The Jalopy Journal
putting some 20s and air ride on that thing, lol. I know what you mean though. Especially to a car that well known.
it’s why I stock up at the local little general store when they put the spray cans on sale. Rattle cans have gotten a little pricey.
Got the rest of the valvetrain in today, got the lash initially set and will run the valves again after its in the car and running. Stuck the...
oh i love those 6x2 manifolds they look really sharp as well, but I think they were for the 348 heads or 340hp 409 for the most part. I have never...
Also a fun fact is the intake manifold had its birthday today. It was cast Dec 5 1961. Looks pretty good for 64 years old. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Got the camshaft back last week, so was able to get back to assembling today. Didnt get as much done as planned as had some friends drop by at...
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quite the heavy motor to shove in the back, would make a good wheel stander, lol.
[IMG] The 70 GSX had one as well. Its the same unit as a Pontiac, just said Buick.
ah ok, I misunderstood what you were asking, yeah they are the same. After 62 there was really no major overhauls to the designs of things...
the 409 blocks are all the same outside of it being a passenger car or truck block. Heads will swap with no issues due to the heads being flat as...
He does great work, has done the last handful of small blocks we have built. Only thing he doesn't do is turning cranks because he just doesn't...
Hutchins Performance in Beaverton/Portland did all the machine work on the block and heads.
Yeah I would think with this crank to just turn the snout down at this point. Honestly if I was gonna do a stroker motor, I would have just...
yeah this one just needs the front snout turned down if you want to run a stock timing cover or you get one of those special covers from show car...
Chrome covers are gonna be going on the 348 that will most likely end up in the 55 Chevy. For a correct 62 motor, I am stripping the 348 covers...
Currently still waiting on the camshaft so painted the tins and balancer yesterday, not gonna bolt the heads down until we can get the cam and...
yeah I hear you on that. We only have this 409 and the parts because we have scored some super deals along the way to make it possible. I had full...
Got the heads back the machine shop next. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Also took the cam core and lifters over to Oregon Cam Grinders to have it...
While picking up the block, dropped the 690 heads off, along with new valves and guide plates to have them gone through. While the heads were at...
Now fast forward to October and now it was time to load up the block and take it to the machine shop. One cylinder had a nasty scratch so ended up...
Forgot while in the process of this whole thing, also picked up a darn near NOS dual quad intake that is also a super early 62 unit as it again...
During the summer at Goodguys in Puyallup met a fellow HAMBer and his Uncle with his sweet custom 56 Chevy that has a 409 in it. While chatting...
Now with the big pieces home. Kind of put everything away as summer was hitting and got the other cars ready for the season. Did fall into a stash...
Got home and got a better look at the engine, this was just inspecting and going over all the casting numbers and really seeing what we have. Also...
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