what did you gat done this weekend?

[trkklr77]

i didnt see a 67-72 thread so here is one to boast in.



ive been really really busy the last few weekends with the short truck.

on feb 16th i pulled out the bbc and ripped it apart to find a few surprizes.
it was blowing the head gasket i just replaced and i found out it was blowing the 2-4 as well!!! nice. my timing chain was hanging off the lower gear, nice.

any ways i dropped my refreshed 049 heads on, stabbed a .528-.528 cam in and then had to drive 60 to get a freaking timing chain, could not even get a stock one. got that on and lined everything back up and dropped the motor back in, every thing was going good, so i thought. primed and fired and with in 25min i had multiple lobe flattend cam

parked the truck, threw my wrenches and went and sulked for a couple of days.

feb 23 i ordered a new voodoo cam and the whole nine yards. didnt come in time so that weekend was pretty well wasted

stuff did show up on monday so i was happy.

now for this weekend, i pushed the shorty into the drive way and started the dissmantle, pulled the front off the motor and yanked cam. stuffed the voodoo in and started to change the springs, till i found out that the bar style spring compresser not only doesnt work worth a **** but i cant change half the springs because it wont clear the heater box or the master cylinder, yeah!

so i pull the motor and tried for another hour, i got one off but the new ones werent going to go back on. i got a buddy to pick up a jaw style compressor and that was the ticket!!!! just crank em down, slide it over the valve, keepers, un crank. had them all done in about 40 min. once that was done the easy stuff is all that was left.

my buddies stuck around and helped drop the motor back in and with the complete hook up and break in, im glad they did too. cranked to get fuel, hook the coil back up and it fired E-freakin-mediatly!! hells yeahs!!!!


i got in this morning and drove around all day just to hear it run and show it off. i cant wait to start jumping on it and laying rubber down, im gona lose my license, AGAIN!!!!!



edit, almost forgot, while showing off one of my buddies practicaly gave me a set of roller rockers and medium hieght valve covers Ka-ching!!!! score and a half.