Can a 1965 L-79 327 make 550+hp with 50yr old iron GM heads? Yep. 70s race engine build coming soon.
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- Building a 1965 L-79 .030 327 drag race engine like it was done back in the late 70s. Should make 550+hp NA and turn 8500rpm. Crane solid roller 312/322 adv, 272/282@.050, 650/641 lift, 110 lobe sep, over 13-1 compression. 1975 292 angle plug CRANE FIREBALL heads flow 290in/210ex, ported Holley Strip Dominator & 830 Holley Double pumper. Back it with a 6000 stall & 5-13 gear.
I was only born in the 90’s but hearing your old stories and watching all the videos I watch of super stock racing back in the day makes me wish I was born in the 40’s to grow up threw those years.
@@AnDrEw122100 The world was definitely more laid back. You would have loved it.
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LOVE them 327,s man.........still run 2 of early small journal wons in 2 of my cars. Nice build man!
Yep, me too. Damn good engines, I drove a 540+hp 66 L-79 327 back in high school, I swapped into a gutted 69 C-10 stepside. Truck was hard to beat on the street back then. Buddy's dad raced Pro Stock drag boats and had a dyno in his back yard, spent 2 full nights dialing in that old 327. Hell of an engine for a kid. I managed to survive tho. Truck had a manual T-400, 4500 stall and a 4-56 gear. Built a few more 327s over the years for drag racing. I like the old 283s & 302s also. Built a few of them too. Nothing sounds better than a SBC at 8000+rpm
For me this is the most exciting build yet by far. I'm gonna follow this one closely! Thank you for documenting all this man, it's truly a pleasure to learn / watch from an OG.
Thanks for watching man.
Yeah man you put that motor in a Chevy luv or a vega and you will have your hands full trying to keep it straight, probably be easier to find S10 , I'm a Ford guy but have built a few chevies for friends. I hAve a 79 Pinto that I built a stroker 347 for and its definitely a man to handle, it will spin around with u in a heart beat. You have a big selection of engines to choose from . What are you planning to do with all of them? I guess if you needed a little money its like money in the bank I guess. I enjoy watching your videos so keep em coming
@@79beans347 Ive always wanted a Pinto to swap a 351 Cleveland into. Bad ass combo. 67/68 Mustang is one of the best looking bodies ever designed. I like the old Ford's, especially the 40s & 50s models.
@@79beans347 I collect engines as a hobby. Just something to do till I die. I have a gutted S-10 Blazer that engine will probably end up in.
@@79beans347 I'm always looking for bodies tho. I'm wanting to build a gasser with a 49/50 model Chevy. Rowdy 327 be cool in one of them.
Hey gearhead man I sure do enjoy listening to you talk about your old motors The way things used to be buddy ……. we’re over here in Mountain Grove Missouri tuned in !!
Thanks man
I've been to St Louis a few times. Cool old railroad museum there. Was a nice zoo there too. Once smoked a J in the St Louis Arch elevator back in the early 80s. Had a good time there.
I build me a 327 one time put Dubrovnik 30-30 cam in it We put a pink rods , L- 79 style dome pistons in That thing sitting there idling you could almost dance to those lifters Bouncing off of That cam !!!
It was fucking cool man I miss those days ….. You have all those Moroso valve covers and cool shit sitting around there in your little shop it reminds me of a long time ago there ain’t many of us left….
I’d like to see you make a video where you put one of the motherfuckers down in a 63 Chevy Duece maybe go with a Old 65 or 67 Chevelle or something with a four-speed Some 456 gears in the back and get out there and skin that son of a bitch Back show them how it’s done and how it was done….
Hang in there gearhead…..
This will be a great build.
I'm looking forward to it.
Damn, that cam's radicule like an animule!! Gonna be an rpmin' beast!!
Gotta rev the shit out of them small cube units to make any power. 327s do pretty good when ya turn em up. Building one for low RPM use is a waste of a good core.
Put that 403 in the cutty
Looks like you need your own machine shop so your stuff doesn't get locked up in machine shop jail. That little 327 high revver would be a blast in front of a 4 speed. The extra RPM capability is like having extra gears. As usual cool build and so many others. Your machine shop guy has to love you, how many of his kids did you put through college?🤔😁😎👍
I worked in 2 machine shops for decades. Shit was all free for years. Miss them days. Machine work cost me alot of money these days. Seems like they take alot longer to get the work done these days too. Shops I worked in years ago would have people's parts ready in a week or less. I have a block in the shop now been there all fuckin year. Just getting bored, decked, and line honed. Don't think they've even started on it. Pisses me off. I also use another machine shop, but it's farther away and has about a 2 month turnover. People these days have a different work ethic than them old dudes did back in the day. Best machinist I know are all dead or 75-80yrs old now. These young bucks today ain't like their grandpa's were. Most people have gotten lazy as hell.
