Big Block Street Beast Build! (598 Cubic Inches!)

[@alexfraser8506]

Thanks for another awesome video! My father passed away recently and this video really meant a lot to me. When I was about 12 years old I built a big block with my dad and he let me do everything every step of the way. Thanks for the quality content bringing back awesome memories!

[@markwallace5274]

Sorry to hear about your loss !!! God Bless you and your Family. I almost lost my Dad recently still not out of the woods growing up around drag and circle track racing building engines these videos are a great trip down memory lane and escape !!!

[@bobb8361]

I’m guessing an extra 110 HP from the bigger cam. That’s the most beautiful, efficient, and effective big block that I’ve ever seen - just WOW!!! Keep up the great work, guys!!!👍

[@donaldk.macbaird5248]

Check out Jon Kassie's 598 big block with his SR71 heads, now that will blow your mind

[@nickozetti952]

Great video. I'm surprised it made that much power with that little of camshaft. Those cubes and those cylinder heads, a camshaft with 266@50 intake 278@50 exhaust 110-112lsa and around .780" lift, I'd guess would increase power by approx 70-80hp. An extra point of compression would be nice too

[@johnbianchi1510]

You do such a wonderful job describing the build process and the engine parameters that you have by far the best engine videos I've found. Keep up the great work.

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thank you very much!

[@brianbalogh3]

Moì3

[@GENESISR_RRANCH]

A engine builder here in Florida builds that style motor all the time for airboats

[@robertreavley7145]

Love the idea of bearingless lifters, to protect the engine from contamination. The holly sniper EFI and ignition system! A solid build and a impressive motor!! Can’t wait to see it with the bigger cam!!!! Thank you again for a awesome video bud! I would imagine another 128 HP with the new cam!

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thanks a lot!

[@robertreavley7145]

@@TheHorsepowerMonster your always welcome bud! A great channel and awesome content!!!

[@rogersiples3335]

I'm thinking with the new cam and timing adjustment it will make close to 1,000 hp.

[@robertreavley7145]

@@rogersiples3335 it would be great to see bud!!

[@brocksutliff8782]

Years back I used to run a all Dart 540 with a solid roller cam. After just several hundred miles on it, it snapped a lifter ear off and the needle bearings just wiped the bottom end out. I wished I had your current lifters back then. It cost me over 12 grand and didn’t last long at all. I know people that read this will give negative feedback, but I since have gone LS with a procharger. But much love to the BBC!

[@outlawofga]

Another great build.... Guys you might wanna port that spacer under the Holley unit.. You can clearly see a lip hanging out in the air stream on all corners....Being a porting person (35 yes) that just caught my attention.... Again a great build and thanks for all you do guys 👍😎

[@FiglioBastardo]

I'm just here to make snarky comments about missing head gaskets. Oh wait, never mind. 🤣 Such an impressive build! I need something like this in my 93 k1500 blazer! You guys ( yeah I know assuming gender and all) always build the coolest, most beautiful works of art! God bless 'Merica!

[@stephenmitchell3569]

Love Big Block Chevy and NOS since 1976...😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chrismartin6544]

Amen brother God bless America and Big Blocks !!!!!!!Theres no replacement for displacement!!!!

[@michaelparadisis4076]

What a great build. I also love the way you explain everything. Perfectly done video. Thank you sir.

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

[@donaldk.macbaird5248]

if it doesn't make 300 more horsepower then I would go with , Jon Kasse's dart block and SR71 heads made over 1100 horse's and almost 900 ft lbs of torque with a single plane intake and a big carb

[@joeinmi8671]

My guess, +75 more hp from the cam swap. Compression could easily be another point higher on pump gas with the al block.

[@calholli]

It's probably that low because they are going to throw a supercharger at it later.

[@Kstang09]

Block material dictates potential compression ratio zones now eh? Lol. Even in heads, iron vs aluminum has basically 0 effect. Source: Engine Masters

[@calholli]

@@Kstang09 Yeah.. I think the thought is that higher compression causes more heat/ and aluminum blocks help shed heat. But really, it doesn't matter much; any over sized radiator would do you much better than a block change.

[@billmopar6461]

I wash myself with a rag on a stick

[@billyaldridge806]

Over 1000

[@lars277]

I loved this video. Great parts for a great engine. I am betting 100 more ponies with the new cam. Can't wait to see the shootout.

[@Wormser_mcfrazzleweiner]

Cool to see the bottom to top assembly. When you guys re-cam this motor, what are the odds you will do a video with a tunnel ram as well?

