm (over 600 TQ 3000 rpm up)

I was told Bens slightly lower, maybe 20 HP, would you mind sharing the actual numbers,How much time or how many pass's do you expect to get out the valve springs before you have to change them?