Finally starting the 68swb fleet

[fishbone95]

Very nice so far

[tantrumpipeline]

slowly but surely, the piston ring I broke will be in tomorrow so should have some updates tomorrow night for you all

[67chevy1series]

yeah! ive been waiting for a update from you! to bad its not a very good update lol.

[tantrumpipeline]

well it's good and bad, the pistons are all back in for the 3rd time minus one and the ring is cheap, also I got my headers in, rear brake kit(minus wheel cylinders), porterbuilt firewall kit my piston ring compressor is still under warranty(the cause of the broken ring and my paranoid self triple checking), the electrician is coming over tomorrow night so I may have my mig welder setup working by mid friday if the bottle issue is resolved(trying to speed up the credit app) and the rain has slowed so it could be a flurry of updates over the next few days if I get this mig figured out quick haha

[67chevy1series]

lol well good luck on the mig ... and dont be jealous but i havent seen a drop of liquid here in CA unless it was seat off my brows!

[tantrumpipeline]

I wish, we can't work in the rain so it's bad all around and I like wakeboarding

[67chevy1series]

haha that sucks

[tantrumpipeline]

more progress, issues with my intake now though, seems like I may have a bad set of heads, shoulda known, the $500 I saved on pro comps would bit me in the end guess my 383 short block will be getting a set of darts

[tantrumpipeline]

oil pan and timing cover on last night, installed the guide plates and rocker studs but changed my mind on the pro crap products so they will be replaced tomorrow with ARP, the thicker gaskets seemed to correct the intake issue, hoping I get it in the truck tomorrow evening without anymore hold ups

[tantrumpipeline]

should be fun, hoping work picks up so I can push forward on the momey end of it, but tuesday the welder is ready and I have a lot to do that way as well

[67chevy1series]

well good luck tyler! oh and i forgot to tell you, glad the intake and heads worked out.

[tantrumpipeline]

you bet, thanks, will be nice to get onto bodywork, if everything works out I'm going to run the exhaust to start it without melting paint, hard to look at that thing and not start it to break in the cam and set the timing etc

[DCoffey]

I have an engine test stand in the garage chilling out with nothing on it. If you want it come and get it.
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[David67]

The engine looks sick!

[tantrumpipeline]

thanks guys, I may take you up on that offer once I'm back to work and can afford the new carb, finally got nice weather so I put it on hold for a few days to go wakeboarding, been raining forever, may try tonight to put it in the truck after I get home from the lake

[67chevy1series]

any more progress tyler?

[tantrumpipeline]

nothing today, just got home and I think it's a lazy night, new harmonic balancer and rocker stud nut kit will be in wednesday though and I have no excuse tomorrow really to not install my frost plugs and drop it into the frame though

[67chevy1series]

do it! member to take alot fo pics!!!!

[spike38]

Originally Posted by tantrumpipeline

nothing today, just got home and I think it's a lazy night, new harmonic balancer and rocker stud nut kit will be in wednesday though and I have no excuse tomorrow really to not install my frost plugs and drop it into the frame though

You've come a long way. But the time is worth it.
Keep up the great work

Spike

[tantrumpipeline]

Thanks, I'm about to go back to work full time so it still could be on the road by next summer if all works out. Haven't even been in the garage for a few days, nice weather for wakeboarding and a 2day tattoo convention had me preoccupied but should be back at it tomorrow after some meetings. Shoot any paint yet?
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[spike38]

Shooting some high build tomorrow.

Spike

[tantrumpipeline]

looking forward to pics, I put the motor and tranny in, the parts store shipped the wrong rocker nuts and harmonic so I'm still at a stand still, I'll post pics tomorrow

[tantrumpipeline]

Stripping old undercoating is tedious crappy work, sandblasting in GP is ridiculous right now, backlogged til early July and my A.D.D. won't let me wait til then and the cab really isn't in bad shape so I am at it with grinding/stripping/and wire wheels

[67chevy1series]

if i heard you correctly you said you ave the engine and tranny in the frame?

[tantrumpipeline]

well it is but it isn't, the tranny is just temporary for mock up, headers won't work without a real restrictive bend off the collectors so they'll be replaced pre start up and as always, I was shipped wrong parts so I'm at a stand still there and my electrician has been so swamped he hasn't had a chance to get the welder in yet, gives me a chance to clean the garage out though The holes in the frame could allow me to run these headers by moving everything back, but I will know when I mock up the driveshaft tomorrow, my teardown pics look to have everything where it is now, the monte carlo/chevelle style shorty headers look like the right fit for my dilemma if not and I should be able to sell these and break even up here so not to worried