[@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808]

My buddy just put together a small block Ford with 1/2 inch push rods for the MBE heads ! It's bad ass

[@7080nik]

I would say 900 hp with a bigger lift and duration cam. Nice build! I have to say from personal experience, that Jones Performance pulley accessories is TOP NOTCH stuff. I have it on my build and consider it one of the best investments I made.

[@joeambly6807]

Minus the fact that nothing you put on an engine is an investment...I agree.

[@Sleeperdude]

That thing is a beast

[@cstavro]

Nice engine, and it weighs a little more than an iron small block. You didn't mention lift on the new cam, or that they're Brodix BB-3 XTRA O 365 heads. ime if you get near .850" it should be good for about 875 hp.

[@briantalmage4655]

Honestly I think tq will go up anywhere from 35 to 90 ft lbs and horse power will go up around 100 horse power depending on how high your able to spin the motor with the new cam with more duration

[@murmaider2]

This is defiantly one of the coolest and nicest engines I've seen built. No skimping on parts, perfect blend of old and new tech. Don't wanna know what the bill on this engine was.

[@ShadowOppsRC]

A lot and me either on the bill!

[@ThePaulv12]

If you have to ask you can't afford it.

[@dannymccarty344]

@@ThePaulv12 right! I put a jet engine in my Mustang last spring, and the chicks really dig me.

[@bluedemon79]

Love it! Im building a 588 with AFR 345 fully ported heads. 11 to 1 compression. I hope to get north of 900hp

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Awesome!

[@brentonk461]

With the right cam, Unported brodix heads will make 800-850hp on that short block if I remember rightly, something like 30years ago. With the same sort of money you spent and those ported heads and a couple of changes as much as 1100hp naturally aspirated. No power adders.

[@iceman45ification1]

Hey where's the head gasket? 😆 Just kidding. Awesome video sir. 👌 Can't wait to see the next video with the bigger cam!! 💪🔥

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Hey thanks!

[@jasonmenard1073]

Im thinling 75hp and 60 lb-ft... that 598 is a really nice build i would like to have that in my 84 regal

[@812drmalibu]

Been patiently waiting for another video, awesome content brother keep it coming

[@bandunga64]

that top down view of the carb was beautiful

[@generalsandnapoleon]

Nice work, Jeff!

[@timewarpvideo6244]

That thing is a monster!

[@chadwayne165]

Impressive, I run a blower with the current 572 in the 73 Camero, a street/strip car that we take to Sonic Drive throughs on a few nights a year. Have you guys run the numbers for a 2000+ hp set up with a blower for such a test ????

[@dennisnbrown]

You use a fancy USA made engine block and put Import rods in it. Genius

[@darrellh3769]

Every Ford should have one of these!

[@michaelparadisis4076]

When are you installing bigger cam and re-dyno ? Can’t wait to see it. !!

[@johnsmith-qz4bv]

awesome build

[@Brooks336]

That would e nice sitting in my 72 nova.

[@g.o.b.2558]

That is very nice 👌 I would like to see a price breakdown.

[@chandlerlofton6536]

Very impressed! I like it on the small cam if it’s going to be on the street. I wonder what this thing cost to build? 18k?

[@shadetreetrades.jackofall2188]

If I had to guess just the parts alone probably that or more. To buy as is with all the machine work done probably looking at 26-28k. If comparable to other engine builders.

[@vehdynam]

Thanks for the video and all the information. I really like the Jones Racing front drive set up. Beautiful engine !!!

[@rogermarshall8991]

Awesome engine there. H.P. & Torque for all day fun at the track or local off road park. The new larger cam will be a serious addition of dyno numbers. Great video 👍👍

[@jamestone265]

It may be private info but I’d like to know the rod and main, bearing crank thrust, and rod side clearances. Just mosey on an all aluminum Dart…

[@kamieswanson9785]

Between this motor and the 665 Big Block Air Boat Motor that you did a video on, which do you like better and why?

[@aamerelhouli7125]

Looks and sounds beautiful and well explained video thanks

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thanks for the kind words. And thanks for watching!

[@coolstuffwithEric]

Is this a 9.8” deck or tall deck?

[@saadchuck6379]

OMG it’s a piece of art😮

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

If the C10 this goes into is a street truck I wouldn’t concern myself with HP, I would focus on area under the torque curve! What CFM do those heads flow? More intake duration may sacrifice torque yet gain top end HP, torque for the street!

[@MaciusSzwed]

Put in 14.5 comp pistons and run it on E85 and then we will have a real race engine for the street making north of 1000 hp? :) Thanks for a nice video and an interesting build.

[@kanelintern6258]

Great videos, awesome motor. I’d say you get easy another 50 HP with the new cam 🤗

[@robertmorris8259]

Bb3 351,on a 555 ,Bullet cam,12.9.1 965hp ,yes you need tons more cam for all out no.s

[@ツツ-q8g]

I felt that dragon through the phone!

