project: FTD

[Jhogan830]

keep going its looking amazing!!!!!!!

[TheSebring]

Where's the progress? Never give up, never surrender! Where's the pictures?

[dammitmitchell]

progress is.. waiting on a spring kit for my distro
total timing is coming in way to early (the adv is kicking in during idle even!)
she runs like a champ until about 4 grand and dies off..
and TODAY! i developed a hell of an oil leak.. after about 20 minutes of dealing with it i found that the front crank seal FELL OUT..
wtf?
guess i better beat that suck in deeper.

im currently working on getting this dannged blazer out of my driveway, and am doing a suspension/brake system rebuild on a 73 torino, so i'll be busy for a while...

chevy for now is "done"... =-)

[TheSebring]

Sounds like your "cam trick" didn't work so well... Nothing after 4 grand huh?

[nutsforchevys]

Have you got your bumper mounted yet?

[dammitmitchell]

nope it's on the side of the house.
my buddys dont want me to mount it they love the chrome ones too much so nobody will help me hahaha

BUT it is being saved and it's much straighter then the pictures looked.. it's a great bumper! Might put it on my 67 jeep.....

[dammitmitchell]

heya anyone whos hasnt read this in a while!
ive been a busy boy this month! long story short my buddies dad got kinda stupid in my truck and shattered my planetary gear.


and then i got it home after two weeks waiting on parts etc...
snapped a rocker stud.. turns out the stud hole has a huge crack in it.. so NOW im getting 64cc chamberd
190cc runners 2.02 intake and 1.60 exhaust aluminum heads
yaay me!
estimated HP tq will be 420 420.. i really need to get desktop dyno =-)

[1985-GMC]

That sucks! Where yall playing in the mud?

[dammitmitchell]

nope wernt playing in the mud. he left the ebrake on when trying to launch my truck
all I heard was a loud pop and she moved 6 inches..

hahaha

oh well so is life.

so i got her home and running good for one day and on the way home she popped a bit and shut down.

she lost two studs of the 1 cyl
turns out the head cracked there because the new press in studs went in very easily, cracked all the way down to the water jacket... dangint..
LUCKILY i just sold a blazer to a buddy.
and i got these. (picks and update coming soon)
Patriot sbc 23 degree heads
aluminum heads
190cc runners
2.02 intake
1.60 Exhaust
Hardened steel seats
Max life .575.
.750 reach, gasket seat angle head plugs


new oil pan , all new gaskets ROLLER ROCKERS! new hardware everywhere aluminum valve covers to clear the roller rockers. and incidentals (oilchange etc)
for 1500.
push rods plugs etc.
not the worlds greatest deal but hell it's better then 2k book value.
and the 3 heads i had good left i sold, the 6months old springs are potientially sold. and a buddys got 700 for me to assemble a motor for him standing by..

im ecstatic.. either way.. my garage is a sea of aluminum iron and anodized blue.....



but it still blows that this HAD to be done instead of wanting to be done.. im super busy trying to even get this all done grrr

[3r!c84]

sweet just seen the post about the heads. what size engine is it?

[dammitmitchell]

block
350 bored .060 over
gm 5.7l
the number next to it is 14010207
next to that is a stamp says M27
side of the block states 207
front id states V0901ZBA
105122952

Federal Mogul 350 cast pistons .060 over

crank is
3932442 3.48 69-85 2.45/2.10 cast large journal

Heads
64cc aluminums
2.02 intake
1.60 Exhaust
190cc runners
5 angle valve job
1.56 true roller rockers


cam
RENEGADE PN 158881
dur@.050 Int 234 exh 244
vaulve lift int .488 exh .510


intake edlebrock perfromer RPM
spacerplate (1in)
carb holley 670 carb
72 primarys
73 secondaries
8/5PV
and a yellow spring on the vac secondaries

[nbpro]

nice project but lot of the pictures don't show pages 1 to 7

[dammitmitchell]

the first posting states the pictures come up on page 7 =-)