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Old 02-04-2010, 04:21 PM   #1
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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-04-2010, 04:23 PM   #2
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Then I shoved it into the tiny garage in the dump I was living in at the time...
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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-04-2010, 04:25 PM   #3
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Then commenced to tear it apart from the firewall forward...
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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-04-2010, 04:27 PM   #4
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My old man gave me some cool ET 5-window slots to put on the truck... they cleaned up nice!
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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-04-2010, 04:29 PM   #5
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More... in the tny garage...
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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-04-2010, 04:31 PM   #6
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Engine and tranny out... tore engine down...
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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-04-2010, 11:00 PM   #7
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Looks like dangit in the 1st pic comepared to after shot..

That engine bay looks KILLER wat paint did ya use?

Any specs on the motor?

That looks GREAT!!!!!!! Good job!
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Old 02-05-2010, 12:16 AM   #8
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That has to be the quickest build I've every seen

Looks great!
Thanks! It actually took about 4 years...

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Looks like dangit in the 1st pic comepared to after shot..

That engine bay looks KILLER wat paint did ya use?

Any specs on the motor?

That looks GREAT!!!!!!! Good job!
Everything black in the engine bay and on the frame is satin black chassis paint made by Duplicolor.

Engine is the original 1972 4-bolt main 350 (.030 over), stock crank and rods with Speed-pro 10:1 Hyper flattop pistons, Stock 2.02 heads (with some mild porting), Lunati 292 Bracketmaster cam and Lunati lifters, Roller rockers, Cloyes double roller timing chain, Heddman Headers, Edelbrock RPM air-gap, Holley 3310 (750cfm) blueprinted and benchflowed by Lyle Winters racing in Tacoma, WA. There is a stock HEI ignition in it in the pictures... but there is an MSD Pro-billet HEI with rev limiter in it now...Roughly makes 400 hp around 5,600 RPM's.

I rebuilt the TH350 myself, and installed a B&M shift kit in it. 2,800 RPM stall converter.

Goes pretty quick for a truck. The best part about it is when people hear it they want to see the engine. When I open the hood... people aren't prepared to see an engine that clean in an old work truck... Which is exacxtly the look I was going for.

It's one of those projects that will be forever ongoing... always tinkering with it. One of my buddies gave it the nickname "Creeping Death"... after a Metallica song.

Thanks for the comments guys...

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The Rebuild of Creeping Death after the wreck

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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
Quote:
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-05-2010, 12:41 AM   #9
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That is a gorgeous truck, great looking, original, but powerful, i like how you did it.
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Old 02-05-2010, 04:48 AM   #10
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Your rims look great, what did you clean them up with?
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Old 02-21-2010, 11:17 AM   #11
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Your rims look great, what did you clean them up with?
I forgot to answer this question...

I used a product called Heavy Metal Polish... it comes in 3 different grits. Fine, Medium, and Coarse. I used the Medium to get all the oxidization and crud off the wheels. Then hit them with some Never-Dull after that.

A free weekend, a lot of elbow grease and beer, and all 4 done. PITA, but worth it.

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The Rebuild of Creeping Death after the wreck

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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 03-04-2010, 01:42 AM   #12
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Great looking truck Gary. Good job on the engine compartment. In what town do you live on Whidbey Island? I enjoy visiting the island, it is a beautiful place.
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Damn fine work! Those slots rule!
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Old 03-04-2010, 03:44 PM   #14
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Very nice truck. Slots are awesome!
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Old 03-05-2010, 12:54 PM   #15
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Great looking truck Gary. Good job on the engine compartment. In what town do you live on Whidbey Island? I enjoy visiting the island, it is a beautiful place.
jayman... I live in good ol' Oak Harbor...



Thanks for all the comments guys... this is a great website.

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The Rebuild of Creeping Death after the wreck

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I would never rebuild a 305.
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I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
Quote:
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Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Old 02-05-2010, 01:39 PM   #16
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Nice work, turned out really nice!
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looks really good, nice job

ive got similar wheels on my truck
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gasoline, you have done a great job at her! I wish our farm trucks were in that good of shape out here in the northeast!
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Lookin good!
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Thats a clean ride id roll that thing daily..
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