Building a SBC with my son he just got his license and battled through leukemia. Think it'll be a great father son thing. Thank you for the info, God bless.

The SB Chevy was Gods gift to the internal combustion engine.

Great job. I am a Sbc person myself. Keep up the great combinations. Love watching to see what kind of low buck big horse power things you can come up with.

I'm with you. There's something about the gen 1 SBC. Nice video 👍

Stick with what you Like ! - Thanx for the Colab with Nick - That was Cool !!!!

Found you through Nick's channel and subscribed. Even though I play with Fords, only a fool would ignore the huge place the SBC has in hot rod history. In these days of LS swap everything, it's good to see something different and interesting. Good job!

I will always love the OG SBC (where I started my chevy life). I hated the LS at first but I've grown to love em....

So nice to see a old SBC make that kind of power, and the bottom is pretty much stock, besides the pistons. I Will build a turbo sbc myself, thanks for the inspiration!👍⚡️

Pat the 44 mm wastegate is big enough the problem is the placement of it. It vents the drivers side of the engine but the way that manifold is design it's not venting all cylinders on the passenger side. You would need to move the wastegate closer to the turbo. Right on the elbow where the pipe comes to the turbo flange so the wastegate has priority over all cylinders and then it will work good. I moved into the turbo LS but would love to do this with our c20.

I know this is an old video but my 1st 10sec 1/4 pass was with a stock rod, cast gm crank, hyper pistoned 355. Roller cam TFS heads and 55/55 tuneup in a cheater plate. Spun it 7k and had COUNTLESS bottles up to a 73/73 jets. Built like tanks!!

Most underrated channel with soooo much information!!! Wish I could implement all your Information in a build… One day!!! Thanks for what you do brother some of us truly appreciate it.

This is an awesome setup and is approachable for many true gearheads.

I feel like the only thing the small block lacks is consumption of air. The Ls has the superior ignition system. Plus huge intake for more air to go through compared to a SBC. Air/fuel is all you need to make power. So the SBC just needs a little tweaking. I’ll say. But when done right! They’ll blow people away with the power it makes!

With a turbo it's all about the harmonics. Turbo boosting loads the down stroke when the charge gets ignited as well as the up stroke from back pressure of the exhaust having to spin the turbo wheel. With both sides loaded it dampens harmful harmonics that can cause catastrophic damage, kind of like brake torqueing when you launch at the dragstrip vs doing a neutral slam. Turbo charging is probably the safest power adder to use to make big power with factory parts because of the cushioning effect of being loaded in both directions. That's why LS engines can handle making so much power with the wimpy fasteners they are put together with because of the better harmonics that is train drivered into them. The firing order really helps an LS calm down harmful harmonics as well as the larger diameter camshaft, probably the number one advantages over the sbc. The LS firing order sbc camshafts are becoming more available and do help cut down harmonics but not as much as an LS because the LS cam diameter. IMO the sbc still has its place and is what I also prefer vs an LS as long as it is going into a Chevy vehicle. And they can be built to make even more power than an LS can make using the aftermarket components available for them. They make cylinder heads for a sbc that flow over 400 intake cfm I'm not sure the LS aftermarket support has reached that level yet? So now if you plan on running 800 + HP in the vehicle its going in you might want to consider a mid plate or a front plate to mount that thing or you can run into some problems from block distortion in the drivers side motor mount area. I have seen it happen to a boosted LS and a boosted small block Buick where the number 2 cylinder lets go. The only thing we could figure what was causing it was all that torque yanking on the drivers side motor mount causing the #2 cylinder to distort making it fail. I would imagine the same thing can happen to a sbc with lots of boosted torque on tap too? Cool build, good job.

I actually prefer the old school x rods over the powder metal rods for a boosted application. From my experience, the old school rods tend to just bend and the powder metal rods tend to break if you over power them. I've been boosting mild small block chevy motors for several years with blow through carbs. I also like using the Snow Performance water/meth kits, they work very well.

I've seen some great videos here but this one I think is the best💪

I saw this as i am currently building a turbo’d sbc and am super stoked

Just started my sbc turbo build thank you

Wow , 700 HP , that's a bunch , looking forward to the video showing the stock vortec with a cam upgrade . Mine , I have a stock Vortec with the ramjet cam .I have no idea how much hp I'll get but it should run strong . Stock ex. manfolds going into side pipes on 65 vette . You've helped a lot , Thank You !

I don’t understand “I’m a SBC or LS Guy” , I’m a horsepower per dollar Guy! Love the budget builds. Great content just subbed

Thank you Richard for this video and test. I built two destroked motors and they have more power on top end with a tight duration cam it has good torque also. The 327sbc made more power than the 350 so I’ve always understood the science. Thanks again!!

I had a 355 built with stock crank and rods with a 200 shot that ran in the mid 10's.

