Well, I guess a Plan is just a Plan after all!

Our ORIGINAL plan was to use a new GMPP 502 with aluminum heads and disguise it to look like a 396 or a 427.  But then.... we found a 1965 - 66 396 engine, casting 3855961 with 4 bolt mains (machining done), 10/10 crank, KB pistons, Scat rods, Tru roller, aluminum water pump, and nice iron oval port heads.  And the engine suffix is T1004IA (Tonowanda, Oct 4th, 396, manual trans, passenger car) with a casting date of September 1965.  All of this "plus", for $1,100.00!  We couldn't resist!  So now we have a "period" engine for our Nova.  And veteran engine builder Joe Sherman signed on to the Storm Warning team in late March '09!  So follow along as we build up the 396!

High Performance and Racing Engine Development