BNielsen
I'm Awesome
Seeing all these 454s being built with great depth and detail has motivated me to start plotting a build for my truck again.
Well, motivated within the confines of what I'll be able to spend at least.
But now I face a dilemma, do I scrounge a motor from a salvage yard, take it to the machine shop and have them go through it top to bottom and build it myself, or do I cheat and nab a reman motor from a local performance shop, stick a cam, valvetrain, and headers on and call it good?
My end goal is 400HP/500-600TQ, or at least enough power to be able to pull my travel trailer at 70-75 and possibly still have just enough passing power. Lofty dreams for a NA 454 I know.
My only concern is the quality of the reman, a shop who's churning out multiple engines has to be able to turn a profit somewhere and I'm sure they shirk on something, but everything I've seen about this shop is all top notch quality and service.
Well, motivated within the confines of what I'll be able to spend at least.
But now I face a dilemma, do I scrounge a motor from a salvage yard, take it to the machine shop and have them go through it top to bottom and build it myself, or do I cheat and nab a reman motor from a local performance shop, stick a cam, valvetrain, and headers on and call it good?
My end goal is 400HP/500-600TQ, or at least enough power to be able to pull my travel trailer at 70-75 and possibly still have just enough passing power. Lofty dreams for a NA 454 I know.
My only concern is the quality of the reman, a shop who's churning out multiple engines has to be able to turn a profit somewhere and I'm sure they shirk on something, but everything I've seen about this shop is all top notch quality and service.