396 project for 1933 chevy

1969 Big block chevy 396 high performance block and heads. Its been board 0.40 needs to be cleaned and rebuilt should I make it bigger you tell me. Check out the car its going in on my othere threads 1933 chevy 5 window coupe.

 

396 yea! Just be sure to keep your compression about 9.5:1.

 

Ya it was a race motor it had 13.5:1. compression. To much for gas and it blew a pistion skirt.

 

With the .040 over-bore, you get something around a 404. I think you should have power to spare, I agree with having it run on pump gas.

Bob

 

Ya sounds good 404cid for a big block all I need is the right cam.

 

What's up with the doors? Stretched?

 

Yup fully custom done by me.

 

The L-78 camshaft should work fine... I hope!

 

Ill look into it.

 

looks like someone made a coupe

 

Idk but its one of a kind to me.

 

It was hard makeing doors for it.

 

I'm partial to the L88 solid cams, I found them to be very streetable and very responsive.

The cam debate is one of thoise never-ending sagas, best to hit up a current cam catalog or 3 and choose from there.

Bob

 

what would be the best brand?

 

What should I use for a transmison I have a turbo 400 what would be the best.

 

Its a two bolt block, was a 325 or 350 hp hydraulic cam motor. Would have had oval port heads. No picture. Great street motor.Stock was 10 to 1.Edelbrock performer rpm intake and cam/springs works great with stock heads.Comp Cams thumper cams are the latest state of the art, and sound great while making pump gas power.The L-88 cam was made for a 12.5 to 1 motor and will suck on the street. I had a crate L-88 open chamber motor in a street car in 1970. Killer motor back then, but we could buy Sunoco 260!