Projects Big daddy's 1960 El Camino

Father's Day is coming up. Maybe a couple of hints to Miss Ashley and a big block will magically appear?

 

Mrs Ashley is on board all the way, if she wasn't into cars, I wouldn't be married lol

 

Will do.

 

No, sorry I did not mean that. There is a Winters L88 427 intake, as well as the heads from the 396.

 

@Budget36 - thank you for helping me clarify.

 

LLoyd, Here are a couple pictures of my 427 sitting in my 59 El Camino over the years for inspiration. It was actually a 454 with a 396 Crank and L88 Pistons, but I never told it that when I Hammered on it.

 

Oh, I hope you didn’t think I was trying to correct you.
I was genuinely curious!

 

here's the intake, alternator boss broken, so mount it on the other side or low mount. Vette guys say it isn't worth much because it isn't uncut. Guys, what's a fair price for this stuff?

 

$100 sounds like an amazing deal Steve

 

Well I’ll go 150, but Chevydude has to cover shipping

 

Lmao! You're such a great guy

 

Lloyd already knows I'm coming. I'll drag it all along.

 

Eek!
QUOTE="Lloyd's paint & glass, post: 14875646, member: 346389"]$100 sounds like an amazing deal Steve [/QUOTE]

 

Hell I'm just looking forward to hanging out and bench racing! Lol

 

Sooooo, is watching you guys build a big block Chevy going to be part of the Lloydfest activities?

I watched the Texas guys each bring a pile of parts and pieces to the HAMB drags one year, they assembled a roadster in the hotel parking lot then raced it at the drags, then took it apart in the hotel parking lot and everyone took their parts back home. You all got some big shoes to fill!

Too bad I don't have any big block Mopar parts left to bring along to confuse the build with.

 

I didn’t get an invite to Lloydfest. I am feeling so sad.

 

I just so happen to have a pile of big block mopar stuff….

 

I didn't get invited to Panama Beach either! Punk ass, I tagged you multiple times, actually figured you'd be the first one here

 

Wish me luck, and by that I mean don't break it! Getting ready to load up and head on over to the track. Still doesn't run right, but I ran out of time, and I don't give a shit either lol

 

Good luck and take a shit ton of pictures

 

Have a blast Lloyd!

 

I remember that year.
Good luck Lloyd, only make one change at a time.

 

Well
Where’s the updates?

 

He has a thread going for the strip. He made 3 passes, he said he was “out” I assume bracket racing.

edit: see if this works

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...with-the-60-elco.1293487/page-2#post-14876503

 

Wanted to update this, in the case that it wasn't seen on the drag strip thread. I changed the carburetor to another new 600 Holley I had. I put the 35 discharge nozzle in it and the medium (silver) secondary spring. Immediately better. Also gapped the plugs to 35. Dropped the timing to 10⁰initial, 34⁰ all in at 2200rpm with the help of one lite spring and one medium. The car is a different car now. Runs a thousand times better than it did Saturday. Friday night I'm taking it over for the test & tune session at the drag strip, see how much it improves. I'll be sure to post the results, unless it got slower of course lmao!

 

Not sure that any of this will help...as usual....


a row of pistons


flat tops cut down 1/8" to make a 496 stroker. Not much dome thickness left, and you'd need a 1/4" stroker 454 crank.



hyper .060 oversize .340 dome



original L-88 I think, you'd need a 396 crank and good fuel for these! plus a standard bore block, which is hard to find.



Flat tops. 030. I have a block to put these in, to make a normal 454 with. You'd need closed chamber heads to get compression with them, but if you could find some early rectangular port closed chamber heads, like off a 375 hp 396, they'd be great.

 

My machinist offered me a set of .030 flat tops, but I'm gonna stick with the heads i have. I believe he told me speed pro domes are $330, bore size doesn't matter.

 

Sounds good.

 

Any reason not to run these pistons?