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or i could go with a set of 64cc and run a 0.015 gasket haha hmmmm
the heads have been torqued down but is still on the stand will these head gaskets still be good where they were just put on a few days ago ? the...
nahh ur goin too need the angleplug conversion kit from summit to run that comp part number 3825633 lol......and u should run the .25 head gasket...
hey fred the pistons are mahule partnumber #5999110080303
rightt on man thanks
yeah man thats what i was thinking too , nice to hear another persons input
hey there i have a std bore 4.000 350 with flat top pistons with 4 valve reliefs which i believe are -6cc and the heads im using are the 882's...
yeah ill get a pic up on here soon , a guy was telling me that it may have came on the older 70's LT1's but i dont think so , too me it looks like...
hey there i just picked up an aluminum intake manifold for a smallblock chevy , ive never heard of this brand b4 , its a highrise single plane it...
haha well prob next summer im hoping if everything goes good ...well i guess thats why we have garages and woodstoves or some source of heat , to...
thanks i like to see the not so tipical builds also , thanks for the comments !!
heres a few pics of my build
hello there ppl i have a 726 carrier its a s spring posi but it is a 2 series carrier it had 2:42 's on it and i would like to run 4:56's i have...
i took the pistons in the otherday and got them changed an i now have my original rods back , so the motor in together now , i would like to thank...
yes the piston has the index mark foward an the tangs are faceing the counter weights on the crank , the beveled edge of the rod is on the radius...
the mark is not that noticeable its from the crank and the other rod rubbing on the machined serface of the side of the rod its a consisted light...
yeah man im out in the garage now and i removed #7-8 rods from the engine it turns out the rods are binding on the radias of the crank when...
these rods do have the fresh marks of being resized im goin to take all the slugs out and torq them up w/o putting them in there bores see if the...
yes sir im out in the garage of course its just me here at my place putting a sbc together on a blusty night with some nogg and spiced rum , and...
yup thats how i have them in there proper bore , my work order was just to change the stock pistons , to a set of brandnew flattops nothing else ,...
the machine shop is closed unill the newyear , i wanted to get it all together kind of a kick to the face , i was thinking the same thing , but...
the dig is as if it was dug in when rototed in that motion
i took it easy intalling them , lightly taping them in , with rodboots on too , im goin out to the garage to check the clearence between 7-8 rod...
this is why im confused about it , this isnt my 1st motor i built and it was just a simple re-ring and re-bearing , i think the problem lays in...
i tryed them one at a time when i installed them , yes it rotates free w/o them torqed
on #8 rod cap oppisite of the tang , where #7and #8 are side by side the machined surface on the side of the cap i noticed a light dig?? could the...
all the cap tangs are facing the radius of the crank juranals where the counter weights are
sorry man the women has the cam at a xmas party .....
im thinking its the rods because it was a running motor i just wanted to freshen up eveything is std size , but the rods are not the ones i had...
with all of the pistons in i tryed just torqing 1 at a time and rolling it over so far its either the one out of the 2 will bind 7-8
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