400 smallblock
2006-12-12 11:33:45 · 5 answers · asked by ricer killa 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
Easy question! Go to the "Car Parts & Accessories" section of Shopallstoresonline.com - you can find it at one of the stores there - Good Luck!
2006-12-12 11:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by weiser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, good for you. It's good to see someone still involved in hotrodding these days. I'm reaching way back in years here, but this old gearhead has, I think, your answer. As you noted, the 400 mouse motor has siamesed bores - no cooling jacket between the cylinders. The upshot is that the block tends toward warpage from overheating, better thought of as insufficient cooling. Head gasket leaks, cracks, are the result in many cases. I've been out of this 25 years now, but I would not use the 400 mouse. I'd look for the last of the high-deck truck blocks (if I remember, part # 350000) with a 4-bolt main and run or punch and run with that. Had a friend back in Tennessee years ago who bracket-raced his 400 in a Camaro. He never got a reliable ability to dial in the Camaro with that super mouse in it, and it was a sinkhole for every heat-related problem you ever saw. A four core radiator helped a lot, but even having the already broken in block align-bored (not merely align-honed) didn't do the trick. I'm sure you'll hear from some diehard 400 fanatic about how wrong I am, but I raced the bootleg circuit for years and, no mere myth, the small-block Chevy is the finest production gas engine ever made (for two main reasons). Just don't bother proving it with a 400 mouse. Leave that to the grocery getters. And stay away from the 400 T tranny while you're at it - high pressure problems.
2016-05-23 16:11:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me, you don't want to put a forced induction system on a 400, they have weak cylinder walls (you can use a block filler to help it out). If you are using an aftermarket block, superchargers can be found at jeggs.com or summitracing.com.
2006-12-12 11:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by mad_mav70 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
summitracing.com is the best website ever,try there
2006-12-13 04:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by kenny b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.turbo.use.supercharger
turbo.is.more.of.a.torque.part
superchargers.are.more.of.power.parts
2006-12-12 13:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by l.miller91 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