GM ZZ430 Engine for sale 350/430 HP.
Mike
Engine is still in crate! #140 is inscribed on the valve covers
reply to mf...@erols.com
GM Performance Parts Launches ZZ430 Small Block
Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 3. - The new ZZ430 engine is the highest horsepower
small block crate engine GM Performance Parts has ever produced. And, with
GM Performance Parts planning to build only 430 of the engines, they will
probably be snapped up with the same kind of speed the engine delivers in a
street machine or a race car.
Limiting the production build to 430 units will create an added aura around
the engine, GM hopes. Each engine will be numbered, and will come with a
version of GM Performance Parts' 18-degree racing valve covers engraved with
the GM Performance Parts and ZZ430 logos. A jacket and cap, both with
matching serial numbers, also will come with the ZZ430 engine.
The ZZ430 is based on the small-block, 350-cubic-inch ZZ4, which delivers
355 horsepower and has earned a solid reputation for speed and durability.
True to its designation, the new ZZ430 produces 430 horsepower. This engine
is designed for use in 1973 and older street vehicles and any year off-road
vehicles.
The keys to upping the performance level, according to Michael Fellberg,
general product manager for GM Performance Parts at General Motors Service
Parts Operations (SPO), are a pair of new aluminum "Fast Burn" cylinder
heads.
The 23 degree Fast Burn heads are so named because of the head's ability to
quickly and completely burn the air/fuel mixture, creating higher cylinder
pressures that result in more torque and horsepower. The Fast Burn head uses
GM Performance Parts' cast-ported technology. Cast-ported means that as
incremental improvements in flow, combustion and cylinder fill were
identified during the development process, those improvements were
incorporated in the casting and machining tooling. As a result - unlike most
after-market performance heads - the Fast Burn head achieves maximum
performance "out of the box," with no additional porting needed to improve
performance.
The ZZ430 also gets a performance boost from a hotter camshaft, the "Hot"
cam originally used on the LT4 engine. The ZZ430 uses off-the-shelf
23-degree roller rocker arms and valvetrain components.
Alan LaRue
news releases on it. They only built 430 of them, and it puts out 430 hp.
On "Ride and Drive," last November it says (I think this is the press
release)
http://www.rideanddrive.com/industry58.html#no7
(last paragraph)
Limiting the production build to 430 units will create an added aura
around the engine, GM hopes. Each engine will be numbered, and will come
with a version of GM Performance Parts' 18-degree racing valve covers
engraved with the GM Performance Parts and ZZ430 logos. A jacket and cap,
both with matching serial numbers, also will come with the ZZ430 engine.
Wow! A jacket and cap! (I wonder if the guy asking $15,000 is keeping his
jacket.)
You can get the heads over-the-counter for $625, according to this page.
http://www.mortec.com/notepg3.htm
It says:
A "ZZ430" crate motor using the "ZZ4" "HOT" hydraulic roller cam, 9.8-1
CR, 750 Holley, headers and an Edelbrock Performer RPM dual plane intake
made 430 hp at 5600 rpm and 431 ft/lbs. of torque at 4000 rpm. Very
impressive for an over the counter street motor on 92 octane pump fuels.
Another magazine ran a flow test and the "Fast Burn" 23' heads flowed 275cfm
intake and 193cfm exhaust at .600" lift out of the box. Right now the heads
can be found on the limited edition "ZZ430" crate motor, or you can buy them
over the counter under PN-12464298 complete with valves, lightweight
retainers and springs for $625.00 each.
Here's more information:
http://www.paceparts.com/zz430_crate_engine.htm
Why? I don't know, really. Sounds like a neat idea, but what are you going
to do with it? Someone didn't think it through when they decided to go ahead
with the project.
-Alan L.
corvgreg wrote in message <3741a373...@news.nctimes.net>...
>For $15,000, I could build one hell of an engine that would stomp this
>ZZ430 into oblivion.
Mike
Mike
Alan LaRue <ALa...@ev1.removethis.net> wrote in message
news:8Xi03.282$qP5...@news.flash.net...
corvgreg
Alan LaRue
>Its for a friend. Im sure he will throw in the hat&jacket ;>)
Hehehe. The engine is great, but I wouldn't know what to put it in! If you
pay that much for an engine, you'll only want to start it occasionally, and
what kind of car would it go in?
Someone will buy it, though. I wonder where the other 429 are.
-Alan
rickm
Alan LaRue wrote:
when I first heard about these I went looking for price and availability info. I
was told I had to place a an order for an undisclosed amount that I couldn't
cancel. Only certain dealers would be getting them and they could basically set
their own price. Now that they're out I've seen some dealers auctioning them off
to the highest bidder. As far as what you would put it in. you can put it in any
non computer controlled car that doesn't need to pass emissions. I think My '65
Malibu SS would be a good candidate, but then it wouldn't be a numbers matching
original anymore.
I'm kinda surprised that you can buy the heads separately already and since
the heads are really the only new tricked out part why pay the extra. I'm also
surprised there only $625.00ea and from the flow numbers they don't really seem
that impressive. The existing GM Heads available today have been flowing those
kind of numbers for years and 400+hp GM 350's have also been around for awhile.
rm
chubb...@gmail.com
> $15,000 GM only made 430 of these engines.
> Engine is still in crate! #140 is inscribed on the valve covers
>
> reply to mf...@erols.com
>
> GM Performance Parts Launches ZZ430 Small Block
>
> Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 3. - The new ZZ430 engine is the highest horsepower
> small block crate engine GM Performance Parts has ever produced. And, with
> GM Performance Parts planning to build only 430 of the engines, they will
> probably be snapped up with the same kind of speed the engine delivers in a
> street machine or a race car.
>
> the engine, GM hopes. Each engine will be numbered, and will come with a
> version of GM Performance Parts' 18-degree racing valve covers engraved with
> the GM Performance Parts and ZZ430 logos. A jacket and cap, both with
> matching serial numbers, also will come with the ZZ430 engine.
>
> 355 horsepower and has earned a solid reputation for speed and durability.
> True to its designation, the new ZZ430 produces 430 horsepower. This engine
> is designed for use in 1973 and older street vehicles and any year off-road
> vehicles.
>
> The keys to upping the performance level, according to Michael Fellberg,
> general product manager for GM Performance Parts at General Motors Service
> Parts Operations (SPO), are a pair of new aluminum "Fast Burn" cylinder
> heads.
>
> The 23 degree Fast Burn heads are so named because of the head's ability to
> quickly and completely burn the air/fuel mixture, creating higher cylinder
> pressures that result in more torque and horsepower. The Fast Burn head uses
> GM Performance Parts' cast-ported technology. Cast-ported means that as
> incremental improvements in flow, combustion and cylinder fill were
> identified during the development process, those improvements were
> incorporated in the casting and machining tooling. As a result - unlike most
> after-market performance heads - the Fast Burn head achieves maximum
> performance "out of the box," with no additional porting needed to improve
> performance.
>
> The ZZ430 also gets a performance boost from a hotter camshaft, the "Hot"
> cam originally used on the LT4 engine. The ZZ430 uses off-the-shelf
> 23-degree roller rocker arms and valvetrain components.
Vern
Any interest ?