OLD SCHOOL....IS THE BEST SCHOOL

Such a great video. Thanks man.

I realize that this is a while back but, this SBC has a small turbo exhaust system(not diameter) but length. The first time I saw this was 89’ on a turbo Buick V6, comparing a regal exhaust system to a T/A exhaust. The T/A system was much shorter(different chassis clearance) the engineers calculated more energy was reaching the turbine and making much more power. They de-tuned the Buick V-6’s in the T/A’s cause it would have stomped the factory Corvettes.

I’m a gen 1 sbc guy as well. Same reason.

LS Cylinder Heads are what make them so good. They also can take a lot of power on stock bottom ends. When they came out SBC heads sucked in comparison, unless you were spending a lot of cash. Now we have a ton of affordable SBC heads. These DNA heads did well, especially when you consider the cost. I looked at LS swapping. A Summit engine swap kit is 1400 bucks Cdn, without headers. Then a tune/rework or something like Terminator or an MSD box if you want to run Carb. Based on the cost of swapping an LS into my first gen F body it's better to spend on a better set of heads.

Great video, can't wait to see when you fix the waste gate and add fuel...

Man, I almost had the BIG one when you said all the sb stuff was going, but I think there is a little room for a LS/vortec build or two. Keep up the great work, I still say it's the best sbc/vortec site avaliable!

Suffering from success🤣

Sbc gang!!! Love this stuff and you got me on that turbo it rips🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

Great to here yer staying true to the small blocks, good to see your working with Nick too. I am thinking of doing a turbo set up on my next engine, it would be a 400, cheap ebay turbo set up, blow thru carb. Trying to figure out what to use for a good cheap turbo, i plan on only running like 5 psi of boost, on a low compression ratio 400, for torque and economy in a truck. Also trying to figure out what to get a cam ground too,, as far as specs. It would be a mechanical flat tappet cam in all likelihood.

Awesome video man. Maybe some blow through setup stuff later?

I love it when LS guys are getting rid of small block Chevy parts because I just scored a low mileage 84 corvette 350 and a set of nice 906 vortec for free 👍

A budget destroked sbc turbo application would be awesome 🤔🧐 lol

Very cool! I have a couple turbo sbc builds

Love the sb and votech builds!

Cool project

I am in the process of building a sbc with a fuel injection setup with Bosch 210 injectors and an on3 107mm turbo. For my 89 camaro.

Awesome brother. Thanks. I'll see you then.

Can't wait to see that budget l31. I've got one sitting at home waiting to go in my 99 suburban, but I've been holding off cause I want a little more grunt.

ILL TAKE ONE TO GO

KZfaq is full of😢 ls stuff. Love the sb content !

Once again an excellent video that is much appreciated. Although I have a little much of a first gen in my Sonoma I enjoy the inexpensive engines you build, very impressed with what you are getting out of them vs. what you have in them. I hope to have a F-1 ProCharger within a year or 2 and run it via blow thru but i'll wait till I retire back to Windsor Ont. first. Keep up the great work.

I’ve been waiting for the video to drop!

My opinion if EFI was mocked up and tuning kept in check with some arp rod bolts I bet this set up could live a respectable life on the street

my guess on boost creep is the wastegate is in a bad location bypasses whole left side of head basically

So glad you were kidding about going all LS,lol

5:49 697 hp at 5100 rpm.... Wow.

Big fan of e-85 been racing with it for years now i wouldn't worry about the crank but that block gen2 block at .060 over won't last but good job guys!

I watched this again, and I still like it. I'll be looking for the down and cheap l-31 build cause that is exactly whre I am right now. My vote stick with geen 1!

sbc forever

Good stuff. I dig the sbc content

Thats awesome!

I drive a 6.0 ls every day at work,you couldn't give me one.i'll keep my gen 1&2 small block toys

Oil line 2 the fuel block off plate works well O'Reilly's Auto Parts sales the plate also

Wait...what channel am I watching?...I'm with Pat in the shop and next thing I know I'm in Nick's dyno cell. It's like some sort of weird youtube dream. I knew I huffed too much gasoline.

Factory rotating assemblies with an optimized tune usually can take around 1300 horsepower before failure which is usually a connecting rod per Richard Holder KZfaq channel.

I'm a sbc,bbc,bbcad,master builder

BRAVO!!!!

It is likely not that the gate is big enough but the placement. If you can put that gate on the turbine housing

Nick face when he see sbc make 600 hp he did like that l😂😂😂

I saw 740hp 809tq 😂

Seeing this is making me even more excited about getting my Camaro up n running... got a 396 stroker that I will be running the stealth sniper efi and a turbo.. curious what power I will be making with the turbo since its at around 530 now😃

Mad HP. Looking forward to seeing your next builds. Funny note. My girlfriend asked me the other night while I was driving down the road, what is a piss cutter, how much are you spending now and why do I need one? 😂 I said what? She said ya, 😂 I turned and looked at her with a smile and said, "Babe, don't worry. It's not that much, and remember! It's not how much I spend, it's how much "we" save!" 😂 Ya that didn't work out to well. I had to show her your channel really fast before I got slapped up my head. 😂

I’m doing the same build right now copying it

Sweet.

