Coaltown,
Thanks for the good info. My last couple of projects have been Chevy's, but this speedster-open wheeled fun car bug has bitten me bad. My original plan was a stock A drivetrain and some kind of a semi-homebuilt body, but the guy that sold me the C engine also mentioned he had a '29 roadster body he might part with. I visited the hot4hot4's site and enjoyed the pics and got some neat ideas too. You mentioned the journal on the C crank would have to be ground, are they a different diameter or is it for clearance? The deck issue, is it best to just start out with an A block or should I use the C if it checks out OK? Would like to mildly build the engine, but bangers are something I have no experience with. SOOO, stay tuned I'll probably have lots of questions.