2 much rev

I have a chevy 540 short block that i would like to get 700 horses out of does any one has any suggesting on what combination to use concerning heads, cam and carbs

picklenjim

For starters what pistons are in the short block? Your going to need domes for around 10:1 compression with aluminum heads. Or put a blower on it which then you would probably need a dished piston.

gmhdfan

Who is doing your machine work. Someone here in town?

fbc25el

Call Bob Madera and talk to him. 585-654-8583 he can set you up.

2 much rev

I was thinking on going aspirted for now seeing thats the rotating assembly set up that came with the block. I read up on blower engines last night and its a lil out of my budget right now to go back into the block to change the pistons seeing that i would have to also buy a blower on top of setting up the block. I also did some research and saw that these blocks aspirated commonly put out 650 but i was just wondering if any one had any suggestions on a set up that can get me to 700hp

2 much rev

Na pete its kinda of a home project im working on for my boat something to do in my spare time

gmhdfan

So what came with the short block? What do you have to work with?

searaycer

Ron Potter built mine, it is 10.5 to 1, 345 merlin heads ported, 500 efi manifold ported, with a custom throttle body, and a large solid roller cam, 698 horse, 692 torque, and it only spins 5650.

2 much rev

Its bassically the block pistons and crank. I got it from my friend who ran into a little money trouble but he was just going to set it up regular with iron heads and stuff like that. But im looking to set it up to put out more power. Im just getting into the inboard thing im use to out boards.

gmhdfan

Ok, lets try this again. What generation/brand block do you have, regular/tall deck, who makes the rotating assembly, and what CR are the pistons going to make with what CC heads.