Hey i have a friend who has a nice 69ss that he has bought that has the orignal block in it turned to a stroker.

I can't figure it out but this doesnt sound right to me. He has had multiple problems with the engine and has brought it in a couple of times it was burning oil. Then they found out that a wrong part was used that was being the issue and they chekced the pistons and said they were some high dollar like 800+ a set pistons and said that everythings rated to 8000+ rpms. The engine idles fairly rough but has no stall on it although it does bog a little it still has good power for him to crusie never going above 2000 on street driving and it idles at 600 rpms. He beats a good number of things but some are close when they shouldnt his engine shifts after 4k under full throttle doesnt burn out much from a stop and doesnt pull until 3500. He has a turb350 with a shift kit in it. I cant figure out what cam he has or the specs and i dont think the stock 350 with the kit could handle much more than 425 horses.

wut was the question?

An engine that doesn't pull until 3500 and shifts under 4K does sound problematic. Sounds like the shift points in the transmission need adjusting. I ran a lot of 700's and you can get a kit to adjust the shiftpoints pretty easy without tearing the tranny apart.

An engine that doesn't pull until 3500 and shifts under 4K does sound problematic. Sounds like the shift points in the transmission need adjusting. I ran a lot of 700's and you can get a kit to adjust the shiftpoints pretty easy without tearing the tranny apart.

Sounds to me like he needs a higher stall and shorter gears too. Burnouts should be easy with even a stock V8...

Thats what i thought. Hes engines built well at first i thought it was his engine but ive been realizing they dropped in a good tranny and engine and didnt change anything just put it in. He needs a stall but he wont do it so im convincing him to adjust his shift points with a new modulator and the spring set. He wont listen to me though and shift manually.