Pretty sure Steve, Sean and Keagan know him. Neil knows him real well. Figured you might too.

I'm not sure whether or not he's using 502 blocks, the couple times I've been around him he's super busy and doesn't get into much detail...

However I was under the impression that a Gen V 454 and 502 were the same blocks with different bore x stroke... My gen V 454 used the same cam and oil pan,  as a Gen V 502. Heads are also interchangeable. That was all I really changed out on the engine besides carb, intake, and ignition.

lilrick- I know a guy who'll build you a 540 out of a cast iron BBC. He does it for a living. 82 Daytona probably knows him too.

Thanks, but I'm not looking to build a new mill at this time, or change machine shops. I just think this particular "540" is questionable. And cast iron is not the issue, it's the combination of parts that raises my eyebrow.

i guess he dosent want to sell this thing

...or tell us what parts are in this engine.

to answer all of your questions please email the guy that has it in storage he did do the last tune up on it and he has the motor. and to build a 540 is not hard to do  even with cast standard block and heads. just bore and 1/2  stroker rods. now if you want to do bigger you run into overheating problems and flow problems with the heads just commen sense    please email him at maddogmikey@yahoo.com 

looks who showed up,so whats the price 

looks who showed up,so whats the price 

what difference does the price make??? It's definitely not a "540".

to the jerks on this site please keep all of your nice comments to yourself?

to the jerks on this site please keep all of your nice comments to yourself?

You may not like what I have to say, but I don't want one of my friends on this site to buy your engine.I think that your engine is not what you say it is.....Prove me wrong and I will apologize like no other.... Again, please list the parts that comprise this engine along with the bore and stroke.

It's not even his motor.

If people want to ask questions then email the guy that owns it

Tony, who is the broad in your avatar. Seems that's the only useful info to be had in this thread...

LMAO... true dat! 

And still no answers...... lol

Maybe he joined a cult

You can get a 572 (stroked to 510 and bored .125) out of a Gen V 454. Out of a 460 you can punch and stroke it out a little more than 540.
Remember not all blocks are sound enough to be bored that far... However, in theory the .125 overbore is possible.


Just stroking a 454 you can get it up to 512. Then boring obviously would bring you up a whole lot more.
So a 542.72 can be a 454 stroked to a 512 then bored .060 over.

With a 460 you are limited really only by the fact that piston manufacturers do not make a piston large enough to fill the hole past the 540. At that point, you're going custom.

REVISION: After some further research, I have been informed that you can actually STROKE a 460 to a 572, and then have some boring space left..... Conceivably a 460 block in OEM form can be stroked and bored to over 600 cubic inches.