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thanks.. I'm writing all this down, so I'll have items to discuss when I go drop the motor off with my rebuild guy. Just want to make sure I...
I appreciate what you are saying RR. But Just for reference.. I have the truck totally disassembled now... I want to do everything now,.. and when...
Thanks.. thats what I need to hear.. basic stuff,.. and assume I know nothing. If someexplains something assume I don't know anything and start...
OK I'm back again tonight... Maybe I can find out some more stuff... THANKS so much to all of you that have chimed in with answers. It is all so...
OH.. I got a Holly carb for it... just happend to pick it up cheap... too cheap to pass up. I'm sure it'll need to be rebuilt.. but even a rebuild...
OK.. latest news... found out I have the 'hot' 305 set up... 601 heads, so I now question.. is the CAM still a "bad" one like someone mentioned...
woo hoo... OK.. got to digging and I found out I got 601 heads. in the spot (center of heads) I saw posted where they number "should" be... I have...
SO if I understand you right... I'd need to heads to come on the correct b lock. Just putting a 'good' set of heads on any 305 motor won't do me...
yeah.. you right.. I asked.. tops of my pistons don't look like any of these mine just are flat.. two tiny little eyebrows
well gee. I'm tickled to get up this morning and see all the replies to my post... I back up here and try to respond to some of them.... I gotta...
hey.. love your little M5... I wouldn't say "not quite so molested"... just "molested different" Yeah I'm keeping the fenders on mine,.. but yeah...
Yeah I went to that site... I guess thats part of why I got confused... On the BACK of the block I do have some numbers 14010203 (say thats one...
and where do you look for the numbers on these heads...
Towing.. I'm still kicking that issue around. It's something I have to decide now... I plan on having a roll pan on the truck... so to want to put...
cool.. thanks everyone for the replies... keep them coming. I am about to build this motor.. need all the info I can get. Just fo9und out today...
How do you "know" if it's a HO305... or is that part of "built it"... make it into one. I mean any of these motors I have I plan on having totally...
well I'm encouraged by many of the posts... ... and yes.. I'm not looking for anything "quick,.. or 1/4 mile performance. This'll be something...
I just went and measure my bore and stroke... All I got is a tape measure... but closest I can tell is it;s bore is 3.75,.. and stroke is 3.5......
seems everything keeps pointing back to a 305... I found this best I could measure with a tape measure was 3.75 and stroke was 3.5... pretty...
thanks.. I was hoping for at least 20 mpg when we started...?? thats when we were thinking it was a 350
so the bore.. do you just measure.. I assume you have to 'mic' it..?? All I have here at the present time is a tape measure... closest I can...
well I had a thread I started a short time ago. I was kinda getting to the end of it... and everyone bailed on me.. Maybe they'll be back.. but I...
ok.. appreciate the info.. and you guys jumping in to help an idiot.. couple questions if you don't mind... can you point me to where you found...
ok this is what it says... A25 D N K31 and it has thet clock face on it points to 5.... and outside dot is at top OH.. now this...
hhuumm I'll go check... be right back.. we've been disassembling the engine... One of the guys that sold us the motor was a long time friend of...
both the motors look identical.. so whatever they are.. I'd say they are the same..
OK.. I am confused.. I bought a motor was a 350 (supposed to be) It come out of a buick malibu,.. something> I was there when they took it out....
well I made it down to the Good Guys show today... I was VERY disappointed in the vendors. Only a small handful at the whole show... At Lowes...
FYI dude.. I followed the link for the scooters... they are $50 a day just so ya know...
Not trying to be a smartasss. dude... but it also says 2007... LOL Last year at Good Guys in Lowes thats what I paid... I 'expected' to pay $15......
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