Made my own piston stop and located true Top Dead Center (TDC) – new harmonic balancer was 1° retarded.
Checked the cam, and the duration was slightly different than the cam card (but the same as current specs). Cam needed to be advanced 6° to be in spec – good thing I degree’d the cam!
Heads went on with a Felpro 1094 steel shim gasket shortly afterwards.
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New Speed Pro/Sealed Power .020 Hypereutectic flat top pistons to replace the dished cast stock pistons. So pretty.
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New camshaft vs. original camshaft. Do you see a difference?
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I got half way through cleaning the pistons on the Crusty Chevy’s 350, when I started thinking this wasn’t the best way to go. Instead, I dropped the block off at a machine shop to get punched .020 over with some Speed Pro Hypereutectic flat tops and have the guts balanced. More money, but probably a lot better in the long run.
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Pleased to find the engine is a 3970010 block (I was expecting it to be). Surprised to find how little effort it took to turn the engine over by hand to unbolt the torque convertor. Took me 2 hours to pull, which I guess isn’t bad since I’m rusty, old, and feeble.
Question is, do I want to clean all this up? I mean, it’s just going to get dirty again….
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Yeah, my first major porting job too. My hands are numb and I don’t want to do this again.
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Purchased a set of Chevy truck headers for $35. Many hours later, and they fit! Yeah, I know they are not equal length. Boo Hoo.
Picked up some stickers for the back window of the Silverado.
Nothing says late ’70’s like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC!
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Needs some more tweaking. Engine will be pulled for a re-ring in September. Then Tremclad and a roller, baby!
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And there was much rejoicing.
Paint was dry, bushings and ball joints went in today. Will it be on wheels by the end of next class??
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