Just bought a 460 from my coworker. He said it come out of a '69 Lincoln. My plan is to bore/stroke it out to over 500 ci. My goal is 600 plus hp and tq at the crank with a relatively mild and street friendly build. This is my first engine build so I have a lot to learn. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I called John Kasse Racing and they said they could build me a balanced rotating assembly spec'd to my liking for $3-3.5k. Does that sound good? Do I need a new crankshaft if I'm stroking the motor, or can I reuse the original? They also said to take measurements of the bores and deck height before we proceed. What's the best way to go about taking those measurements?
I plan to tear it apart and put it back together again with all the new parts, after all the machine work/cleanup has been done of course. I've always wanted to learn how to put an engine together so finally I decided to just go for it. This will eventually go in a 69-70 Mustang or a Torino btw. But for now I'm just gonna focus on the motor which is sitting on a stand in my garage right now
Edit: Oh and John Kasse Racing said they don't recommend going over 4 1/2 stroke or something like that because it would be a lot of stress (based on what I'm trying to do with it I guess) and they said I should go with 30 over for the bore. But I'm always looking for more opinions
Cheers!
I called John Kasse Racing and they said they could build me a balanced rotating assembly spec'd to my liking for $3-3.5k. Does that sound good? Do I need a new crankshaft if I'm stroking the motor, or can I reuse the original? They also said to take measurements of the bores and deck height before we proceed. What's the best way to go about taking those measurements?
I plan to tear it apart and put it back together again with all the new parts, after all the machine work/cleanup has been done of course. I've always wanted to learn how to put an engine together so finally I decided to just go for it. This will eventually go in a 69-70 Mustang or a Torino btw. But for now I'm just gonna focus on the motor which is sitting on a stand in my garage right now
Edit: Oh and John Kasse Racing said they don't recommend going over 4 1/2 stroke or something like that because it would be a lot of stress (based on what I'm trying to do with it I guess) and they said I should go with 30 over for the bore. But I'm always looking for more opinions
Cheers!