Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

Which reminds me...

Two tone mockup:



And just to throw in a curve ball, you are sure on keeping it red they said......



Of course my wheels have changed in the mean time too.

[nhr3]

Grizz, I have enjoyed your long distance build for some years now. The red and white looks a little familiar to me. Victory Red and Arctic White (both 2007 Corvette/GM) colors. White wheels hopefully go tis weekend when the new tires arrive. Good luck with your motor. I messed around and eventually went with a brand new crate motor ($1400). That option is probably not available to you but it was the right decision for me. I never was able to get the two piece rear seal to not leak.

[clemdaddy]

Rian, looks like you had a great week of truck progress with all your friends on hand. You got some problems solved and discovered others, all fixable. Congrats on another successful week of job duties. It must be a critical job, with lives at stake, to have so many classes and tests. Which makes garage time, relaxing time. Carry on buddy... looking good.

[Palf70Step]

Glad you are not finding a supre lot of bad damage in the engine Rian. That green is pretty. Those red wheels would look real good on white.....but I am a bit prejudice.

[60chevyjim]

does you lower timing chain gear have more than one keyway in it ?
some aftermarket performance ones have three keyway slots in them so you can advance or retard the cam timing .

I am thinking about different colors for my truck too .
it is flat black and white in my profile picture .
but right now the right side is spray canned satin red and the left side is spray canned light satin turquoise , the roof is still white . its tuff to decide so after I look at it for a while hopefully I can decide what color I like better .
it still needs all the body repairs done so no harm playing with colors on it to see what looks good.
I don't want gloss paint on it when I do paint it for good .
I want the paint to look old so it matches my chrome trim.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Glad you are not finding a supre lot of bad damage in the engine Rian. That green is pretty. Those red wheels would look real good on white.....but I am a bit prejudice.

The joys of Photoshop....

The engine, well Martin and Paul felt it was good, needing some work, so that's good for me.

Originally Posted by 60chevyjim

does you lower timing chain gear have more than one keyway in it ?
some aftermarket performance ones have three keyway slots in them so you can advance or retard the cam timing .

I am thinking about different colors for my truck too .
it is flat black and white in my profile picture .
but right now the right side is spray canned satin red and the left side is spray canned light satin turquoise , the roof is still white . its tuff to decide so after I look at it for a while hopefully I can decide what color I like better .
it still needs all the body repairs done so no harm playing with colors on it to see what looks good.
I don't want gloss paint on it when I do paint it for good .
I want the paint to look old so it matches my chrome trim.

Thanks Jim, looks like you had the answer.


Here's a reply from Garage Journal.

Originally Posted by Bob Heine

Rian, I think the crank sprocket has multiple timing marks because I see a second keyway (there should be a third as well). Pretty sure those sprockets can be installed 4 degrees advanced, straight up and 4 degrees retarded (should that be "challenged" rather than "retarded"?). There should be 3 timing marks on that kind of sprocket.


I'm not that familiar with small-block issues but my '87 Corvette 350ci (5.7L) with 85,000 miles belched blue smoke when it started up. I pulled the valve covers and removed the valve springs, one cylinder at a time. The intake valve seals looked fine but I replaced them anyway, along with the springs (they do weaken over time from the heat cycles). I found this on the exhaust valve -- nothing.


I carefully removed the exhaust valve spring and chunks of black stuff fell out. I believe its the remains of the exhaust valve seals.


I replaced the seals with Teflon pieces so maybe they'll hold up better.

[Palf70Step]

Sounds like a good idea on the engine Rian. I remember those shift kits from a little ( ) while back. The combo suggested should be a good deal!

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Sounds like a good idea on the engine Rian. I remember those shift kits from a little ( ) while back. The combo suggested should be a good deal!

I too like the combo idea...

I do believe that little lope at idle will be most satisfying, especially with the anti-social exhaust cut-outs...

Cheers Mate!!! and again, congrats on the 94...

[flashed]

I never would have thought about heating the block and heads like that ,very good idea .I have a complete 350 from our Malibu vert that I plan on making a coffee table out of that I need to finish cleaning and paint it .The only reason I have not is I have been waiting to build a new shop and none of the building contractors in my area seem to be interested in giving me a bid .I learn a lot by keeping up with your thread so keep it coming .
John

[Palf70Step]

Nice job Rian!!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

I never would have thought about heating the block and heads like that ,very good idea .I have a complete 350 from our Malibu vert that I plan on making a coffee table out of that I need to finish cleaning and paint it .The only reason I have not is I have been waiting to build a new shop and none of the building contractors in my area seem to be interested in giving me a bid .I learn a lot by keeping up with your thread so keep it coming .
John

Thank you John,

This internet thing is there for us all to learn from and share on.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Nice job Rian!!

Thank you very much Bill.

Not sure what you are going to make of my next cunning plan.

OK Amigos.......... Let's see some confessions.

Went to bed at 01.30 after various chats with friends in Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma as well as my wife's daughter in California.
At 06.15 there was a furry thing walking all over me, purring and demanding breakfast.
So the lesson really is, unless you have no animals, don't go to sleep so late.
With me awake, I sorted the three cats out, they all have different breakfasts WTF..? And a tower of dry food for their grazing through the day.

Cuppa tea in hand I checked out the various sites and also Summit Racing's website....... Get me drift yet?

