small block vette-shooting for under $3500 total...

[fatguyzinc]

I don't think you will have 10:1 compression with those heads on a stock 350. The mid '70's 350's had dished pistons that were often .030" down in the holes. That's why you can 50* of advance timing without it knocking and pinging.

the forged .030 over domed pistons we are running are rated 10.75 compression with a 64cc head,
these are 72cc heads. im pretty sure we are good compression wise. and as you said, even
if its "only" 9-1 it will still be FUN !!!!

[fatguyzinc]

AWWWWRIGHT ! the good luck continues-brother rodney hooked us up
with a new in box B&M 2200 stall converter for----(drum roll please)-----

***$100***..........

thanks rodney ! now i just need to bolt on the heads, cram the converter
in the trans, and swing that sucka IN !

hopefully next week sometime when both me & paz got a day off....

[fatguyzinc]

aaaaaaaaalrighty then, after a bunch of "fun" traveling to mainland and back,
i hit the 1 time a year auto parts swap meet this weekend--sadly wasnt nearly
as big a turnout as we hoped for, but still found a couple gems.

bought a new in box accel blueprint HEI with coil for $30, and a set of real
cal custom finned aluminum valvecovers for $40--and they had bolt on moon
standoff breathers already installed on them.

i also snuck in a "100% hotwheels" 2 car black box set when mama wasnt
looking--its the 'AMERICAN GRAFFITTI' set with yellow coupe & black 55
chevy...$20 !!!

so those go in the parts pile, working on getting a headgasket set and head
bolts next, then drop on the 2.02 summit heads & swing her in is the plan...

[fatguyzinc]

long block DONE ! now just need to find some free time and drop it in....
can you guess what her favorite color is?

[fatguyzinc]

got the set of energy suspension motor mounts
and matching trans mount, now i just gotta find the
time to chuck it all together--that 3rd vette we got
(the 77 that likes to eat distributors) is just killing me...

i either gotta find out whats wrong with it or strip it
already, its taking up the stall we need to do the pink
motor swap into the 79....

[fatguyzinc]

wow, its actually letting me post--
been stuck not being able to post for months now!
anyway, its in and bolted down. now on to the fun stuff--
trans cooler, shifter, carb, distributor, hoses, fuelpump,
etc etc etc.....

[fatguyzinc]

dang it...street dominator intake puts aircleaner into hood...
trying to decide if i want to change for a torker II, or just
pork that bast@rd through...

[Deaf Bob]

Hoodless?

[DanStokes]

dang it...street dominator intake puts aircleaner into hood...
trying to decide if i want to change for a torker II, or just
pork that bast@rd through...

Is it the carb itself or a combination of the carb and air cleaner? The reason I ask is that you could do something like what I did on the Volvo and use a 90* offset elbow off the carb to gain a ton of clearance. Other than that I have no clue.

Dan

[fatguyzinc]

Hoodless?

not good for daily driver status--rain, thieves. cops...
( "missing equipment"--ask me how i know...)

[fatguyzinc]

Is it the carb itself or a combination of the carb and air cleaner? The reason I ask is that you could do something like what I did on the Volvo and use a 90* offset elbow off the carb to gain a ton of clearance. Other than that I have no clue.

Dan

air horn holds hood 1-1/2 inch open. gonna have to either
cut hood, or change intake to shorter...

[fatguyzinc]

im over in maui for a bit, so work on the silver bullet has to wait
till i get back, but....a quick perusal of what we spent so far has
us coming in at right around $2400 thus far, so i think we MIGHT
actually pull this guy off for the hopefull $3500 total...we shall see !

honestly, even if we end up hitting $5000 i still think thats pretty
cheap considering it will have all new motor/ trans/ brakes/ ujoints/
rims & tires/ etc etc etc... luckily it already had a new radiator
and full true dual exhaust with headers when we bought it without
an engine or trans in it.

AND, its still a really nice vette, so factory 4 way discs, decent
handling due to engine setback, decent suspension, etc...
overall, a nice little fun hotrod for mama to cruise to work daily.

she says hurry up as she wants to drive it already, hah hah.....

[fatguyzinc]

ok, a swap to a torker II intake and a 14x2 low-profile
mr gasket aircleaner has us underhood. nice. now onto
the billions of other things--transcooler, shifter, fan, driveshaft,
gauges, pulleys, belts, brackets, etc etc etc.....

[fatguyzinc]

did you know that a "correct" corvette waterpump and pulley
uses a 3/4 center pilot instead of the more common 5/8?
i figured it out when the new 2" long fan spacer wouldnt fit
over the center pilot...

a half hour of holding the spacer in my hand whilst reaming
the center with a unibit has us back in bidness.

fun, fun, FUN..............

[SuperBuickGuy]

under hood? lol