My Old 66 chevy

[TJ's Chevy]

Here's some pictures of the exhaust system. Mufflers are in a temporary position so that When I paint the frame the exhaust system will easily drop out when I pull the motor. Gonna put the mufflers underneath the bed( were they belong).

[TJ's Chevy]

More photos.....

[TJ's Chevy]

Anybody want this? Maybe for a rat rod?

[kjc292]

I've noticed in other posts that aftermarket headers where the buyer has welded up the flange to the pipes instead of the tack welding to the exhaust pipes to the flanges. I'm curious if you have had any problems with leaks or if the pipes stick out a 1/16th more than the flange which will cause a better seals. have a 292 and am wanting to get some more power. want something different than 350 that'll get up and go. yeah i know a 292 is for towing but....

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by kjc292

I've noticed in other posts that aftermarket headers where the buyer has welded up the flange to the pipes instead of the tack welding to the exhaust pipes to the flanges. I'm curious if you have had any problems with leaks or if the pipes stick out a 1/16th more than the flange which will cause a better seals. have a 292 and am wanting to get some more power. want something different than 350 that'll get up and go. yeah i know a 292 is for towing but....

If you put clifford or langdon's stovebolt headers on with clifford intake and edelbrock 600 carb, hei( DUI or MSD or MALLORY) with ngk 4es spark plugs it will make quite a difference. Ad a clifford 264 cam, oversize valves( 1.94 intake and 1.60 exhaust), LP .30 pistons to raise cmpression; Lump ports in the head, have the block decked and surfaced and balanced. Back it by a tremec or richmond 5 speed and you have an ideal street 6 cylinder. Should get near 275 horse and 310 plus foot pounds torque. Ad a turbo with 8 pounds boost and you will have 410 foot pounds torque(roughly) And I have not had any leaks with the clifford headers, infact they work and fit great! Hope this helped. pm me for more info if you want to. Thanks.

[TJ's Chevy]

Well,
I did some painting on my truck last week. The board won't let me upload any pictures rights now cause something got screwed up. Plan is to pull the bed off and clean up the rear end here pretty soon.

[Dub_X]

Nice truck for a starter. I plan on watching this one. Consider it subb'd.
Johnny Cash special Reminds me of my dad's old '65.

[inthearmynow]

I bet the dual exhaust sound great

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by Dub_X

Nice truck for a starter. I plan on watching this one. Consider it subb'd.
Johnny Cash special Reminds me of my dad's old '65.

Thanks!

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by inthearmynow

I bet the dual exhaust sound great

Yes sir, The dual exhaust does sound great especially after 3000 rpm!

[KroAutomotiveInc]

How did i miss this? We need a vid of that exhaust roaring!

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by KroAutomotiveInc

How did i miss this? We need a vid of that exhaust roaring!

I don't know! I haven't even made a video of it yet! I'll try to put it on youtube and then post it here. Forum has been doing maintenance and they won't let me upload pictures at the moment. Will post a video here soon. Thanks everyone!

[TJ's Chevy]

So I decided to wire the fuel pump on my truck to a switch in the cab so I could turn the fuel pump on and off manually....Well...Thant did not turn out to well. After I had hooked everything up I took it for a drive and on my way back(only 2 miles from home) I smelled smoke under the dash and turned out that my wires melted themselves together causing the pump to short and the truck to die. So, with the help of my handy screw driver I shoved the pump wire on the hot side of the battery and drove it home. I don't know why they melted together cause I had a 14 gauge hot wire going to the switch and a 12 gauge wire going to the pump. There was no fuse so I am glad I did not blow my pump. So I hooked it back up to the starter and know all I do is turn the key and off we go...I hope! good ole chevy!

[TJ's Chevy]

I put a new 100 amp single wire alternator on mine today. Works great. Forum is still all screwed up so they won't let me upload pictures. Really driving me mad now!

[TJ's Chevy]

Well, hoping later on this week to pull the bed off and start cleaning and painting the frame. Pull the axle and paint and clean it. Gotta alot of work under there!

[TJ's Chevy]

Primed my bed today. Still can't upload pictures. And its really ticking me off now. Hope they get this mess cleaned up. found an exhaust leak. Hope to fix that soon. Also painted the rear frame.

[KroAutomotiveInc]

I know it can be a pain in the neck but i use photobucket always have always will.

[TJ's Chevy]

Here's a video of my 64 running.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwwAN402CXo

Hope it works. Will post a video of my 66 soon. Sorry about my fingers getting in the way.

[TJ's Chevy]

The clang is two bent pushrods.

[TJ's Chevy]

That ol 64 runs better than my 66! Probably cause it has 50,000+ miles less than mine. The 66 292 has a strange popping noise. Checked compression all at 94 pounds. I think my cam might be flat in spots or maybe I have a bad valve spring.

[KroAutomotiveInc]

you could probably use a valve adjustment mine are getting noisy again after just 3,000 miles or so i also run 15-40w oil to quiet them down.

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by KroAutomotiveInc

you could probably use a valve adjustment mine are getting noisy again after just 3,000 miles or so i also run 15-40w oil to quiet them down.

I actually already adjusted the the rocker arms. I have two bad lifters. And I think I might have two flat spots. Do to the fact that all the compression is
even I know I don't have burnt valves but I think I may have some bad springs. Its just telling me it needs to be rebuilt thats all.

[KroAutomotiveInc]

yeah i hear ya mine is in need of some work with the lifters for a band aid but hopefully i will not need to drive her much longer.

[TJ's Chevy]

Did some work with it today.

[TJ's Chevy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H6MOkFshSU

Here's a video of it running.