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> why do people alwasy question whether a solid lifter engine is "streetable"?
> why wouldn't it be?

Streetable may refer to the RPM band the cam operates in or on how aggressive
the lobe is. If the cam is designed to operate in the 4500 to 8000 RPM band,
it won't work well on the street where you operate outside that RPM band most
of the time. Also, the more aggressive a lobe is, the faster it wears and the
harder it is on the rest of the bits in the valve train. Furthermore, a solid
roller cam has needle bearings which may or may not be pressure fed at idle and
can get hammered by the lash. Some cam companies recommend solid roller lifters
be inspected every oil change which means removing the intake manifold.

+++++i think the dyno numbers show it is meant to run more around the 4,000 to 6,000 range...


The part number you list appears to be a CNC-ported version so perhaps they
have improved things but I'd still be suspicious of the quality of components
used.

+++++ noted as to the quality of the heads - yes, they are the ported version



> anything special about the design (flat top) or build?

Flat top is usually used to refer to pistons, not heads. You probably
mean closed or open chamber. The heads are nominally closed chamber but
the chamber volume listed for that part number is 74 cc's which is closer
to an open chamber volume though I suspect that means the chambers were
unshrouded.


++++++++ when i called the head mfgr, they said the chamber size for the ported version is 78 (even though it says 74 on the website) - what does that change in your answer, if anything?

> SA Gear 9 position tru-roller with Torrington bearing

SA Gear makes the sprockets. I prefer other sprockets but more important
is the chain manufacturer. If your chain says Rolon, it is junk.

++++++ i'll try to find out

does the crank have a snout spacer
installed to take up the difference between the 351W style
snout of the Eagle crank and the 351C snout?


+++++++ i'll find out



> Bore (.40 over/385c.i.) and hone block

Some get nervous at 0.040" pver unless they've sonic tested the block first.


+++++ noted



> Dyno (500HP/472lb torque)

Do you have the dyno sheets or was this an estimate from the builder?


++++++ see prior posting



> Edelbrock air gap intake manifold (dual plane)

The Air Gap has 2V ports but Pro Comps are a copy of the CHI 3V heads.
Is there a spacer to handle the port transition?


++++++ i'll find out - if there is, does that take care of the "mismatch" issue that George points out?



CHI used to do that
before dual and single plane intakes were available to match the 3V
port location. Eyeballing the CNC port version of the Pro Comp heads,
it's not clear to me what intake manifold they were designed for.

> Moroso oil pan

Is this in a Pantera? The Moroso 351C pan I'm familiar with is not
gated nor baffled for road race. A Pantera with good tires can generate
enough lateral g's to uncover the oil pick up in a pan without any
baffling.


+++++ upon reading the full entry on the invoice it says:

"Moroso stock depth pan with internal slosh baffles"



> does this seem like a "streetable" engine or one that is designed primarily
> for racing?

You need to find the cam card and post the information here before we can tell.
You also need it for the lash information.


++++++ i'll get the cam card - but i am thinking the answer is yes since the dyno information showed the sweet spot between 4-6K rpm



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