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If y’all really want to know, the 396 is no good, don’t waste your time with them. If you need to get rid of yours I know a guy 😂

Hi nick i have some questions, sorry for being a novice to big blocks but when you say you put those 911-16 springs in, that's all you did? no replacement retainers or locks?, i know little big about small blocks but i've just got a Mark IV 454 that was running out a RV, some good 781 heads and planning to get some retrofit lifters and that cam/a very close copy by mellings (MEL-22236) and find out what push rods or just ask you cause what length since it seems i'm making a clone of this. Cam and head swap and intake and stuffing it in a 79 z28 Thanks for your time and reading.

What cam? Sounds good

Its not a fair comparison... square port against oval port ! It should be square port against square port . But after seeing the result i would go with the 781 without all the sign writing

Is there a reason you used closed chamber heads for this build? I have the parts around to build this combo, but the heads i have are open chamber heads casting #820

Happy New Year!! Great new things for you and your family, Great content !! Thanks

Are you in the Dallas area?

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Nice throttle response .

Man that wot sounds awesome!

Nick I recently acquired a 71 396 in a deal that’s been bored to 408. I have a good 454 crank/balancer sitting around that I could use. The 408 has a hydraulic roller cam in it, comp springs, Harland sharp roller rockers, etc. So I would only need to buy the pistons so it’s very appealing to me. When I researched putting the 454 crank in a 396 block everyone keeps talking about clearancing the block for rod clearance. Have you had any issues with this? I’m not a mechanic by any means, so it makes me a little nervous doing block clearancing if I have to.

Hello, Nick. What harmonic balancer are you using on this build? Thanks, Steve.

Awesome truck!!

Thats really sweet. I have a 72 longbox with a 350 and 4 speed. But man that baby pulls hard! And crisp! Very nice truck. GOD BLESS

I can't believe more people haven't realized just how great the Vortec 5.7 (350) actually is. The heads are well known but, the 4 bolt versions are still out there for cheap. I have one on a stand in my garage that is complete, 4 bolt, best heads, accessory drive brackets, etc. I got it for $400. You can find them cheaper than that! They can easily be stroked or hopped up as a 355 and they make great HP/tq. I'm guessing the crazy LS fad has caused them to be overlooked?

I wonder if it pulls enough vacuum for brakes. I'm building the same combo with 200 cc iorn eagles. The cam is close to what I'm considering. Great power.

Sounds pretty healthy to me. Enough to get into trouble in that S10 for sure.

Battery almost dead on Startup stand,,, first time the 350s ran in 12 years but I thought it sounded pretty good

Definitely gonna have to put some good shoes on her to get any kind of traction. Very snappy. I have a question on your big block stuff...... what length rocker stud do you run on iron heads with roller rockers?

Nice!

Very Nice C10,I have a 67 I’m working on lots of fun ..!

Wow wicked response

Sounds great!

Nice Nick!!!! Sounds great! Those 383 make some beans..lol

Beautiful truck, but be careful! There a loose nut behind the steering wheel! 😂

has it been down the track yet ?

Man this truck is great Nick. Have a Happy New Year. - Jeff

Love that truck. My uncle is working on a 65 C10 long bed. It is getting a 406 with sportsman heads and a mild hyd roller. I hope it sounds like that.

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Before anyone has to ask the loud ticking sound is ceramic coated headers cooling off

I know this video is a year old but what studs do you run with the scorpions and iron heads? The studs for the stamped rockers currently on the motor are too short and put the set screw way down in the poly lock.

Sounds nice and healthy!

Killer looking 55. Sounds great too.

Whats a good set up for 396 .030 street strip use looking for power package already looked into Eldelbrock Performer RPM! Its a 66' Chevelle SS period correct car

Sorry but i have a question. shouldn't you be weighing them kind of like un sprung weight. the trunnions shouldn't be weighed, unless you know that all the trunnions and trunnion bearings weigh the same. l Like all your videos. keep it up. Merry Christmas

Nice 👍 I'm possibly doing a test soon. 781 fully ported By FORCFED me . Bigger valves . My question to you is " you think a 548 BBC with Diamond 33 cc dome pistons and.780 lift solid roller cam will clear the chamber and take lift ? I'm trying to see what I'll run in my StreetMod 28 Small Tire radials weight 2280 Chevy II SS Nova. Ran 5.5 in the 1/8 mile with 990 heads fully ported. Tiny smaller cam and around same dome .might try to get a tunnel ram for 781s with single Dominator ultra XP Carb.... Thank you sir Merry Christmas

Sounds good !

I liked how you ignored the boat car and kept the camera on some classics!

We just threw away the factory cross ram and those junk Holley carbs on our numbers matching '69 DZ 302. We also got rid of that junk Delco-Remy dual point distributer along with those horrible double hump heads. We replaced it all with a set of Ching-Zao triple hump heads and matching manifold. I think there's a WCFB around here we can use. Might need an adapter plate. I've got a used '76 454 GMC electronic distributer to use.

Nice Truck, engine sounds awesome. Happy Holiday!!

Just found you're channel, very cool. Love all the technical/spec information rundown. Funny, I ran that same cam in a '93 Lt1 with GM casting aluminum heads worked over by Chad Golen, along with some others bolt-ons. Pulled 400hp with an untouched bottom end and a m6. Build was a tad much for 350ci. However, a advertised hp rating of 275hp bumped up to 400 at the wheels was a hell of a pickup. Car was a ton of fun!

Yep. That sounds proper and a mic drop.

Awesome. Started like it should. I'm guessing a well set up distributor with no lock out. Sounds good.

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Awesome! Really enjoy your content

Nice truck

Good job 🎉🎉🎉❤

Looks like she is gunna be some fun Nick!!

Cool truck bruv. Sounds real healthy.

Sounds great Nick