Projects Big daddy's 1960 El Camino

Yep, my fault. My new block is done at the machine shop, I'll pick it up tmrw

 

God Damnit Man!!! When you do it, you do it good...

 

Years ago I bought a 327 that supposedly only needed a set of rings. Got it home, started tearing it down, found a crack that looked almost just like that. It was hidden by the motor mount and I didn’t see it until I pulled the head. Got a good crank, rods and pistons out of the deal, block was toast....

 

Damn straight brother! This was just my break in block, works best this way

 

Busted in the lifter Valley also....

 

Why don't you just beat the piss out of the head's with a 10# sledgehammer, while you're at it, so you have to start over, completely!? I gotta give it to 'ya, that's one hell of a mess you got there!

 

My fancy lifter index arrow points to the front of the block, you can find them on my website lmao

 

You are quite the craftsman

 

The cad drawing you used to lay out the lifter keeper was very helpful and kept everything nice, straight and neat!

 

Going together

 

That looks better!!! It's a good thing you're not running a Hurst saddle mount, you'd be S.O.L! Lookin' good Brother!

 

You kept the STP out of view.

 

Yeah, but I used plenty of it

 

Along with atf on the ring lands, and some 10W-30 sprinkled around here and there

 

FOR SALE! LOW PRESSURE SBC 288 BLOCK WITH NEW FREEZE PLUGS AND CAM BEARINGS LMAO!!

 

i don’t remember having a block with none of those holes drilled, what’s it from? What year?

 

Damn i hadn't noticed that. It came out of my buddy's 67 Camaro, supposedly the original engine. It's a 1967 date code

 

The 350 in my 56 from my son's 70 Camaro is similar to that. It has holes on p*** side but not the driver side.

 

So what holds the fuel pump pushrod on installation? Speed & luck? Lol

 

What side of vehicle is the fuel pump on a SBC?

 

And a dab of grease on the end of the rod.

 

My '67 (I think) 327 doesn't have the p*** side holes drilled either.

Gary

 

Just two questions

Can I get one stained? (I’m partial to Red Oak)
Do you accept American Express?

You splurged, I use old weathered 2nd

 

Lol with the price of lumber being so high, I probably had $5 in the s**** piece lol, I was gonna take a picture of me using it to beat the crank hub on, multi purpose tool lol

 

What I can see of the casting number on back of block looks like a 67 350 3932442 . I have never seen one without the holes drilled.

 

No I just ***embled this. It's a .030 over 283. Believe the suffix was FG, don't remember. It was the original engine in Kevin's Camaro when he bought it around 1990, he built a big block for it, and fortunately for me he kept the 283.

 

The full size cars in the 60's had threaded holes in front of the block, only on the left side for mounting a PS bracket. As Guthrie stated, grease on the pump rod is the only way to hold it in as far as I know.
I noticed some discussion of using the 30-30 cam. If you have an automatic transmission, go to a very loose converter and low gear in the rear end or the car will be a slug.

 

In the car, small pocket screw driver. On the engine stand @Lloyd's paint & gl*** turn the engine upside down.

 

I just use the fuel pump lever and a flick of the wrist to move the rod up and slide the lever under the rod.

 

I have a small scribe that i push up the rod, slide pump in