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*update* The block finally got here last week!!!! "4 to 6 weeks" turned out to be more like 14-16 weeks. however, it's about the prettiest damn...
Hey David! Let me know when you are in good enough shape to get her apart. I will come out and help. Lux
Dude! That kicked ass!
ha! I remember when you first got that home. all I gotta say is "box stock my ass, Mr. Cochran!"
dammit chris! you owe me a keyboard, or at least a good idea of how to get Dr.pepper out of one!
for the uninformed, this is actually the truck used to write this thread.
me too! I have 2 builders!
Here at crushproof, we celebrate black friday in a slightly different manner... we listen to scandanavian death metal all day long. I would say...
heh. so much for "chevrolet and g.m.c. are exactly the same truck" Eh?:rolleyes: firedome installed a g.m.c. bumper in his (it's actually a...
no worries!
you guys need to shut up about 425's. they are hard enough to find already. :D
well, by comparison, 100 for me is "nice outside"
by all means install the s.b.c. then give me the 455.
I missed you guys. :D well, I will step up. it means much about nothing. even with true dual exhaust, you are gonna have some suction during...
Uh...I am not sure what the owner wants to do with it, but I know this. if you are gonna drive it from Texas to Florida...bring a lot of tie...
I agree. that's why we are building this motor for torque. and with the block, trans, heads and intake all being aluminum, I figure it will be...
we will be using the pond heads and block. crank and rods from eagle, and we found a place that makes a tri power set up that looks pretty nice. I...
well, that, and the gigantic oil pan. by the time it was all said and done...the v8 would be the better choice.
wanna know a secret? 78-79 caddy sevilles- the fugly ones with a 2 foot trunk and a 10 foot hood- those are f-bodies, and alot of them had caddy...
ah! on the th400, it sits straight down the middle, I just read an article on a 4l60 swap into a first gen camaro, and they had to cut the...
nope. but I demand you try to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time. honestly, this thread was geared towards one thing...showing...
the truck in the photos routinely runs around with a pair of motorcycles in the back. I would probably add some overload bags for trailering,...
Austin.
I am sure it could be done as some of those cars came with inlines in them in the earlier models...but it sounds like a total pain in the butt.
that's why we are going with the aluminum block and heads...light,light,light. The pond block will accept notching, and eagle makes a monster...
Yeah. the 385 series was top on the list...until we realized they pretty much don't fit for kaka in these cars. besides...tri power low rise...
awesome. thank you.
ha! we were talking about diesel power for this car. Curt and I laughed and both said "I bet that would end up being harder than it looks...."
My ex wife is a magnet for electrocution. she insisted the screw in this one particular light switch would get her about every time she touched...
that's what I'm thinking...shouldn't be a whole lot of drama involved. well, except that I think we landed on a solid motor choice today. We are...
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