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Originally Posted by blykins
If it an't broke.....  |
Yep, back in the mid 90's I built a 351-W "street cruiser" engine for my 65 Fastback which at the time was going to be driven very little and shown a lot..Used the stock crank/rods,bought a set of cast flat top,4 valve relief pistons for all of 99 bucks.....hydraulic flat tappet cam, nothing fancy, just a basic budget engine....
A couple of years later I got fed up with the "show car" scene and began driving it a lot and driving it hard. Then began drag racing,made well over 100 passes, probably closer to 200, shifting at 6,000rpms, then began tracking it, ran on 4 different road courses, putting 2,000+ miles running the motor from 3,000 to 6,000 rpms.....throw in 30,000 "street" miles and now that very same engine resides in a mid 80's Bronco 4x4....all I ever did to that motor was change the
oil and spark plugs......During my open track days, I was hoping it would blow up so I could build a hot 331 or 347 to replace the 351-W, dang thing would just run and run and run and never gave me a minutes trouble,all with stock/OEM parts and an el-cheapo set of cast pistons!!!!!!!!!!!
So,iffin the motor is running good and your satisfied with it, leave it alone......
David