The dream when building a custom performance engine is horsepower, and we plot, plan, and put in hours to make that happen. Sometimes those hours have a way of multiplying, especially when chasing the most power you can get. This is when you decide to take things just those few steps further in the search of more.
An example is a hot Mopar 360 combination I have been working on for my ’74 Dodge D100 truck project. This started with a fully built engine that has served as a dyno mule for several years. The engine is pretty nondescript down low, a production block bored 0.040 inch over, featuring a stock crank and rods, along with a set of Probe forged flat-top pistons. The only thing special about the short-block…
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Engine Masters (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2017