Originally Posted by fast67bug
Casting number is 3855961 I'm just wondering if I can take this 396 and make a decent bracket engine out of it? Anyone on here done this before?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Fast bug you can make a wonderfully consistant engine out of this....I think it a 2 bolt but that is ok....seen 600hp out of these engines...you can put a strker crank...4.25 stroke and make it 461 I think it is with a .030 over bore, put a nice solid cam or roller in it with good heads, Dart Pro 1's 325's or Edlebrock RPM heads....will make easy 600hp with 11:1 compression... :wink:...I had a 402 in a 73 Nova SS that ran 11's with this set up in it...minus the stroker crank...