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Sicboy · 10-25-2009, 09:38 PM

Installed the rebuilt 327 and rebuilt saginaw yesterday. Woohoo!!! The motor installation was a breeze. The tranny however, was an SOB. Took two hours and 20 SOB's, with three of us wiggling and pushing to get the input shaft guided into the needle bearing pilot bushing. Have a few things to button up, then trailer it down to the exhaust shop to install 2-1/2" pipes with Brockman Steel Packed Mellowtones. Then the cam break in. Here's a few pics...notice the custom sponsored air cleaner.

The left rear exhaust manifold is about a paper thickness away from the firewall...will be pounding it out.

10-25-2009, 09:38 PM	#34
Sicboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 200	Re: Let the rebuild begin... Installed the rebuilt 327 and rebuilt saginaw yesterday. Woohoo!!! The motor installation was a breeze. The tranny however, was an SOB. Took two hours and 20 SOB's, with three of us wiggling and pushing to get the input shaft guided into the needle bearing pilot bushing. Have a few things to button up, then trailer it down to the exhaust shop to install 2-1/2" pipes with Brockman Steel Packed Mellowtones. Then the cam break in. Here's a few pics...notice the custom sponsored air cleaner. The left rear exhaust manifold is about a paper thickness away from the firewall...will be pounding it out. __________________ Project Build (1): http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=362482 Project build (2): http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=370985 “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...Wow, What a Ride!” - Hunter S. Thompson