@aircooled: Hi Bruce: I bought the CB Performance, "Builder's Choice" engine kit. So, in pieces and parts, well packed and complete I received every part to put together the long block. Of course, there are a few options from displacement, stroke and bore to some special machining and balancing. I went for the full flow oil system. And, opted for the welded 3rd main, balanced / counter weighted crank and lightened and balanced flywheel. A brand new case, balanced crank, high lift cam, bearings, lifters, cam gear & the Panchito heads with dble springs, larger valves all nicely machhed, arrived. Then, I added the Magna whatever distributor, and the baby Weber carbs. They suggest for max performance per displacement to go with a full flow merged exhaust so, I ordered a stainless steel exhaust with larger piping and flow. This is the fourth exhaust on this car since the early eighties! (Love the salt and watery roads in Western NY. where the car has never been driven in the winter! )
There are no real complaints other than for the money and to call it a kit ready to build, there were a few things that I thought would be prepared by them. Like, the engine studs are chrome-moly and are not cut to length. You don't know this until you are assembling the cleaned and prepped cylinders & bolting on heads and such. Also, the rocker arm geometry is not pre-calculated so you have do do some math, have a really nice ability to cut the chrome-moly push rods to length and then have a press that can put the push rod ends into place. Now, along for this joy ride, I am going to a alternator. The stand I have is for the old generator so that had to be machined, (hacked) to fit and align the pulleys. I also purchased really nice cooling tins from the Kaddie Shack and installing them has been another challenge onto the aftermarket everything. The external oil filter came with the full flow motor kit and that is another modification to the engine compartment for plumbing. The alloy intake mounts for the webers are truly a joke. They took about three hours to prep and modify to fit and seal well, (I hope!) And, just to add to the project, a new highway geared tranny is now bolted in. So, I can give you all the specs, but they are on the CB website and, I will say the service and response to questions from CB is above and beyond! I would do another engine this way, now knowing what I know. Feel free to PM with any other questions. I hope this helps you with your project! Jim