Dude when you said you were fixing to swap over to LS this was going to be a serious hate letter🤣 so I'm glad you were joking the zip tie was a great idea as the saying goes necessity the mother of all invention dude I want to ask a favor I started a Vortec 502 build about 10 years back not to go into too much detail but I didn't get to complete it because of an injury basically the bottom end it's all forged and throw a set of relatively decent heads on it and run a 871 just think it over and turbos are the big deal now but I'd like to see what it would do to just naturally aspirated & maybe a little boost we had great success with the 454 but really what do you have to lose man?? With a little machine work on the bottom and set of heads you decide whatever cam you want like I said just think it over it would make for one Killer video not to mention very inexpensive like you I build mostly small blocks👍 eventually I'll probably do it again just kick it around I'm sure you can find one in a jock yard looking forward to your next video👍

Tell you what im a sbc fan too, and i seen a boosted 377 sbc that made 1400hp and the dyno couldnt load it any higher, that was suprising!

People have pushed this kind of power without any issues from the rods

I keep getting asked how much powerccan a sbc handle by Bloodviking master engine builder Old school 350 sbc 4 bolt stock internals around 500 hp and 6500 rpm Old school 350 4340 internals and forged pistons 650 hp at 7500 rpm steel main caps arp bolts Block will fail much past that. I've seen 850 at short bursts then eventually boom. Ls small block chevt limit on stock parts about 1200 hp. They do often break at 1450. Even beefed up. Even with a girdle. Fully forged ls more reliable but block reaches its limits at 1450 or so. Bbc.stock internals 2 bolt on boost part block fill 650 hp. 6500 rpm Forged internals max rpm 7500, 1200 hp 4 bolt main arp studs. All engines fail if rpm is held for a long duration.

Great job, Pat! I'm impressed that engine held together. If I'd be worried about anything on the motor it's a head gasket. I'm really jealous about the SHP block! 😮 I'd love to have one of those! QUICK question . . . Can you please explain the Vortec head issue with the coolant passages on a pre-Vortec block? I've read about it but there must be something I'm not grasping. I'm more of a visual learner. Even if it's a "short" video or whatever YT calls them. Thanks. 👍

Don't get me going, to wanting a turbo now 😲.... I haven't even got to use the other goodies you made me install.... LOL

Thank you for your knowledge and videos USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

👍👍👍👍 totally Cool keeping it simple

Ditch the EFI and get a ATM E-85 blow-thru carb. More timing, more power and E-85 will cool everything down!

A sbc can be made to run just a good with turbos if not better as a LS, the only downside is the cost to do it lol, you gotta put a few k into a sbc to make it an equal starting point as a junkyard ls ill give them that. But there's just something about the old tried and true Gen1s I can't get away from, more costly or not ill always have a few around! Not saying ill never have an Ls but if or when I do it'll be setting next some good looking sbcs 😂

Building a gen1 383 twin turbo for a 1980 c3 vette in England.

Unless i missed it, what kind of fuel was this on

Dude that's wild! Has it thrown a rod yet? I want to do the same thing with a beater 83 Camaro.

I'm a gen 1 root blower guy but I'm starting to to do some LS stuff

single plane intake? good job!! old school fun with an sbc.

Out of curiosity, what pistons/heads did this have?

I’m heading to Evil bay. Bye.

5.7 cc?

Yes Sir!!!

Nice

Turbo or supercharger for torque? Trying to do a towing build

That is absolutely awesome budget build man!!! What was the air intake temps without a intercooler?

Can you share the link to the manifold

I watch your show every now and then. I I was wondering, have you ever built a 400 small block? I was kinda thinking of it being Pro charged. 😁😉

Looks like the wastegate sits in a bad way. But maybe couldnt place it in a better place so itll work better?

I stumbled on this video and I like what you did with this basic turbo setup, especially the factory manifold on the drivers side, cheap but effective. Any inform on the other parts you used besides crank and block, which I have several of right now? I'm stuck on gen SBC, and now you have me thinking turbo again, dog gone you! I could limit the power at say 625-650 and have a ball for a long time.

great video!

Shit, get that ancient cast wheel 7875 off there and throw a VS racing gen 2 7875 on it. It would probably pick up 80hp.

How about doing twin turbos and nitrous

Can you let me know all the stuff you got for that sbc.... I got a 383 stroker I'm trying to do the same way... please and thank you...

What size wastegate would you reccomend

what was the boost response? would this turbo make a responsive combination say at 3000 rpm?

Where did you get the oil feed from? Just wondering.