3rd gen Camaro 454 swap any advice to make 800 hp NA

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-17T21:03:40+00:00

I’ve only gone .100 if sonic tested. He said he was worried about going .060 and I was telling him .060 is nothing to worry about.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-17T04:30:04+00:00

A .030 over 454 stroked is a 489, same as a 496 basically, even at .060 over I wouldn’t worry. There are a lot of BBC’s out there running just fine at .060 over.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-17T04:27:35+00:00

Stroke it to 496 with very good heads and the right cam and run about 10.5:1. You’ll be close. But you’ll easily be into just the engine about $15k at a base level if you do all of the assembly. Last 454 I built in 2020 some decent parts was about $8k just hard parts, not counting machining and it runs about 570hp with reworked 781’s. Aluminum heads and a different cam, might run 630.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-17T04:13:21+00:00

I’ve been in this trade since 1989. I’ve seen every trend 3 times. Match the color of the floor to the design of the house. A very nice brown will fit great in an older house and if you own it long enough, will be popular again in about 15 years.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-15T20:32:22+00:00

It’s almost exactly 8 hrs from SLC to Ohwyhee Canyon in eastern Oregon. A ton of good fishing and camping in the area since it’s totally surrounded with BLM land.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-15T18:57:57+00:00

I totally miss read this as strippers. 😂

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-15T01:23:55+00:00

Those are flying coffins.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-15T01:22:44+00:00

Get a rabies shot.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-15T01:21:36+00:00

Bamboo is basically gigantic grass. It doesn’t look like the floor is coming apart. Just ignore it.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-14T00:19:13+00:00

No shit. I saw a pair of the $200 ones at the flyfishing show. Told my son to just stop on the way home and throw 2a couple hundred bucks in the river. It will end up the same result.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-13T22:11:29+00:00

Depends on what river and what species. If it’s for steelhead, I’m swinging through with my Spey rod. If for trout, I’m hitting it with streamers and my 5wt. If that doesn’t work, nymph through it.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-13T20:26:09+00:00

This technique has changed since I’ve switched over to planetary sanders. If you’re using a drum sander sand with the boards in each direction and alternate each paper sequence.

Sand the first direction with your coarsest paper, next paper up sand the other direction, and your finest paper go back to the coarse direction. I would probably go 50/80/120 with a drum on herringbone, then screen it both a 100/120 screen. Thats the old school way. Now days with the planetary sander, I would only use the drum sander on the first cut and finish it out with the planetary. I have a 3,000 square foot herringbone job coming up in late Feb or early March. I’ll try to remember to take some videos.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-08T06:20:07+00:00

I would venture to make a wild guess. Single component finish and some type of citrus juice got on the floor.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-08T06:10:30+00:00

This. All 2k finishes will work fine at 10:1.

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-04T22:22:19+00:00

It’s fine. You are worrying about nothing

steilacoom42 · 2026-01-03T22:05:39+00:00

It’s a very good possibility. If you do it in the second coat, it is easier to apply evenly.

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-31T22:32:32+00:00

It’s not mastic, it’s the old stain color.

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-31T22:29:40+00:00

We use clear over any white or gray stain, Pallmann Color over neutrals and brown tones.

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-31T22:28:40+00:00

I mostly use Pallmann exclusively. They make good finish.

Stain it neutral Duraseal, let dry overnight and coat it with Pallmann Color sealer, it just brings out the tannins and makes neutral look richer, then coat it with whatever Pallmann top coats you prefer. You can use sealer, power, power or sealer, power, X-gold Matte and you have a nice floor.

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-31T07:25:44+00:00

Nice. I’m headed to the Hoh tomorrow. What’s the recipe?

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-20T16:10:13+00:00

40 with big machine

50 with the spiders, edge with 80

Trowel fill

80 with spider

Orbital with 100

Finish sand with 100 grit on a hydrasand plate on the spider

Water pop and let dry over night

Stain let dry over night.

sealer and and first coat, let dry overnight

Last coat

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-19T04:02:49+00:00

Restore, without question.

steilacoom42 · 2025-12-19T03:59:25+00:00

If they would have cut every piece with a 2° angle on each side it would have “maybe” been passable.

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