Bbc 454 gen 4 overhaul
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What is good and what is bad for my gen 4 454 for % results @ 90 psi of shop air on a cold engine engine is on stand and I am testing each cylinder i know it's supposed to be warm but its out of boat lol any hope
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I had a customer changing valve springs on a cold motor and was worried because so much was hissing by the piston and compressor runner Ng alot. When he was done we fired it and warmed to normal temp. No more hissing past the piston.
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Ok Griff thank u ill get apart build top end and check bottom now ill throw a curve ball what if I decided to bolt on a complete weiand blower setup that's set at 5psi would u still install the cam that u recommended and or would u change up bottom end then
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subbed! was looking for similar info when i go to pull my 454mag from my donzi! is your set up already carb or efi? my set up is a 2000 efi and still up in the air if i should drop the efi and go carb.



