This crate engine, built in 2016, and similar on Hot Rod Magazine's 1997 article, "the 350 engine that Chevrolet should have built" article, combines a 327 crankshaft with a 400 block. We used 6.250" connecting rods, in place of the article's prescribed Ford 300 L6 6.209" connecting rods. We also used slightly modified Vortec heads. Visit www.ceperformance.ca.

This "destroked" SBC Hot Rod Magazine summary can be found here, mating a SBC 400 block with a 327 or 305 SBC (3.25" stroke) crankshaft: http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumn...

Our 354 cu.in. engine:

- repurposed 400 SBC Dart block
- 3.25" stroke 327 steel crankshaft
- 6.250" Scat H-beam connecting rods
- 4.165" SRP forged pistons w/ 1.125" compression height
- 10.8:1 compression ratio
- 4/7 swap; mild 218/224 @duration .050 solid roller cam
- Edelbrock RPM Air-Gap intake manifold
- stock cast vortec heads with upgraded rocker studs
- running on 87 octane pump gas
- mated (when road tested in a 1964 Oldsmobile F-85) to Tremec TKO 5 spd transmission:    • 327 Crankshaft + 400 Block SBC l 1964...  

Producing:
- 435 hp
- 440 lbs ft
- giddy up!

www.ceperformance.ca

A huge thank you Jim Richmond of Richmond Engines! ~ the video capture/creator guy.

Shot on a iPhone 4, after the cold killed our primary camera's battery. Ha!

Road test 1:    • SBC 327 Crank + 400 Block w/ 87 Octan...  
Road test 2:    • 327 Crankshaft + 400 Block SBC l 1964...  

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