Tea done, I went down to the garage in my slippers and a dressing gown (well, it's chilly, so I needed the woolly slippers)

But only after setting the oven at 200'C

I removed all the masking and plugging from threads, then with gloves on, brought the heads up to the house one at a time.

I hear some of you already clearing your throats and shuffling uncomfortably in your chairs.
Some, probably the brave and stupid, which is where I fit in....... Knows what next.

I managed to just get both heads balanced in the preheated oven with the door completely shut to heat cure the VHT paint for an hour.



And in they went.



After about 30 minutes it started to smell like a race track in the lounge where I was reading.....

So I went into the kitchen to find a light haze of smoke.

Easy fix...... Open all the outer doors and windows to the kitchen and rear of the house, isolate from the rest of the house.

After the hour, I turned off the heat and opened the oven door for the heads to cool down so I can take them back to the garage later.

The place still smelled, but I will leave it all open for a while.

Hopefully my next plate of Fish and oven chips does not taste like high mileage multi grade.

And of course there will be a Yankee Candle burning in the kitchen most of today.........

Mrs Boss is back home in the morning.

Took the heads back to the garage, swept the floor, tidied up and also removed all the masking from the book and then proceeded to oil up all the bores, with repeated cranking over to spread a thin film while removing excess, also wiped over the cleaned up mating surfaces.

Am I pleased....?





You bet.

[Palf70Step]

If the aroma is still there when the boss gets home, tell her the cats had gas.

[flashed]

It looks good ,she will never know unless she reads this post.

[65sub]

The engine looks good Rian. Like all wives I'm sure your wife won't mind you cooking engine parts in the oven.

[flashed]

Do you need a discount code for Summit ,I just got one in the mail for $25 off of $150 if you need it ?

[clemdaddy]

thats a great way to spend a couple of hours. looks like 15 good ones and one not so good… worth the trouble then.

good luck on this weeks job gauntlet.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Do you need a discount code for Summit ,I just got one in the mail for $25 off of $150 if you need it ?

Thank you,for that John, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

thats a great way to spend a couple of hours. looks like 15 good ones and one not so good… worth the trouble then.

good luck on this weeks job gauntlet.

Thanks Clem, I hope the engine is happy with the money and time I have spent on it.

This week is promising to be a tough one, but I will just give it what I got.

[Grizz1963]

Well, after much talk, I pulled the trigger tonight.

I ended up replacing only one valve, as the others on cleanup and inspection all seemed to pass muster easily.

I also managed to get a $25.00 discount on my order before checkout which is reflected in the pics below.

This was thanks to "Flashed" in Canton, Georgia USA offering me his discount code for orders, so thanks for the saving buddy.

Now here is a lesson for those who do not know it...........

I have always used either guys like Steve Lang who charges a Dollar for Pound to bring in stuff, you would be hard pushed to match that yourself, so I will continue to use him in future as his service is exemplary.
Then I also use my friends like Ta2Don to pick up and post out little bits for me, like the brake rebuild kits, paying him the item and postage costs via PayPal.


This time however, with Paul Y's advice and encouragement, I investigated Summit Racing's other option....... It is called i-parcel and is a system where you pay postage or shipping and duties up front rather than paying the taxes to the couriers, or a handling fee plus duties to the Post Office.

If you look at the shipping costs, excluding taxes oon the photo, you will see that this seems to be a sensible route to go.

So I have ordered a few bits that we need to rebuild the motor better. ( I will be selling my existing camshaft and followers once the motor is rebuilt)
Hopefully the rebuild will nett us as close as possible to Summits claimed 280 bhp on these parts.








So now just need to wait for the parts to make their way over here, and then get a date over a weekend that suits Paul Y to come do/supervise the rebuild.

Happy man tonight.

[flashed]

Im glad it worked out ,looks like some fun stuff there .

[dwcardfan]

Oh yea that is going to be one happy engine!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Im glad it worked out ,looks like some fun stuff there .

If it all comes together, it would be pretty awesome in my world.

Originally Posted by dwcardfan

Oh yea that is going to be one happy engine!

And a happy driver too.

Paul Y cannot wait for me to smoke some tyres/tires.


Brown van Brown van Brown van..........

I love the way one can track just where a parcel has made it to.

Tonight UPS has taken delivery of my parts.....





Who knows, they could be here next week.

[flashed]

Usually by the time I get a tracking # the item has arrived unless I ordered it from Walmart for pick up. Walmart is kind of strange ,they will have the item I ordered in the back but they wont give it to you until they send you an e mail days later.

[Grizz1963]

Home for the weekend........

Passed my test for the week, and other validations.

Progress of parcel beats progress on truck.



Hope to get some truck time in over the weekend, between online studies and spending time with Mrs Boss.

Tonight I raise a glass to my friend Marcelo Vasquez Mansilla from Santa Fe, New Mexico, who left this world last night to go cook in that great kitchen in the sky.

I will miss him from a distance.

[clemdaddy]

sorry about your friend.

thats cool that you get UPS direct from summit, if thats what's happening.
congrats on another completed week of exams and stressful meetings. it will all end soon enough and you will be the expert. the teacher.
now get out there and put something together...

[Palf70Step]

with all the above. Have a good weekend mate.