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![]() Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Saskatoon,SK,Canada
Posts: 2,476
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It's heart will beat again
Well after what seems like a long truckless winter my old GMC's heart will beat again. It had the front end destroyed by an ahole kid that thought he was the road warrior and a week later the camshaft lost a lobe and pretty much laid waste to my small block. After pulling the engine, tearing it down and sending the parts to the machine shop I was told it was due for just about everthing so that's what she got.
I had it bored 30 over and torque plate honed, line bored, decked and balanced. I used flat top hypereutectic pistons with coated skirts and pretty much new everthing else including a true roller chain, high volume pump and roller tiped rockers. It has a Z28 oil pan and windage tray from it's last rebuild 10 years ago that I had powder coated along with a stock set of valve covers and the timing cover. The heads are 194's that were gone through and treated to a 3 angle valve job. My old intake had suffered a bit of corrosion so instead of repairing it I threw on a new 2101 performer. The q-jet was professionally rebuilt 2 years ago but I refreshed it with new gaskets and a clean up. It has an HEI with an MSD blaster coil, crane adjustable vac advance and a MSD 6A box. All parts and brackets were cleaned and/or blasted and repainted and most fasteners replaced with stainless. I had my TH 350 rebuilt as well. I hope to drop it in tomorrow and then I'll scab together a front clip till I can put my new body on it later this summer. For now I need it to work for it's keep around the acreage. Looking good will have to come a little later. The engine was real strong prior to failure even with about 90,000 miles on it so it should be a real strong performer all freshend up and with higher compression. Some day I hope to ditch the 194 heads and put on a set of L98 aluminum heads I have and then retire it from it's "working" life.
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
Posts: 6,465
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Looks sweeeeeet! Nice job!
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'68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) |
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Designated A-hole!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: South Mississippi
Posts: 36,450
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"If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. ![]() We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck" |
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![]() Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Waterloo, IA
Posts: 1,147
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Looking good.
What are the cam specs? What HP/TQ are you expecting?
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'72 Chevy K20 - 383/4sp/205 - SOLD after 41 years in the family Next project - K/5 Tahoe (71 Blazer on 99 Tahoe chassis) Build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=789958 |
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State of Confusion!
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Location: Gulfport, MS USA
Posts: 46,901
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Looks good. Getting them moving is great. They look good even when they look like a circus wagon of parts!
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA
Posts: 12,684
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Gonna be a big difference when you get back on the road, I'm sure.
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1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14 |
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