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Old 05-06-2011, 07:13 AM
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Default 69 ZL-1 motor (opinions)

I was supposed to get a 69 ZL-1 motor last weekend, but shipment got delayed for 2-3 weeks. Any opinions welcome if something looks odd on the block surfaces as I bought this without personally inspecting it.
I get the long block, less blower intake. I get a ZL-1 intake that has been with the motor.
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Old 05-06-2011, 07:20 AM
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Looks like a later cast block with the press in freeze plugs. Also looks stroked to at least 454 with the extra balancing weight added to the crank flange.


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Old 05-06-2011, 07:34 AM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SuperNovaSS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like a later cast block with the press in freeze plugs. Also looks stroked to at least 454 with the extra balancing weight added to the crank flange.


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It has a 'hank the crank' in it if that means anything on the external weights, I thought it was a 427 stroke crank, either way its ok, I get the paperwork on the rebuild when it gets here. It also has some type of head bolt that goes deeper into the block. A lot of money was spent on the heads too. It was never fired. 11:1.
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Old 05-06-2011, 07:55 AM
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I hope it makes it to you as described. 11:1 seems pretty intense to have a blower manifold mounted on it. How did you find the engine?


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Old 05-06-2011, 08:15 AM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SuperNovaSS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hope it makes it to you as described. 11:1 seems pretty intense to have a blower manifold mounted on it. How did you find the engine?


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The guy I bought it from was just thinking about the blower but stopped going forward with the idea. I stumbled upon it by accident.
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Old 05-07-2011, 01:59 AM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black69</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SuperNovaSS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hope it makes it to you as described. 11:1 seems pretty intense to have a blower manifold mounted on it. How did you find the engine?


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The guy I bought it from was just thinking about the blower but stopped going forward with the idea. I stumbled upon it by accident. </div></div>

good thing. 11:1 and a blower equals aluminum scrap
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">good thing. 11:1 and a blower equals aluminum scrap </div></div>

Might be O.k. on alcohol..... not O.k. on gas.
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Old 05-07-2011, 01:58 PM
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It now makes sense he stopped building it, as he told me he feared detroying this expensive motor under continuous constant load (i.e. boat, but in a car, its a burst load). Never talked alchol or gas though.

Its been sitting this way rebuilt since 89, and he got it way before then out of a 69 camaro drag car north of denver. Looks like its an over the counter block.
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