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12-10-2008, 10:24 PM
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Tall deck blocks
Can anybody confirm tall deck blocks ( sbc or bbc ) will not work on a first gen camaro using original intake, heads, carb and a cowl hood. Thanks.
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12-10-2008, 10:52 PM
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Re: Tall deck blocks
Vintage BBC tall decks will accept the good pass heads but you'll need spacers to use a factory aluminum intake. The additional deck height forces the heads further apart. I wouldn't expect any serious clearance problems with a cowl hood, but it may depend on your choice of air cleaners. The true cowl induction air cleaner may be tight.
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12-10-2008, 11:15 PM
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Re: Tall deck blocks
There are bunches of Camaros running around with tall blocks...you gotta figure, we're talking about *at most* a difference from 9.8" to 10.2", so less than a 1/2 inch. If it's like Red Alert, there's a *bit* of wiggle room when using the factory cowl induction setup, but it's doable...most of the time, the problem lies in the exhaust routing becaue of the more up & wider positioning of the heads (like Cumby said)...but again, it's been done, & done, & done...pretty cheap/easy way to get a favorable rod/stroke ratio.
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12-15-2008, 08:24 PM
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Re: Tall deck blocks
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There are bunches of Camaros running around with tall blocks...you gotta figure, we're talking about *at most* a difference from 9.8" to 10.2", so less than a 1/2 inch. If it's like Red Alert, there's a *bit* of wiggle room when using the factory cowl induction setup, but it's doable...most of the time, the problem lies in the exhaust routing becaue of the more up & wider positioning of the heads (like Cumby said)...but again, it's been done, & done, & done...pretty cheap/easy way to get a favorable rod/stroke ratio. [/ QUOTE ] Thanks Rob. Regards, SG
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#5
12-15-2008, 08:22 PM
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Re: Tall deck blocks
[ QUOTE ]
Vintage BBC tall decks will accept the good pass heads but you'll need spacers to use a factory aluminum intake. The additional deck height forces the heads further apart. I wouldn't expect any serious clearance problems with a cowl hood, but it may depend on your choice of air cleaners. The true cowl induction air cleaner may be tight. [/ QUOTE ] Thanks. 
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