[@truthhurts4771]

If you're spending the time and money building a big block, what's the advantage of building less than 632 cu.In.?

[@JohnThomas-vb9se]

I’d say 50-75 more hp with the larger cam. I feel some was left on the table with other things too. Thinner ring pack and vacuum pump, as well as slightly more compression, maybe 10.8-1. Still on 93 of course.

[@JamesBrown-ux9ds]

Without complaining, 50-75 is quite a spread. With 35 to 110 I would always 'be correct'. I guessed around 70-80 hp so we can cross both our fingers - new timings still way from extreme, so low to midrange torque should not suffer too much.

[@JamesBrown-ux9ds]

AMG Mercedes now brings 421 hp out of two Liters @6.750/min. 5x obviously 2100 hp. At least 1200 - 1300 hp should this engine here do @ 6700/min with a little bit of boost - it would be so nice to see.😊

[@JohnThomas-vb9se]

@@JamesBrown-ux9ds there’s a lot to factor in on my guess. Some of the variables are the dyno sessions happening on different days, the other is how close the camshaft is actually ground in relation to the cam card. They’re never perfect. You’re talking a 2-3 percent differential between 850-875hp as an end result. There’s more of a correction factor than that in the Sniper ECU.

[@jonkeeney780]

@@JohnThomas-vb9se John did you use to live in Ohio at your Grandparents house

[@JohnThomas-vb9se]

@@jonkeeney780 I’m from Ohio, but never lived with my grandparents.

[@SuperDave21]

I'd bet you would gain an additional 65 to 90 hp. Loved this engine build, great video!

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thanks!

[@noahdunaway]

Who makes the one piece oil pan gasket that has both the stock bolt pattern and the race pattern that you are using ?

[@SS454LS6]

Honestly I've never been a huge fan of Comp's custom grinds. So often you see an exhaust lobe that is bigger than the intake in almost every way. For those heads I'd be looking for a cam with a good 12 degrees of split @ .050, around .700-.730 lift on the exhaust, and a whopping .800ish lift on the intake.

[@donaldk.macbaird5248]

A custom cam means that the person who ordered it required certain spec's for their cam

[@SS454LS6]

@@donaldk.macbaird5248 Cam manufacturers most often will spec the custom grind based on what the customer gives for engine info and their requirements.

[@claibornewoodlief8310]

I believe you need to change the rock on ratio to more so you can get more left out of the cam also more duration I have to also but you'll lose a little compression you got to be careful now because you don't want them to 10.1 you said so be careful in that area but it does need more lift and engine ship it is more horsepower I'll build a 477 and it done out at 8:43 but I'm running a lot more compression that was horsepower is that motor is running 121-more keep it inches than I had

[@bcbloc02]

I am going to say 100hp if you rev it on out. So how close to $30k is this motor?

[@SalterRacingEngines]

I built a 598 10.1 compression engine for a customer it made 878 horsepower on 93 octane I would be happy to share my cam specs if you are interested. I used in take and heads that I made with a special single-blade carburetor I love your videos

[@dinger4480]

I'm building a 604 ci Chevy now would love to hear about your combo

[@SalterRacingEngines]

@@dinger4480 Well that post was a long time ago but basically get a set of dart pro-1 355cc runners cnc ported use a tall profiler intake and I used a prosystems single blade carburetor built just for this engine I used 1.7 rockers steel rocker arms with 7/16 pushrods 80 wall I don't have the lobe numbers in front of me right now cuz it's late at night here but the duration was 271 at 50 on the intake and 276 at 50 on the exhaust hydraulic roller from comp. If I'm not mistaken the lift was around 750. If I was at my shop I could give you the exact lobe numbers. I had it made on a 112 LSA and I degreed it in 108. Make sure to port match the profiler intake to the cylinder heads that's very important. And I think my timing was 34 on 93 octane and 37 on 110 octane. You're going to want a 2.250 primary header with a three and a half inch collector. There's obviously a lot more to it than this but that will get you in the right direction FYI I have built the same engine with 271 at 50 on both intake and exhaust and it is a torque monster so don't be scared to try that .

[@SalterRacingEngines]

@@dinger4480 I went back and looked and I use the Comp cams lobe number HUC 13068 I used the same Lobe on intake and exhaust and the lift was only .680 It could have made a lot more power remember this was a 10:1 engine so I was very very pleased with the outcome. And that Cam and valve train setup was very easy on parts you could have drove it anywhere you wanted to

[@dinger4480]

What I have so far are the square port race rites 345 merlin block 10.2 calies crank. Want to go pump gas with as high of compression as I can. I could also go e85. I can hold 40 gallons of fuel. Dart tall deck intake for 4500. Sigler carb.

