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Post-Honing and Future Engine Build Plans

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Lake Speed's Ford C3 NASCAR Engine: Drag Racing Legend Greg Anderson Machines The Block!

What happens here

After successfully honing the engine block, the team discusses the next phases of the engine build. This includes lightening up the valve train components, specifically by using lighter keyway lifters instead of the heavier old 'dog bone' style. The heads and intake manifold will also be tuned to optimize airflow and further increase horsepower. The ultimate goal is to get the refreshed engine back into Lake Speed Sr.'s race car, with expectations of improved performance. The speaker emphasizes the importance of precision in all aspects of engine building, highlighting that even small improvements in components and processes can lead to significant gains in horsepower.

Goal: Plan the remaining steps of the engine build to maximize performance.

Tools and materials

  • Engine Head — To be tuned for optimal airflow
  • Intake Manifold — To be tuned for optimal airflow
  • Keyway Lifters — Lighter alternative to old-style lifters to reduce valve train mass

What they say

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there probably from there as far as what we'll do is uh probably put uh bushings in the lifter boards we're looking at a keyway lifter and then uh we'll uh that's a lighter piece right we're gonna lighten up the valve train because the old style is the dog bone style so that's just more weight and things so going to the keyway is a lighter piece right much more stable and we can get we can get a bigger wheel on the on the lifter and then also on the head we'll tune the tune the heads up and the intake manifold because we'll definitely pick up some power there is it gonna take more rpm now because in that same podcast larry was saying that they used the same cam profile but lightened up the valve train and we've got to go from 7 000 to 10 000. we're not we're not going up that high but is it going to go higher than it did before a little it probably will no doubt when you start making things bigger you're gonna you're gonna move it up yeah you know but but the goal isn't necessarily to do that is to make it run better right i think what we had to work with i wouldn't say it's a gift because there's something wrong with this engine right we definitely it'll be a big improvement it should come back to where you know we should see an engine much like we did in the 90s maybe run a little better and now when you get done with this when the once this is done what will happen to this engine it's going to go back in the racecar it's reason it's got to fit because dad wants to drive it so he was out there today at a go gopro track on the go-kart you know knocking some rust off making sure he's getting in shape he's pretty excited actually good deal we were we were told that robert yates

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