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12-30-2014, 04:52 PM

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Well I just left the machine shop and I'm sitting at about $4500 in the bottom end now lol

DAMN. You could have bought one built for that man.

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12-30-2014, 04:54 PM

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DAMN. You could have bought one built for that man.

a bit hypocritical from the man who is rebuilding a truck with every broken component? Lol

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12-30-2014, 04:57 PM

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a bit hypocritical from the man who is rebuilding a truck with every broken component? Lol

But I bought an already built short block lol.
We're talking motors ferg,not frames and such lol

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12-30-2014, 05:05 PM

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DAMN. You could have bought one built for that man.

No I couldn't have. Go price built big blocks.

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12-30-2014, 05:11 PM

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But I bought an already built short block lol. We're talking motors ferg,not frames and such lol

lol I guess. Sentimental values go along ways.
But look at 427/429 crate engines: $7,000-$15,000

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12-30-2014, 05:12 PM

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Benefits of midplate and throttle body spacers? Some say they help Tq with a ported setup. Is this just all hype

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12-30-2014, 05:14 PM

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Benefits of midplate and throttle body spacers? Some say they help Tq with a ported setup. Is this just all hype

I heard that throttle body spacers just make more noise and whistle under the hood and not much else.

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12-30-2014, 05:16 PM

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lol I guess. Sentimental values go along ways. But look at 427/429 crate engines: $7,000-$15,000

427 is a different, smaller block, but still expensive. The big blocks I've looked at with decent reviews were all $7500+ and I'm hoping to come in around $6k with mine.

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12-30-2014, 05:17 PM

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I heard that throttle body spacers just make more noise and whistle under the hood and not much else.

A midplate spacer is different than the regular TBS.

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12-30-2014, 05:31 PM

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A midplate spacer is different than the regular TBS.

Supercharger mid plate spacer is a lot more effective. The volume of additional air being compressed increases power.

That's about all they do.

na. I wouldn't but either.

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