Some guys have skills and some have bills

[hdzammo]

I like the gray, but to be honest have never been fond of chrome on timing chain covers.
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[Bull72]

Originally Posted by hdzammo

I like the gray, but to be honest have never been fond of chrome on timing chain covers.
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I think I agree hdzammo and not going to go with chrome. Either going with the gray or orange.

As for the manifold, have to change it up and return the Endurashine performer to Jegs. After closer inspection it was just a bit too small for the heads. If you see the "mockup" picture above you can almost see the ports peaking out. So I will be ordering a Professional Products Hurricane Manifold from Summit http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFS-52030/?rtype=10

Also, decided on a real nice silver/gray for the oil pan.
pic attached:

[Bull72]

getting closer....

[Bull72]

More pics, ordered some Felpro oil pan gaskets, rocker arm studs, & adjusting nuts, so I'm waiting on those parts to come =)

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...09070-300-8241

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...m=%09555-20580

[Torrey72]

Nice build...I love the smell of RTV and paint curing on a new engine.

edit:That big A$$ fan I see you have will be handy when you break in that cam. I could use a fan that big.

[SeventyOne]

the port work on that head sure looks rough...

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by SeventyOne

the port work on that head sure looks rough...

I wouldn't have any frame of reference to be honest =) My buddy did the work himself and he said he took away some of the restriction areas and should flow much better this way.

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by Torrey72

Nice build...I love the smell of RTV and paint curing on a new engine.

edit:That big A$$ fan I see you have will be handy when you break in that cam. I could use a fan that big.

Yup, my buddies fan sure cools down his workshop. Definitely a plus in the South Texas summers of 100+ degrees I thank god that my M-F are spent indoors at Rackspace Hosting.

[Bull72]

Found some more parts on sale today at Jegs (that was my excuse for spending money that I shouldn't be spending) These should be here by Friday

JEGS Performance Products 52009 - JEGS Universal Aluminum Radiators - on sale for $149
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...52009/10002/-1

JEGS Performance Products 52116 - JEGS Dual Electric Cooling Fans - on sale $199
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...52116/10002/-1

JEGS Performance Products 51060 - JEGS Premium Aluminum Water Pumps $79
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...51060/10002/-1

[Bull72]

Got some parts delivered today

And a little more progress:

Clear coated the block, timing chain cover, and oil pan. We tack welded the oil pump and sealed the pan. Also since I got new push rods, thought a rocker arm upgrade was in order

[Burt4x4]

Why weld the oil pump??

[fastwillie 696969]

i got skills but with health problems i had to give up turning wrenches ,so now i got the bills i went ahead and found one of the greatest hot rodz shop .jeff costa (sonoma county street rodz ) has gone up and above the call of fab work and parts ,
i would love to do my own work on my truck i did some of the small stuff i did the doors complete teardown and recondition the regs. and lubed and got the lock rods hook up everything works good ,but for the heavy duty its cheaper for me to pay some time

[VA72C10]

Looking great!!!

[Bull72]

I wasn't there for the harmonic balancer painting or bolt on. But my buddy told me he had a rough time tapping the crank bolt. He had to order a specific matco tool and finally got it all bolted on correctly. Some of you guys probably no more about what this tool was or why it was required... I will ask him next time I talk to him, I just got his texts =)

[BLUE THUNDER]

nice work Abel. Can't wait to see it.

[Burt4x4]

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Get-R-Done

[Bull72]

Another shot of the harmonic balancer bolted in and as long as it is in the shop ... thought I would paint the diff covers to match the engine. It's getting closer...

[Bull72]

It's coming together.... slowly but indeed surely better than before We got a weld in battery tray and the universal aluminum radiator all locked down after a little fabrication work. Also ordered a few needed parts:

This should work out well... JEGS Single Feed Filtered Fuel Line Kits
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...15050/10002/-1

JEGS Universal Electric Fan, Oil & Transmission Cooler Mount Kit
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...53500/10002/-1

Derale Remote Cooler Accessories
http://www.jegs.com/i/Derale/259/13063/10002/-1

JEGS Electric Fan Wiring Harness Kits
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...10569/10002/-1

[BLUE THUNDER]

Nice work dude. Can't wait to see it in person.

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by BLUE THUNDER

Nice work dude. Can't wait to see it in person.

I will call you as soon as it's done brother and cruise it your way... I'm ready to cruise already!

[luis979motoring]

great progress!! i'm jealous of you san antonio people!! you guys have all the K5s!!!lol jk

[Bull72]

My buddy had some extra time this week, so I told him to PLEASE work without me if he has time. I wasn't about the slow down a man with a plan!! So he sent me a pic of this today, hoping to get some more update pics this week - I'm keeping my fingers crossed that his schedule stays OPEN!

He painted my pulleys to match the oil pan and timing chain cover. We need a longer Alternator Bracket, so I ordered that today. He got the headers bolted on as well, and we discovered that we are going to need to rebuild the exhaust a bit because of the collectors and the old pipes. The PO had them welded to a bunch of funny places... so Im deciding wether or not to go with some bigger pipes now, or just fab what we can now and get it running. Or get it done right now....

Decisions, decisions, decisions...

[Bull72]

Bolted on the overflow reservoir...

[Bull72]

It was a good day for "the beast"! We fired her up for the first time in 2-3 months now (after draining and changing out the fuel) it had been sitting on a full tank for a few months and went bad. We also had to charge up the battery before it would turn over.

The inline fuel filter on the carb and all the hoses are "mocked up", I say mocked up because I decided to get the chrome upper and lower radiator hoses. For now we put some water in the radiator and wired the electric fans in (they worked great by the way). We are going to need to adjust the belts, pulleys, and upper alternator bracket a bit more so it fires up perfectly.

I also had these yellow wires for the test fire, but I have some gray wires and we are going to "hide" the wires a bit so the engine can be seen more easily. We are going to wire the front 2 wires through/under the manifold to the dist and the back 2 wires behind the heads in the back so you can't see them as much. The gray color should help them be a bit more hidden.

Took pictures of the new trans cooler and radiator overflow bolted in. also the new battery tray all bolted in and snug =)

here are my updated pics thus far....

[Bull72]

electric fan, distributor in, mock wired...