Nitrocide595
Well-Known Member
Dad found an old 360 block he forgot he had at work. it's got a crank and pistons (I'm assuming factory spec). I won't know for sure what I'm dealing with until he breaks it down and brings it home when he gets the time.
I know I need it machined and cleaned up, so I'm thinking ahead for bore and stroke. It'll take a while for me to get money tod o all this, but I'd like to have a plain and simple list of parts and stuff to buy at some point down the road.
First, a few questions:
1) what's the max bore and stroke for a 360? I made an excel program to calculate cubic inch and stuff, I just gotta know what the max bore and stroke is. I've heard the absolute max cubic inch after a bore is 418 but that's right on the wall, so I'm not goin' all the way. I told my friends as a joke I'm going 393 just to get a single cubic inch over the new dodge 392 lol I don't know how practical that is if I'm paying for machine work, but we'll see. I'm not looking to race or anything, so cost, cubic inch number, and workability of the bore are really the only things I can think of that matter that much. I've never built a motor so I'm new to this stuff. I'm sure there's much more to it
2) I know I can't get Hemi heads or anything, so I'm sticking with flats.
3)any other good parts or kits to look into are welcome. I'm gonna post some stuff I find here and opinions are always welcome as well.
Looking forward to starting this project as soon as I get some cash flow. My main goal is to build a cruiser. Something with nice torque, but I don't need something that will go 200 mph because I'm not gonna be driving like that. Thanks!
I know I need it machined and cleaned up, so I'm thinking ahead for bore and stroke. It'll take a while for me to get money tod o all this, but I'd like to have a plain and simple list of parts and stuff to buy at some point down the road.
First, a few questions:
1) what's the max bore and stroke for a 360? I made an excel program to calculate cubic inch and stuff, I just gotta know what the max bore and stroke is. I've heard the absolute max cubic inch after a bore is 418 but that's right on the wall, so I'm not goin' all the way. I told my friends as a joke I'm going 393 just to get a single cubic inch over the new dodge 392 lol I don't know how practical that is if I'm paying for machine work, but we'll see. I'm not looking to race or anything, so cost, cubic inch number, and workability of the bore are really the only things I can think of that matter that much. I've never built a motor so I'm new to this stuff. I'm sure there's much more to it
2) I know I can't get Hemi heads or anything, so I'm sticking with flats.
3)any other good parts or kits to look into are welcome. I'm gonna post some stuff I find here and opinions are always welcome as well.
Looking forward to starting this project as soon as I get some cash flow. My main goal is to build a cruiser. Something with nice torque, but I don't need something that will go 200 mph because I'm not gonna be driving like that. Thanks!