The woody is now a 514

Pulled the woody in the garage Friday with a 460,tore the motor down and put it back together as a 514 and was driving it this afternoon.I got a good deal on a 514 std bore crate motor guts.Guy wanted to go bigger,so he sold me the internals for $500.It all looked like new.Wished I would have had it for the race.I'm anxious to see how it compairs.It has more down low for sure. If I didn't drive it so much I would switch the 2.47s out for 3.50s.They were worth a half second in the eighth with the 460.
Wes

Rock on Wes! You ever tried a 3.25 gear ? Good luck with it Big guy!!

a 5 or 6 spd would be a blast and highway friendly.

bump for a good deal

That's awesome Wes. Pretty hard to pass up a $500 deal. Do you have PC heads on it?

jasonf wrote:That's awesome Wes. Pretty hard to pass up a $500 deal. Do you have PC heads on it?

Jason Same block,heads and cam.I did change rockers from 1.65 to 1.73.
Wes

Wes Littrell wrote:Pulled the woody in the garage Friday with a 460,tore the motor down and put it back together as a 514 and was driving it this afternoon.I got a good deal on a 514 std bore crate motor guts.Guy wanted to go bigger,so he sold me the internals for $500.It all looked like new.Wished I would have had it for the race.I'm anxious to see how it compairs.It has more down low for sure. If I didn't drive it so much I would switch the 2.47s out for 3.50s.They were worth a half second in the eighth with the 460.
Wes

Great ... I didn't realize it would happen so soon when you were talking about it at the "shootout".

You need to find around a 2.90 to 3.00 gear somewhere for a more rounded compromise...

rmcomprandy wrote:

Wes Littrell wrote:Pulled the woody in the garage Friday with a 460,tore the motor down and put it back together as a 514 and was driving it this afternoon.I got a good deal on a 514 std bore crate motor guts.Guy wanted to go bigger,so he sold me the internals for $500.It all looked like new.Wished I would have had it for the race.I'm anxious to see how it compairs.It has more down low for sure. If I didn't drive it so much I would switch the 2.47s out for 3.50s.They were worth a half second in the eighth with the 460.
Wes

Great ... I didn't realize it would happen so soon when you were talking about it at the "shootout".

You need to find around a 2.90 to 3.00 gear somewhere for a more rounded compromise...

I've got a set of 2.75 and 3.00 I might try or I might just say the heck with it and put my 3.50s back in .The mileage was about the same, but it is more pleasant with to drive with the high gears.

Wes Littrell wrote:Pulled the woody in the garage Friday with a 460,tore the motor down and put it back together as a 514 and was driving it this afternoon.I got a good deal on a 514 std bore crate motor guts.Guy wanted to go bigger,so he sold me the internals for $500.It all looked like new.Wished I would have had it for the race.I'm anxious to see how it compairs.It has more down low for sure. If I didn't drive it so much I would switch the 2.47s out for 3.50s.They were worth a half second in the eighth with the 460.
Wes

Ole Wes been "busting his azz"