Splayed Main Caps Sbc 400

1 post by 69firebird tue nov 13.
Splayed main caps sbc 400. 817 casting 400 sbc. Steel 4 bolt main caps for pontiac 350 389 400 with dowel pins set of 3 by program engineering block must be align bored pro 400c4a. Befoe the main webing just finaly gave up. When i tore the engine down after 3 years of racing and minor streeet use the engine main bearings looked very good.
It was in a door car 1 four barell on alky no nos it ran 5 teens. Main cap chevy sbc 350 oem 4 bolt replacement billet steel main caps middle 3 caps not yet reviewed. Eagle racing engines installing splayed main caps on 2 bolt main sbc. 350 389 400 pontiac main caps with splayed outer boltsw dowel pins set of 3 by program engineering block must be align bored pro p455r.
While mild steel main caps may look like main caps and are economical they are the wrong material for a performance application. Eagle racing engines installing splayed main caps on 2 bolt main sbc. Use as tall of a piston as you can but still have the proper skirt clearance to the crank. And have the 2 bolt block fitted with splayed caps.
True deductile iron caps take a beating and return to their original shape deductile saving the bearings and continuing to perform well. Splayed main caps on a 400 06 10 06 02 49 pm post 950675 in response to dorian i have a factory 400 block with milodon splayed caps for my 406 and my engine makes over 610 hp on the engine dyno when it was built.