Technical Just made a sweet trade.....

Traded a wagon I was going to scrap for this 350, a 68 396 block, a Saginaw 4 speed, a new Hayes clutch and a Hurst Competition Shifter. He says the motor is fairly fresh. Has roller rockers and he said it has some Crane heads on it. Haven't had a chance to look it over real close yet though. The double humps look good enough to me but want to check out the casting number this weekend. Is there some way to tell the crane heads from regular chevy heads?

 

where have I seen that engine before?....hmmmmmm, now I gotta think for a bit...

 

It was in an S10.....know anything about it?

 

How bout a picture of the wagon ?

 

Did you get a back story on why the engine is pink? HRP

 

He said the guy he got it from built it for his GF or something. Didn't really care.....color change is easy.

 

What a coincidence, I just bought a pink engine last weekend. Must be going around.

 

I painted a 302 Ford purple for my sister once. It was a stock engine, but eventually that purple block went 11s in another car.

 

Must be..... I almost painted one pink to go in my pink 56 coupe deville.....but then I backed out.

 

Nice wagon, what's in it? Bob

 

It had a 327/turbo 400 and, according to the protecto plate, a 2:73 posi 10 bolt.

 

angle plug heads. are they 340292 castings?

 

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Hello Kitty Racing
Looks like Hello Kitty is still popular among engine builders.

 

Don't lnow....going to check it out this weekend.

 

you don't even need a wrench to pull a valve cover off....

 

I know....but I'm neck deep in getting an old tractor running that has to be ready to work very soon....or my new shop won't get built. Won't have time to go to storage until the weekend.

 

btw the Crane thing....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-crane-sbc-heads.350440/

 

Thanks squirrel.....well I didn't notice any crane stamp on the ends but I didn't really have time to look. But those exhaust ports do look pretty round.

 

found this on the interwebs.

 

pink can be very Cool, like in Ed Pink Racing Engines

 

Some of my favorite things are pink...

 

Whoever wrote that ad copy sure liked to say "Turbo Fireball". Turbo Fireball, TURBO!! FIREBALL!!

 

Lets just hope the engine isn't pink on the inside.......

 

was forced to go to storage tonight to get a spare tire for my truck. The head casting numbers are 492.