ClassicJJ Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Has anyone on here used a blue print motor in there monte? I'm considering one of there 383ci 420hp in place of my old 350. Just looking to know if their a good daily driver motor/ weekend beast. Please let me know of any of your experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I don't personally, but I did see this on you tube made me want 1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 If that person is from New Orleans he was driving that monte every weekend on pump gas. He did an event in Texas called t2x13 last year. I know he had a 496 blue print originally in the car which he liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waupachino Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 My neighbor put one in his 32 coupe. Never again he says. It never stopped smoking and never ran right. Within a 1000 miles he was taking it out and found that one of the ringlands was broken. This probably happened during assembly of the short block and neither Jegs nor Blue Print Motors wanted to warrantee it. They tried to say it was from detontation. It was a mess for a while. I would recommend find a local machine shop to put one together for you. I would be surprised if there wasn't a good engine builder in your area. Maybe ask some of the local racers who they use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gprimm Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I prefer ATK. http://high-performance-engines.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudax Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 A friend of mine bought a few Blueprint 383's for his air boats. One was delivered with stuck lifters and the other one had an internal knock. He just replaced the lifters in the one to keep from having to deal with the hastle and I am not sure what the outcome was of the one with the engine knock. I remember there was a lot of back and forth phone calls of questions he had to answer. This all happened within the last 2 years. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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