I've been looking for the 2007 issue of High Performance Pontiac with the article about a 400 crank being used in a 301. Here's all I found so far. Significant contrast in power. Would sure like to know what one of these looks like after 500 miles on the street.
-Started with an '80 turbo 301 with 4.0 inch bore and 3.0 inch stroke (.030 overbore to give 359ci displacement)
-a 400 crank
2.25 inch rod journals reduced to 2 inches
destroked from 3.75 to 3.52 inches
counterweights turned down 5/8 inch
then balanced
-Scat 6 inch SBC Eagle I-beam rods
2 inch rod journals
-ARP rod bolts
-Clevite 77 bearings
-KB Hypereutectic .030 over 237 SBC pistons
.125 inch raised domes
sealed power rings
-Edelbrock 72cc aluminum heads
3 angle valve job
-10:0:1 compression
-Comp Cams Xtreme Energy hydraulic XE 274 camshaft
230/236 degrees duration at .050
.537/.540 lift Crane 1.65-ratio roller rocker arms
-Custom Intake
-Ford SVO 30lbs injectors
-Granatelli 255-lph in-tank fuel pump
-Mallory fuel-pressure regulator
-BBK 58mm throttle body
-Flow Kooler water pump
-180 degree thermostat
-RARE round-port, long-branch exhaust manifolds for '69 Birds
-and a PCMforless.com custom tune
about 300 rwhp and 340 lb-ft of torque
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