In other unrelated but equally great news I have finally broken ground for my new garage/shop. The garage will be a pole barn style 24-24-12. The benefit of having your best friend owning a excavating company
So definitely not coming to the turkey dinner now @84Ttop @TOOLOW91 started the car up today and drove to a buddies house and heard a weird noise got all the way there and took the hood off and am definitely hearing a knocking sound. It's not an exhaust leak and it's not a loose rocker already ruled those out. This sounds deep hoping it's not a rod bearing or anything like that. Still have good oil pressure and all but definitely not driving the car the rest of the year.
Ehhhhhhh 3800 is pretty close to dart money buddy . There is nothing special about 80s Windsor blocks .It's either do a dart 347 or a buddy of mine is selling a 80's vintage 351 block bored and stroked to a 408 with forged internals torque plate honed the whole 9 yards for 3800 I could probably get it for 3000 but then I would need new heads intake and hotside
I'm not gonna go that route simply because I already have this rotating assembly worst case I'll need a new rod and piston it doesn't sound deep enough for it to be a rod bearing or main bearing. Scat rods and crank and Ross -22 cc Pistons
If you want to go 342(standard 4.000" bore) I have a brand new set of pistons for it. 13.8cc dish. I'll sell them to you cheap.I have a crank for a 8.2 deck motor and stroked to a 347. The motor and all is still in the car I'm waiting for the garage to get built before I tear into it