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Ok time to start a build thread ... I just got all my engine stuff in got some pictures of it all .... I was originally going to put a 427 big block in it about 4 years ago but times got hard and money got scarce .... Also big block stuff is expensive .... So back to the drawing board and out comes my old 350 ... machine shops want to much for stuff I priced getting my old double hump heads reworked the cheapest I found was $600.00 for everything... So I just purchased a set of aluminum heads for $580.00 ready to bolt on... So far I have got about $1300.00 in all of my parts...
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Here are some pictures of it all...
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More pictures ....
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Love the truck color. Matches mine
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Cam card... It's going to hit a good lick....:metal:
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looks like you have the parts to make it right, looking good.
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Looks like its going to be a HELLL YEAH
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Some more pictures of tire sizes I am thinking of going with ....:metal:
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test fit everything on those pro comp heads, headers, valve covers, i had probelms with the ones i bought
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Ok does anyone have any options on a drive shaft mine is too far gone to use .... I'm looking to go cheap maybe something from another truck different year what ever might work with a 350 turbo transmission......:help:... Thanks
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Ok got a little bit done today just a little .... I found a parts truck so most of the day was spent stripping parts off .... but I got a automatic steering column and all the shifter linkage and a power steering box... all for 40 bucks.... Not to bad I don't think ... Here are a few more pictures of the ol girl...
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Here is what I got done today.... A little paint on the rails.... Covering the rust up ....lol
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Ok guys I've been thinking about doing this little project with my gage panel but my main concern is turn signals and the bright/dim lights... Just how difficult would it be to do on this style truck??
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Are you going to race it? Even if you were your cam and intake choice wont be very good in a heavy truck.. Not to mention driveability.
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Ok I have decided not to cut any wires in the dash just yet... So I'm going to build a small fiberglass console to put all my small gauges and my shifter into... Just got my pistons and rods back from the machine shop tonight.... I'll post some pictures in the morning...
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Ok got some more pictures for you guys..... I just got the bottom end of my engine put together and ran into a problem not with the engine but with some parts... I ordered head studs for it and just as I was getting ready to put them in... I got one with no threads on one side of one stud.... Not to worry I called the shop I ordered them from and a replacement is on the way... Here are a few pictures I couldn't resist sticking the heads and intake on just for fun...
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Here is a picture of the messed up stud... I think someone forgot to do something...lol
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Ok guys haven't been doing a lot but just trying to find another block.... yep mine was cracked... So I've been searching for parts... With a short budget it's been hard to do..... So here is a picture of the crack in the block.....
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So I finally found another block a good one ..... Just like the other one early model 350 four bolt main casting 010 ..... and while I was searching for this one I found a complete 350 goodwrench block and crank from mexico ..... All of these for $50.00.... So I'm gonna rob the crank and rods from it to use in my older block.... The reason I'm doing this is because the mexico crank is all standard mains and rods and the older block I have is standard bore.... The "Cracked" block and other crank and rods were .010 rods and mains and the pistons I had put on them were .060 over bore ... So that's why.......here is some pictures of the older block getting all smoothed up grinding all the rough casting off....
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Here is a picture of my tach mounted..... and also some pics of how I'm gonna make my mount for my shifter..... got it all fabed up with cardboard so I can make it out of some metal I got laying around....
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Okay the more I look at the box I made to mount my shifter the more I hate it.... any suggestions????
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That truck is just like mine... Same color combo. I'll be following along... Good luck on it.
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Okay got a little update for everyone .... I dropped my block and crank off at the machine shop to get work done .... Block will be cleaned, checked and possibly bored no more than .030 over.... and crank checked to be strait and polished.... I also took my dads crank to get turned .010 on the mains and .010 on the rods.... has anyone had this kind of work done lately and is $400.00 bucks a "Ok" kind of price to expect ??? Feedback please.... later on
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My machine shop charged $400 for hot tanking and magnafluxing my block and crank, honing my cylinders, installing new cam bearings, pressing new pistons on my rods, polishing my crank and decking my block..
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Price seems pretty reasonable.
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the shop I use charges $55.00 to hot tank everything, $12.00 per hole to bore out larger. and if I remember right about 50 dollars to turn the crank . puts in the cam brg. for about $20.00. that's using your brg. I priced this a few months ago , but this should be pretty close....so ya'll are paying a bigger price. does sound kinda high....
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Your interior looks nice, I like the seat color with the blue paint. |
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Looks like you're moving right along.
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Well here is a little update for everyone... I went to the machine shop today to pick up my block and crank .... That was a wasted trip... It's not ready yet... " I should have called first..." Lesson learned.... I did get to pick up my Dad's crank " The one I had turned .010 mains and rods..." So that was good.... Oh well maybe it will be ready Monday or Tuesday ....
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Oh one more thing ... Got me a new toy today .... It's all down hill from here.... lol
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Well time for an update .... Went to the machine shop 4 times in the last 2 weeks got lied to every single time ... "About how this or that was being done ..." so I decided to look at it for myself.... Me and the shop owner walk in the back ... "While walking back he is telling me how he had to go a little more than .030 over and how he wanted to hone it a little more..." We get to where they bore the blocks and I start looking for my block and don't see it .... The shop owner says here it is and points to a block... So I look and it's not my block... at all it's a 2 bolt 305.... I'm looking still and I see mine with a tag of someone else name on it.... I start to get crazy on them.... Needless to say they hadn't done anything at all to my block... I told them to just load it up....... I called another smaller shop the guy did it cheaper and faster I got it back in 2 days
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Unfortunately, that type of thing is too common. Almost happened to me too, but I gave them H@ll when they tried to give me some BS story. Thank goodness I had taken photos of my castings and markings.
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