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Assumption will absolutely own you when you try to drive it.  We are all trying to HELP you by giving you tips to reduce future aggrivation.  It will run pig fat rich all the time as you said...but only until a certain RPM, when it will run out of fuel...by severely restricting the engine with log manifolds and a SO upper plenum/throttle body, you're not "evening" things out...put some shorties on it, at least an HO upper/TB and mass air the thing, then it'll run nice.  If you try and drive it, I guarantee it'll pop, spit and bang the whole time...if you can even keep it running under a load...I didn't see if you specified auto or 5-speed, but I'm assuming auto...and if that's the case, have fun trying to two-foot it all around.

If you want to do a half-assed build, that's fine...but when people are trying to help, there really isn't a reason to get pen 15y about it just because it idled like  for 20 seconds.

Regardless of which direction you go with it, good luck.

-Don

nope. stock and stock... at least for now. just smoothed the opening... I hope this will be enough of a bottle neck to keep the block together until I get a new engine built... right now I am just going to get it going with 19 pounders and speed density ecu. when I get the twins I will go up to 60 pounders and larger lines plus a a9p ecu and mass setup. I hope to put about 230 whp down na on 87 octane and about 500 whp on corn with 19psi...

Good luck with those stock rods and crank

Same pieces as HO......all things being equal; the block will grenade first followed by the crank.

I am assuming nothing, what the reader gains from this particular post is that you plan on driving the car like this until you get your turbo's THEN mass air it....those are YOUR words...

"...right now I am just going to get it going with 19 pounders and speed density ecu."  -that conveys the message that you plan to drive it as the motor is

"when I get the twins I will go up to 60 pounders and larger lines plus a a9p ecu and mass setup"  -from this sentence it appears that you plan on waiting to do mass air until you go the turbo route

then in post #15, you said you were still looking for a mass air ECU...but that doesn't say much contrary to your previous post that I just dissected...you also said in this thread that the restrictive heads and intake will make plenty of power with turbos...so you don't even plan to run a friggin' HO upper with boost? 

There are a hell of a lot of twists and turns in your posts on this thread...the general consensus that you think the motor will run fine the way you set it up.

I am NOT trying to cause an arguement...we are trying to help you out. If we ALL see a problem with your combo, of course, we're going to make recommendations...I'm just looking for the straight story...this project has turned 5 different ways since this thread started...just by reading your posts we can see that.

Good luck with those stock rods and crank...btw, you didn't say anything about building another engine in the IMMEDIATE future, hence our advice.

Good luck,
Don

...And now you're becoming defensive towards me. 

WTF is with this thread?   
FWIW that statement wasn't for you.  I'm aware you know this.  Others may not. 


I'm just gonna leave this one alone now.....