Hmm, a VE powered truck could use this, won't over power it and keep the nose weight low...ish...er.
Arch and Mark keep the private stuff just that. PRIVATE.
Is it all standard bore? Crank, cam, cylinder, bla bla bla? Normal 12V? What about main bolt size? This engine has ran before? Head is stock with a shelf and it's loaded with valves and springs or...?
Sorry didn't read while thread if all this has been covered..
This stuff has been together and ran and the valve seats are still in tact.
After further inspection from a few close friends, these parts may have been assembled before, but, my earlier statement about the parts being ran is wrong. No one can get them that clean. lol
Anyway, what is in the pics is what you get. I have not thrown any calipers on it yet, but, it looks identical to the iron block laying beside it. It does have cam bearings throughout.
I think with a good steel girdle, you would be OK to 300HP. Anything above this number, IMHO, would split the block where the cylinders and crankcase meet.
The cylinders could be milled completely out and new alloy cylinders welded in. Then the block could be sleeved to whatever the bore spacing would allow and be extremely strong. Additionally, this modification would not be apparent from the outside of the block. It would add at least 10lbs to the package when this mod is complete.
Billet, cross bolted main caps could be easily adapted to the crankcase although with the good girdle, I don't know this mod would be necessary.
Just to be safe, I would take the heads and have the seats cut out and have new beryllium seats installed and have them peened. Just for reference, hot egt's for a NA gas engine are around 1300 degrees. Ain't no wonder you never hear of them dropping seats. lol