This 327 getting a massive stall in a T-400 or a 4spd, depends in which vehicle it ends up in. 5-13 gear be behind it. It should make power to 8500rpm no problem.
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Sounds like you might be better off buying the machines and doing all your own machining than wait to pay big bucks to hurry up and wait? In the long run with all the machining you are going to need you'll probably save a ton of cash doing that work yourself, the machines will pay for themselves.
Another problem is there are way less machine shops around these days. Plus the ones that are around are a one or two man show. Not very many fully staffed machine shops left out there.🤷😎👍
@@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852 Yep, shit has changed. Was just looking at photos of one of the shops I worked in back in the 90s, been shut down for 15-20yrs. Old building looking rough. Would like to buy it, but the neighborhood turned to shit. I'm sure most of the old equipment is still in there. Ole boy died years ago. Place was just boarded up. Has an old Stuska dyno in there. Alot of the equipment was built in the 40s and 50s pretty much. Newest shit there was from the 70s. Old shop. That old shit last forever tho. The old sign is still out front too. Owner had a badass 63 Chevy 2 gasser he built in the late 60s. Cool old 64 C-10 pickup with a tunnelram bigblock in it too. Dude was a rare breed.
@@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852 Times have definitely changed.
My dad had a 65 or 66 gto. Had a built 400 with aluminum pop up pistons. It was blue printed balanced all that shit. The dude that owned it previously worked with nascar in the late 60s early 70s in Hickory NC. That damn thing was over built. When i was 4 or 5 i loved the way that thing sound!!
Them old Pontiac engines will make good power. Been a fan for a long time. First engine I built was a Pontiac.
You have no shortage of projects...that's for sure!
Too much really, makes it hard to focus.
@@thereluctantgearhead4544 No doubt!
My uncle had a very stout 327 in an El Camino, not sure about all the specs, some were 'top secret', but damn, it felt like Vtec kicking in after 4000 rpm 😂 I was shocked. ↗️
Probably where the powerband on the cam started. 327s definitely respond to big cams. Even the stock cams in a few of them was pretty rowdy. This cam I'm using in this one won't kick in till 5000+rpm, I'll shift it around 8500rpm. I have a 8in COAN converter that'll flash past 6000+RPM that I'll use behind this unit if I don't use a manual trans. 5-13 gear out back. I have a 86 G-body Bonneville that's gutted that this engine might go into, already has a 69 12-bolt with a 5-13 gear on a spool, 33 spline Dutchman axles in it. Car is set up with a T-400 now. But I have the shit I could convert it to a manual trans setup. The car is pretty well set up. Ran 6.60s in the 8th with a 357ci SBC, 6.30s with a basic 496 bigblock with a big cam in it. I've had it for decades. Ain't pretty, but it'll hook on ice, weighs 3050lbs with the SBC. Has 29.5x11.5x15 M/T slicks on it.
Can you do a video on lightning and knife edging the crankshaft
I will when I get to that point. Dave Vizard has a couple videos explaining it pretty good. The process just cuts down on losses from windage.
Goood, ole skool shite man, can not wait to see more of your videos, and one of them ole skool chevys on the street. Cheers man, Doug NZ
Thanks for watching brother. Gotta keep this old shit going for the next generation. Can't have them LS swapping everything.
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Do you wanna liquidate all of your oldsmobile engines and parts?
What is your most powerful current small block if you don't mind saying and what is the best one you have ever owned
Best NA SBCs I've built were 406, 408, 414, 421s making 625-630hp. Built many 350s that made 550-600hp back when I built alot of circle track engines. I have a couple in that range tucked away now. I usually go with a bigblock if I'm trying to go much past 600hp or so NA. Had a 302 SBC that ran 6.20s in the 8th NA turning 9800rpm. I've built hundreds of SBCs for over 40yrs, did it for a living for decades, so it's hard to comment on all of them. Probably forgot over half of the builds. Currently have a twin turbo 355 disassembled, goal for it is 1000+hp at 15-20lbs. Built alot of boat engines back in the day too, once built a 8-71 blown 540ci bigblock that went into a fan boat to transport illegal materials thru swamps in the deep South. I just built the engine tho.... Did some rowdy jet boats too. They were all bigblocks.
@@thereluctantgearhead4544 you do cool videos 📹 I thank you for them and the response
@@chimpfoos65 Thanks for watching man.
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