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Offline redhot1.4

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Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« on: October 19, 2016, 03:36:20 pm »
Ok friends, I found a running small block 400 forsale. This guy said he would sell it to me for around 400 dollars
I was wundering how hard it would be how much would it cost to boost it to 400+ horsepower, I don't need much more but I got to have at least 400

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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2016, 03:53:02 pm »
400 wheel horsepower or crank?  What are you going to using the truck for.  And will this be normally aspirated?

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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2016, 09:10:18 pm »
If you are looking for 400hp a big block with a set of 049 or 781 heads will get you there easier.
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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2016, 09:27:14 am »
Quote from: Captkaos on November 23, 2016, 03:53:02 pm
400 wheel horsepower or crank?  What are you going to using the truck for.  And will this be normally aspirated?

Chris Lucas
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This is my dd again after 12yrs. Of sitting.  So some good reliable horsepower, I have always wanted a 454 or a LS swap, but with it being my daily,  I need to be some what conservative for now.
Quote from: Engineer on November 24, 2016, 09:10:18 pm
If you are looking for 400hp a big block with a set of 049 or 781 heads will get you there easier.


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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2016, 10:54:35 am »
That is a 500hp motor at the crank, definitely not what I would define as a daily.  This means a huge cam, huge stall and proper gearing it is going to stink as a daily and probably get 10mpg tops.  Is it going to be carb or EFI?  What trans?

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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2016, 05:14:19 pm »
Maybe back I'll shoot for a LS swap instead. Haven't talk to anyone who has an old chevy putting that kind of power down  and drives it to work. I'm getting debt free . That's why I'm driving the old chevy again.

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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2016, 05:15:01 pm »
I was hoping someone had some videos. This forum seems pretty dead

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Re: Sb 400 for 400 buck's
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2016, 11:25:18 am »
Videos of what?  My Youtube page has some of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/7387chevytrucks
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