Category: My Projects

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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I re-arranged some content and split up some pages, as this project is beginning to snowball out of control.

With any luck, the short bed will be on this week, and the truck sitting in the weeds by the end of next week.

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