The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 2: No Replacement For Displacement

[RustyHornet]

On the fly....impulsive....whatever you want to call it

Talking about yourself again?

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Talking about yourself again?

I am the model of consistency

 

[thunderchicken]

It will get much more intense when he swaps out the Poncho...

Well he's doing the right thing...like CM, me and everyone else with common sense has tried to get you to do. You're just too hard headed or stubborn. Lol

 

[RustyHornet]

Well he's doing the right thing...like CM, me and everyone else with common sense has tried to get you to do. You're just too hard headed or stubborn. Lol

I’ll gladly accept those titles.

 

[churchmouse]

I’ll gladly accept those titles.

Personally I am anxious to ride in the Lemans. I will make the journey north to do so.

 

[RustyHornet]

Personally I am anxious to ride in the Lemans. I will make the journey north to do so.

You may want to wait for the new engine and trans to go in. Right now it “carries speed well”....

 

[churchmouse]

You may want to wait for the new engine and trans to go in. Right now it “carries speed well”....

That is what I meant. When the big Poncho is in place tuned and ready.

 

[churchmouse]

Off to crown point this morning to meet the BigRetic and pick up the small block chev. he posted the pic of.
Made the turn around and got the little jewel in the shop. CP was all giggity so we tore (he mainly) it down.
It is seriously clean inside. It has all the ear marks of a re-build. Rods are numbered (punch marks) and there are a few new Exhaust valves in the heads. You can eat off the lifter valley. Rod journals are +10/mains are standard/bore is roughly 4.004 with verns.
This was a serious deal. We could have put a "Q" jet and a distributor on it and it would have ran.
"Winner"

Good help is hard to find...

Seriously hard to find axctually...

Getting there....

Clean in the valley and the heads. It was not driven hard after the rebuild. To much carbon.

 

[thunderchicken]

CP - looks like a great score. So what are the plans for this engine bulid? Heck you could just swap it out for that other sbc on the stand in that top pic. CM seems to be a nice enough guy, I'm sure he wouldn't mind helpin a guy out

 

[thunderchicken]

CM - do my eyes deceive me or do you have a carpeted garage floor?

 

[churchmouse]

CM - do my eyes deceive me or do you have a carpeted garage floor?

Yes. I do.
I have friends in all walks of life. A few are in Apt maint. Sometimes they have huge pieces that go unused or have been pulled from large meeting rooms etc.
I get these and cover the floor. Makes it so much warmer in the winter and the stereo sounds much better.

I am due up for something new this spring. I need to see whats available...

 

[churchmouse]

CP - looks like a great score. So what are the plans for this engine bulid? Heck you could just swap it out for that other sbc on the stand in that top pic. CM seems to be a nice enough guy, I'm sure he wouldn't mind helpin a guy out

I am helping a guy out.....

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Man, what a day. Huge thanks to Churchmouse for providing the transportation and garage space for the day. Began as a really good day picking up a project engine. Ended up doing something I’ve always wanted to do, disassembling a complete engine. I’ve seen it many times on Roadkill and YouTube. It’s way more fun in person. Came apart real easy. Harmonic balancer was the only thing that put up a fight. It was so ridiculously clean on the inside, I almost felt bad tearing it down. Almost





Hopefully this week we’ll see what Mr. MachineShop says about the costs of prepping it for the new rotating assembly. Should be a fun little thumper when it’s all buttoned up. Gotta make some decisions about heads and whatnot. We’ll see what happens. Again big thanks to CM. It’s good to have people in your life that are that old.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

CP - looks like a great score. So what are the plans for this engine bulid? Heck you could just swap it out for that other sbc on the stand in that top pic. CM seems to be a nice enough guy, I'm sure he wouldn't mind helpin a guy out

Pillage CM’s multiple sheds full of automotive treasures and bolt together a 383. Not a crazy race 383, more of a torquey, street oriented 383.

 

[thunderchicken]

Pillage CM’s multiple sheds full of automotive treasures and bolt together a 383. Not a crazy race 383, more of a torquey, street oriented 383.

Well I guess that would be another option. A decent 383 should wake that ride up a good bit

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Well I guess that would be another option. A decent 383 should wake that ride up a good bit

Yeah this first iteration will be reasonably tame. Need to sort out the rest of the car before I go too crazy. Brakes and traction and some safety items.

 

[thunderchicken]

Yeah this first iteration will be reasonably tame. Need to sort out the rest of the car before I go too crazy. Brakes and traction and some safety items.

Right on. Sounds like you have a good plan to make it happen

 

[Bigtanker]

CM - do my eyes deceive me or do you have a carpeted garage floor?

That's for when it's nap time and he doesn't want to walk ALL THE WAY in the house.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

That's for when it's nap time and he doesn't want to walk ALL THE WAY in the house.

You wouldn’t want to nap on that carpet. Somebody spilled antifreeze all over it.

 

[thunderchicken]

You wouldn’t want to nap on that carpet. Somebody spilled antifreeze all over it.

That's what a good creeper or a nice comfy pit mat is for. Lol. But I have nosed over while sitting in a car on scales before