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Burbaholic · 02-08-2013, 02:56 PM

I made some progress this week. The motor and transmission are now out and being cleaned up. The motor looks good, 4-bolt main 350 with 487x heads. I am looking at putting in a roller cam, new intake and carb. It's just hard to do something decent and not let the $$$$ get away from you.

Once the motor gets cleaned up and painted, I'll let the paint cure while I remove all the old air conditioning system and install the new Vintage Air.

The tranny will get the TCI "kit" to allow the lock-up converter to activate on vacuum rather than a computer.

I'm estimating at least 3 weeks of work to get the motor/trans back in and start reassembly.

I have a self-imposed deadline of June to be ready for the Pueblo NSRA show.

02-08-2013, 02:56 PM	#10
Burbaholic Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lincoln Ne Posts: 84	Re: 72 "The Blue Burb of Happiness" Project I made some progress this week. The motor and transmission are now out and being cleaned up. The motor looks good, 4-bolt main 350 with 487x heads. I am looking at putting in a roller cam, new intake and carb. It's just hard to do something decent and not let the $$$$ get away from you. Once the motor gets cleaned up and painted, I'll let the paint cure while I remove all the old air conditioning system and install the new Vintage Air. The tranny will get the TCI "kit" to allow the lock-up converter to activate on vacuum rather than a computer. I'm estimating at least 3 weeks of work to get the motor/trans back in and start reassembly. I have a self-imposed deadline of June to be ready for the Pueblo NSRA show. Attached Images __________________ Burbaholic 1972 Suburban Factory A/C - lowered 4 inches 383/700R4 "THE BLUE BURB OF HAPPINESS"