so where would you spend the money for the dowels?over 6000?and say 10:1....

I personally would put the dowel tubes in any motor that is going to be used as a HP motor. A buddy of mine just built a 700HP 468 blower motor and chose not to tube the mains due to the added cost. It is kinda like hydraulic steering on a 70 MPH boat. You don't NEED it, but it is recommended. It depends on the budget for the project.;) There are a lot of guys not running doweled main caps with no prob with big HP out of stock blocks.

What is a doweled main cap?

ttt

Dowell tubes are put in the block around the bolt holes and matching female bores are put in the main caps. The main reason for these is to hold the cap still under exreme RPM or crank loading. They do positively locate the caps so once they are installed the motor must be align bored to assure everything is straight.

dyno,

why not find a couple of gen v 502 blocks to put the stroker cranks in? then you will have a 540 that you can put your heads, intakes, carbs, oil pans and accessories on. you will then have 2 perfectly good shortblocks to sell that should easily bring enough money to cover the cost of the 502 bare blocks.



p.s. - don't sweat the torque of the 540, bravos are rebuildable. you might as well go balls out, that will be the only way you will be satisfied.

Bill the thought has crossed my mind!

Budget? We don' need no stinking budget,,,,,,,

BG111 is right on the money with his statement, easier to sell 2 short blocks than a bunch of pieces parts.

heck If I used the blocks I have the cast crap left over aint worth nothing anyway. a used 502 block is $500-$750 plus I have to go down south to get one you do the math...a used 330 shrt block aint worth that.