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[blazerboy_4life]

Originally Posted by 1972SuperCheyenne

Headers look like they fit great. I wouldnt worry about that little notch at all. Looks good!

Sorry those are the old ones. The collector and about 2 inches of pipe were all blown out beyond repair. They fit perfect but I dont know what make they are and I cant find them. Heres a pic of the old and new together.

[stich626]

cam's mighty small

[blazerboy_4life]

Originally Posted by stich626

cam's mighty small

Really? My understanding was that it was pretty big for running stock heads. What is considered a "Big cam"?

[blazerboy_4life]

Well I picked up the motor from the machine shop today. Didnt realize it but the heads didnt have the rockers on them any more and one of my pistons looked exactly the same but was different than the rest. That is I had 7 cast flat top pistons and one aluminum... Ill be heading back to the shop to pick up the correct parts tomorrow morning.

[blazerboy_4life]

So I picked up new pistons yesterday. http://www.jegs.com/i/Sealed+Power/844/H617CP/10002/-1

I have 78cc heads so it should run pretty nice. The guy at the machine shop estimates that i should be sitting right around 380hp and just north of 400ft lbs of torque with my setup. I now have all the parts I need and The hot rod institute will be building my motor starting this afternoon. In fact Im leaving now to go drop off my new water pump, new HEI distributor, and aluminum alternator bracket. Pics coming soon!

[blazerboy_4life]

Carb Came in today. Edelbrock 1806 electric choke. The motor is half assembled as of this evening. Ive got to pick up a few random bolts im short on and maybe I can get this thing done by tomorrow night... Well see.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Was that the 1st fire up? If so did you guys break in the cam?

[blazerboy_4life]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Was that the 1st fire up? If so did you guys break in the cam?

No that was the second time. We dont have a way to run it on the engine stand inside for as long as it takes to break in the cam so we started it a couple times for 30 seconds each and I will break it in tomorrow morning when its in the truck. I was told to run the motor for 20min at 2000rpm. Sound right?

[chevy88]

Just caught this build, nice buy for the price.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Sounds right to me..

[slick copper]

Been reading your thread, awesome deal on the trucks! Good to see you making progress. I have that same welder you were talking about from harbor freight. works good, but i've not used it for anything but tacking in panels and exhaust, don't think they're made to do heavy stuff like a frame.
I feel you on the working outside, i'm a shade tree mechanic myself!
Post us some pics of the completed engine in the truck when you get it in!

[blazerboy_4life]

Originally Posted by slick copper

Been reading your thread, awesome deal on the trucks! Good to see you making progress. I have that same welder you were talking about from harbor freight. works good, but i've not used it for anything but tacking in panels and exhaust, don't think they're made to do heavy stuff like a frame.
I feel you on the working outside, i'm a shade tree mechanic myself!
Post us some pics of the completed engine in the truck when you get it in!

Good to see its capable of body work. On the specs it says it will weld up to half inch. I wont really know until It warms up and I can get out and fab up some stuff for fun.

[slick copper]

Let me see what you're capable of with it, you're welding skills may be better than mine! I've started my build thread, you'll have to check it out sometime!

[blazerboy_4life]

Ok so Ive been busy for a few days but I GOT THE NEW ENGINE IN!! : It sounds awesome! So far it feels like it could burn rubber all day... If it would stay running. Im having a fuel problem. The truck will sit and idle all day but if you drive it , doesnt matter if its 25mph or pedal to the floor, after about half mile it dies. I think its a bad fuel pump but Im not sure. When its running you can see through the clear fuel filter that it isnt getting a lot of fuel. Either that or its using more fuel than the pump can keep up with. Im gonna try my old fuel pump and see how it goes from there. Until then heres a pic of my shiny new toy!

[dmack91]

Originally Posted by blazerboy_4life

Good to see its capable of body work. On the specs it says it will weld up to half inch. I wont really know until It warms up and I can get out and fab up some stuff for fun.

1/2" is more than wishful thinking. I have tried to run a 120 amp110V welder on 1/4" and it wouldn't penetrate much at all. The small units are good for up to about 1/8" from what I have seen. Good for what they are built for, but a 220V is best for 1/4" plus, especially if it is structural in any way.

[foosed]

Looks good. Nice to finally have some warm weather around here to get stuff done...

[RCbowtie69]

looking good,keep up the hard work,motor sound good too & keep on truckin''

[blazerboy_4life]

Thanks man. Its actually moving faster than I thought it was goin to. Picking up the pace too now that the weather is warming up.
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[67chevy1series]

lucky the weather here sucks

[blazerboy_4life]

So here's the buckets I just picked up for basically $10. Anybody know what they are out of? The guy said he paid $250 for them then decided he didn't like them. When I asked him what they came out of he said "I dunno a newer blazer or something" I don't quite recognize them though.
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[slick copper]

Those look like special order to me like outta JC whitney. Or maybe out of a fancy van with those arm rests on 'em. I'm just guessin' though. And for windshield work you'll probably want to get one of those windshield spatula things. I don't think they cost too much, just helps with getting the glass into the rubber seal without scratching the glass or cutting the rubber. I know LMC sells them. Don't hold me to all that though!

[LadyBird]

What headers did you purchase? I can't get anything to fit on my 70 C10 SB for some reason.

[blazerboy_4life]

Originally Posted by LadyBird

What headers did you purchase? I can't get anything to fit on my 70 C10 SB for some reason.

These
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-69092/

Hedman Headers 69092 off of summit.