Thanks for the videos keep them coming

Hello. What temp sending units do you use? 78 engine and/or 68 engine?

Love Pontiac

You want to do another 400 build

Love the 327...put mine in a square Body😍

Please tell me you put ARP bolts in the stock connecting rods or went with a stronger than stock connecting rod. I had a PONTIAC 400 that i spun the rod bearings from over revving the engine. I was young & dumb and spun a u turn, punch the throttle & ended up doing a complete circle before i chased a friend who was going the other way. All the oil probably went away from the oil pick up. When i tore the engine apart, the stock connecting rod bolt had bent. This was back in the 80's when not much aftermarket stuff was available. Now i dream of a twin turbo 505 with Ram Air V or Warp 6 heads.

I did the top end of my 75 ta 400 4spd. It helped alot, but I swear my 74 Esprit 350 turbo 400 trans was a faster car.

Thats a good sounding motor!

Steve is the man

Thank you for your knowledge and video's USA 🇺🇸

Terrible procedure. You have no idea if the bore is perpendicular to the rod. Terrible procedure!!!!

Thank you for your knowledge and video's USA 🇺🇸

Thank you so much building this engine for me. Looks good and sounds great!! Will be awesome in my 1965 Mustang!!

I have been ut of engine building since the early 80's and decided to hold a 40 AMC . From what I have gathered there is a recent history of Flat tappet cam issues thruour the entire V8 community, all brands having issue te bed ruined in short order. Any take of this thing? I have a long tome friend owns a cam grinding shop , he's saying he's seeing this trend also. He has been in cam grinding at lead 55 years. And around All the races in the region that long.

Does it make sense to use a torque plate when boring? I know it does when honing.

Jake needs to tone it down.

great information

Ram Air 3.. be nice to know which cam was used and what gas was being used. By the look of his eyes, it had to be High Octane!

Here we go down the Boss 302 rabbit hole... Thanks for all the advice Roy! See you soon.

The oval port TriPower engines were 400 Horse.

please put the wire back on the spark plug.

I want that dog😮 He looks pretty darn cool

The camera man needs to get on the ball.. that spark plug wire was in view through most of the video. Sounded good for 7 cylinders though.

Didn’t anyone see that plug wire off

what's the wait time look like right now for builds? Thanks for the wonderful vids from an old Benning boy

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Hi - just watched your video, I’ve probably rebuilt near 50 Pontiac motors over the years. Although very obvious there is a boatload of engine damage, I’m curious why you did not inspect and take the oil pump apart first. Oil starvation would cause much of the damage you were finding . I enjoy watching your work .

That's so cool. I see that there's zero error. Great job. I have a question and hope I see your reply. I'm buying a 400 sbc engine from a 1975 GMC RV. It has 74,000 miles. The last 3 casting #,s are 509. 2 bolt main from what I've learned. My question is, is this a good engine to build for a street engine for my 62 c10.? Thanks for your help. Truck Driver Ray ✝️

This is perfect timing. I'm assembling my 400 right now after a rod bearing failure took out my crank. Good to see this for motivation

Well I guess I'll be 1st to leave a comment. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and information about all the parts to the Internal combustion engine and all the injuries one can endure. I'm learning in my head, now time to put the hands to work. I believe I've said before in other videos that I'm getting a 400sbc engine for my 62 c10 Big Back Window Fleetside Shortbed and am gaining knowledge from you. Thanks for sharing Sir. See you on the next one. Blessings. Truck Driver Ray ✝️

I like this guy. And I don’t like most folks. 😂. Going to subscribe. Cool build!

Thank you sir for the update on the engines. Looking forward to the 327 engine rebuild. I made a deal on purchasing a 400sbc today that's coming out of a 75 RV. Has 509 casting on the block. Looking forward to my build after your inspiration. Thanks again for sharing. Truck Driver Ray ✝️

Thanks mister Parks. Yall do excellent work. You have sparked my interest of a SBC 400. Looking at buying a 1970 Pontiac Catalina Coupe with this sized engine. Would've been nice ro have known the HP this is producing. Thanks again. Truck Driver Ray ✝️

Purrs. Like. a. Lion

What are y'all gooa set. The. Timing. at ?

Happy 4th of July. Keep building those Pontiacs.😎

Nice 4 bolt main 400 with what looks like #13 heads. I hope the machinist did unshrouding work in the chambers to increase low-lift flow and work the ports to flow at least 240 cfm. Looks good.

gotta love pontiacs

This reminds me of the auto parts stores when I was a kid. I would go to pick up parts with my papaw or uncles and the aroma would hit you when you walked in the door of the local parts store. It was an even greater experience when I got to go in the back where the machine shop was and see all the machining going on and the engines torn down. That smell of diesel, gas, engine oil, and cutting oil from the maching process all mixed together and was almost heavenly to a young boy that liked working on tractors, trucks, and cars with his papaw and and uncles.

I disagree with the complete lack of a thermostat even for break-in.

it's not rocket science

Yes I can definitely see catastrophic failure if the oil pump pickup fell off and bumped into the crankshaft 💥🌬😡

We need more shops. It’s crazy, growing up there was 6 shops within 30 miles of my home , now 2 in 75 miles.

Roy and his team did an outstanding job working my sbc 350 block and rotating assembly into a 383 stroker. There are no vibrations at any rpm. Very fair pricing and reliable. Highly recommend Benning. Thanks, Roy!

Jake must be a wealthy man. We used to charge triple if you wanted to help. Don't be afraid to slow down once in a while and talk about what you're seeing as you go. Wear patterns etc What's the prognosis, that kind of thing. Looking forward to seeing more. Really enjoying these.

Love your videos, what’s your thought on torque plate? Total Seal has a video out on how to hone a engine block.

Many years spent working in that head department when my pawpaw was alive and owned the place. Haven't touched that serdi 100 in probably 20 years , I bet I could still run the heck out of it. That and the old slow surfacing machine. Done a many of cat , Detroit,Cummins JD 's on it. Mr Parks was telling the truth it's slow like a turtle , but very precise. Miss working in that head department if I had it to do over again . I would have done a lot of things differently.

If the air compressor was off the video would be better, hard to hear with that running!

glad to know there are still good machine shops out there guess you are in Ga.