[@thomaschandler4831]

Absolutely awesome 👍👍🏆

[@chrislangdell117]

Definitely needs a bigger camshaft because with the money you spent and the size of that motor I would be pissed if all I got for the money was 800 H.P. should be a 900 to 925 HP motor. Cool build. Great video

[@sammygonzalez7627]

Beautiful engine can't go wrong with Brodix, really looking forward in watching next video on the bigger cam on the Dyno 👍

[@robertmorris8259]

Like the pan,I use brodix bb3 as well,cool build

[@John-ze4qy]

Very impressive engine,was hoping for 1000hp,since i know this is far from a budget build,I compare it to my little LQ4 408,that makes 600hp for 8k.Hopefully the cam will make the differance

[@tedheierman1181]

I want to see this engine with more cam and/or higher octane fuel. What octane did you run for "pump gas"?

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

93

[@andreasmessner7357]

If you travel outside of North Carolina you should visit Thompson motorsports or Texas speed. Great video though!!

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Great vid looking forward to the cam swap

[@dirtysoufracing6029]

What green cam lube is that ???

[@chrishale7763]

BAD ASS BUILD WHOLE MOTOR ALUMINUM I GOING TO SAY THE MORE LIFT CAM HUNDRED MORE HORSEPOWER

[@mikemakowski7237]

What would be the approximate price on an engine built such as that?

[@Draxindustries1]

Great build,there's no doubting that. However, those combustion chambers look pretty rough and there's virtually no meat between the valves. Only my opinion but think using an ally crank nut on that damper is risky, a steel one would be very much stronger.

[@ronaldbertin9455]

Great video

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thank you!

[@dano4572]

WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY 91 REGULAR CAB / SHORT BED S10 WOULD REALLY RESPOND NICELY TO THIS MOTOR!

[@ODGColornChrome]

Where do i get one?

[@Belktronix]

So what's up with the firing order change to LS? I didn't know you could do that with a BBC... so is this beast north of 25K for the build?

[@xozindustries7451]

Wow, what a cool motor! Makes my 540 looks small in every way 😂

[@calholli]

that's what she said

[@snoofayy6150]

@@calholli LOL

[@diablogreencrack7342]

Solid roller on a street engine?

[@j6j66]

big block chevy foreva!!

[@RSilver1]

Monster!

[@MrBassbump]

GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@martymcfly9598]

Looking for a 2nd video on this 598

[@jareknowak8712]

9,8L of displacement. Impressive :)

[@bowtie-man]

Another great video fellas. I just never get tired of those beeuuuteeful wide valve covers. If my wallet wouldn't file bankruptcy papers on me I'd like a big cube motor like this with a couple of hair dryers on it for a street car motor and fill up those big ol'e intake runners. I'll be looking forward to the cam upgrade comparison and the glorious noise of the accompanying dyno pulls. 👊👊🤙🤙👍👍✌✌

[@Rob94hawk]

If you can do this with a low profile EFI intake manifold so I can shoehorn it into my 4th gen fbody, I’m in.

[@smjhobbies4527]

No kidding I didn't know you built the engine for Doc and his Monte Carlo from Street Outlaws Miranda has been for many many many years so I hope it's his car you're talking about Street Beast

[@faustthehammer8706]

If you were to look down the throat of the throttle body you can see that spacer isn't quite centered I bet that hurts quite alot!

[@MrRandy3504]

Love these vids awesome motor i can only wish for one

[@pcmacd]

So... What in the what does a beast engine like this cost? Roughly?

[@mikecombs9487]

Love it keep up the videos

[@TheHorsepowerMonster]

Thanks!

[@dustinhillis5336]

Part 2 yet? Great video

[@michaelwynne4346]

I wonder what the price difference is between this Engine and GM 632 that makes 1000 HP.

[@DavidThompson-dr9mb]

No windage tray?

[@blackdog7275]

That is a beast!

[@markhensley9378]

I'm thinking about 140 more horses after you add a little more timing too. Just a guess

[@claibornewoodlief8310]

I agree something was wrong it should have made a lot more horsepower and torque

[@msm2622]

875 hp 790 torque

[@frankcox748]

Big power at 6200 on pump gas😂 I need one stat...Shew Weee 802 hp at 6200 on pump gas is all I need no need for the new cam. Where do I sign up?

[@joehalliday4989]

You may get another 20 to 30 horse tops I think maybe pushing fifty I don't think so

[@richmond4471]

Cam looked about right, to me.

[@gregoryjowers3629]

About 37 hp more above 5000 rpm

[@donbrutcher4501]

How much would it cost for me to get one?