hey i new to the whole chevy thing but i just got a bare big block and its a 540cib wheres the best place to get parts for it and what would be a good car to put it in

 

if its a bare block then its not 540ci and a bare block with what ever bore it is.

witch more then likely it is a 4.500 bore and u will need a 4.25 stroke crank to turn it into a 540.

go on racingjunk.com and look for parts dragula might have some parts maybe that u might need like heads,intake and so on.

 

all i know it came out og a pro street car and it was free lol i really want to build something with it so im going to need a help and im going to be asking a lot of ?? so every buddy take it easy on me in new lol

 

take the block some where to be checked out first before you start putting it together..

as for parts, racingjunk.com and ohiocrank.com

 

i've heard nothing but good about ohio crankshafts so far..

alot of places will have rotating assembleys that u can buy..like jegs,summit,doug herburt,eagle,lunati,scat and so on..

if u say more of what the engine is being built for and how much u want out of it we all could help u more..i can find parts used or new cheap.u also dont have to do a 540ci engine u could go bigger or smaller with the stroke..your bore will probley have to be cleaned and take it to a shop to have them look at it..people dont give them blocks away for free unless your in good with some one and its been sitting or its cracked and need work or so on

 

well i want to drag races at sunshine the 8th but still beable to drive it on the street

 

11-1 compression find some 990 heads that are ported..look around single plain intake,680 lift cam with like 110 or 108 lobe.950 carb or so. u can do it cheap if u know what your looking for and where to look.

 

Ive got a 4.25 non-twist steel($600), a 3.66 crank(callies)$1400 but thats a for 3000+hp alcohol setup all kinda rods, some 990's and some 708's, couple intakes, distributors etc. Let me know what ya wanna do

 

thanks i will or just pm me ur # bc i think im going to have to juse use parts bc im only 20 years old so that means everything is going to be pice together but i dont car as long as it run good