My 82 chevy

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Well heres my first project truck guys. 82 chevy half ton. had a 305 with a broken crank so i threw that into the scrap bin. got it for free from john, a good friend of mine who owns a large shop in the city of lethbridge alberta. those of you from lethbridge or southern alberta probably have heard of connors fleet service or if you like to go to the raceway you can see a few of his sprint cars racing there.

Anyway heres the deal. so far ive gotten the truck, and a 350 block with the crank and pistons in it. its got pop up pistons so i should have a good compression ratio once im done. i yanked an old 350 out of another truck that was being sent away to the crusher for some heads and got started on those the other day. i have no idea really what the valve diameter is but i know the combustion chamber is 76cc if i am not mistaken, the compression should be about 9.5 to 1 john says.

Ive been collecting all the parts i need for the project over the last couple weeks. heres a list of what i have so far
edelbrock performer intake
edelbrock performer plus cam and lifters 420/442 lift if i remember correctly
ARP bolt kit
Fel-pro gasket set
new sbc oil pan
comp cams double roller timing set
edelbrock sure seat valve springs

so far ive been working on the heads only, porting the heads and polishing the valves. ive also started on the bodywork at school. im painting the truck flat black so i got the tailgate ready to go today.

heres some pics


Nice hole in the floor

Frame is very solid despite the rot elsewhere

Interior is very rough and neglected.

Heres my tailgate shortly after the first coat of flat black

valves after a polish, ruined the one in the top right, hit the stem with the grinding stone while grinding the face got a different one though so no worries

Heres the underside of my heads after being cleaned up

A few parts


Thanks for looking it over guys ill have an update on the heads by friday hopefully. ill be porting them that day