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RustyRatRod

RustyRatRod

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Workin on a friend's 71 C/10 short bed step side truck. old school 350, borg warner super t/10 four speed. He blew a head gasket shortly after a local guy built it for him. It sat a few years and then we met and got to talkin and he asked if I'd look at it. lol So I yanked the heads...nice little 186 double hump closed chamber. Had them worked. Cleaned the short block up good. Put a new set of lifters in it. Got it all back together and went to prime it. Kitty says the gauge only reads 15 PSI. So I go around to let her show me exactly what it said and she says, "It went all the way around to 15". So.....I let her operate the drill. Yup. Gauge spun from zero, past 100 and back to 15. Stuck relief valve from sittin up.

So, I order everything, new HV pump, @stroked340 HARDENED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, LOL, and new pan gasket set.

So where am I goin with this? I KNEW FelPro made some nice gaskets and I did get the cool silicone one piece pan gasket with the metal rings molded in to keep from over tightening. ...and those snap ups. They hold the gasket AND pan up on the engine so you can easily start bolts....used them before....I knew all that. But this set CAME WITH ALL NEW BOLTS AND WASHERS. FOR THIRTY SEVEN BUCKS. I'm like "dammit, I'm going back to Chevy" LOL

Of course I'm not doin that, but you know, it sure would be nice of somebody made that nice a stuff for Mopars. Just my friendly rant for the day.....there could be more. LOL
 
Well RRR not to be sacrilegious but I am on the hunt for a 65-69 CJ while I am at home this week. And guess what motor I got slated to put in it? Yep Chevy 350! Let the haters hate! I am Mopar to the bone but those 350s just rule in old jeeps! Rock your C10 guy, they got great lines!
 
Sublime one said:
Well RRR not to be sacrilegious but I am on the hunt for a 65-69 CJ while I am at home this week. And guess what motor I got slated to put in it? Yep Chevy 350! Let the haters hate! I am Mopar to the bone but those 350s just rule in old jeeps! Rock your C10 guy, they got great lines!
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I will never ever discount a good engine and the Chevy small block it one of the best.
 
dirty white boy said:
best thing bout a chevy is how cheap it is to build a chevy!
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That's one of the few things I disagree with Larry Shepard about. He talks over and over again in the MP engine book about how the Chrysler small block is cheaper to build and it's just not. I don't know that it ever had been. I've always wondered how he figured that. I got him on Facebook.....maybe I'll ask him. lol
 
He backs that statement up with “The Chrysler will last longer between rebuild/refresh times.”
 
RustyRatRod said:
Workin on a friend's 71 C/10 short bed step side truck. old school 350, borg warner super t/10 four speed. He blew a head gasket shortly after a local guy built it for him. It sat a few years and then we met and got to talkin and he asked if I'd look at it. lol So I yanked the heads...nice little 186 double hump closed chamber. Had them worked. Cleaned the short block up good. Put a new set of lifters in it. Got it all back together and went to prime it. Kitty says the gauge only reads 15 PSI. So I go around to let her show me exactly what it said and she says, "It went all the way around to 15". So.....I let her operate the drill. Yup. Gauge spun from zero, past 100 and back to 15. Stuck relief valve from sittin up.

So, I order everything, new HV pump, @stroked340 HARDENED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, LOL, and new pan gasket set.

So where am I goin with this? I KNEW FelPro made some nice gaskets and I did get the cool silicone one piece pan gasket with the metal rings molded in to keep from over tightening. ...and those snap ups. They hold the gasket AND pan up on the engine so you can easily start bolts....used them before....I knew all that. But this set CAME WITH ALL NEW BOLTS AND WASHERS. FOR THIRTY SEVEN BUCKS. I'm like "dammit, I'm going back to Chevy" LOL

Of course I'm not doin that, but you know, it sure would be nice of somebody made that nice a stuff for Mopars. Just my friendly rant for the day.....there could be more. LOL
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I'm running into the same kind of thing with a truck build. A 440 powered, stick shift truck would cost thousands but a big block stick shifted ford 7.5 with a ZF5 can be had for under 500. Bucks and would probably outperform the 440 setup with ease.

Dammit Chrysler, why'd you kill the 440 after 1978
 
Im just gonna say it. ....I like Fords and Chevys too....THERE, I said it.

Then again, I love 318s too, so.....ya know!

Jeff
 
RustyRatRod said:
Workin on a friend's 71 C/10 short bed step side truck. old school 350, borg warner super t/10 four speed. He blew a head gasket shortly after a local guy built it for him. It sat a few years and then we met and got to talkin and he asked if I'd look at it. lol So I yanked the heads...nice little 186 double hump closed chamber. Had them worked. Cleaned the short block up good. Put a new set of lifters in it. Got it all back together and went to prime it. Kitty says the gauge only reads 15 PSI. So I go around to let her show me exactly what it said and she says, "It went all the way around to 15". So.....I let her operate the drill. Yup. Gauge spun from zero, past 100 and back to 15. Stuck relief valve from sittin up.

So, I order everything, new HV pump, @stroked340 HARDENED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, LOL, and new pan gasket set.

So where am I goin with this? I KNEW FelPro made some nice gaskets and I did get the cool silicone one piece pan gasket with the metal rings molded in to keep from over tightening. ...and those snap ups. They hold the gasket AND pan up on the engine so you can easily start bolts....used them before....I knew all that. But this set CAME WITH ALL NEW BOLTS AND WASHERS. FOR THIRTY SEVEN BUCKS. I'm like "dammit, I'm going back to Chevy" LOL

Of course I'm not doin that, but you know, it sure would be nice of somebody made that nice a stuff for Mopars. Just my friendly rant for the day.....there could be more. LOL
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I'm just curious, where was that gasket made? I got a valve cover gasket for a Neon, from Felpro (via rockauto) and it was Chinese.
Called Victor Reinz and they were made in USA so I bought two.
 
MrJLR said:
Im just gonna say it. ....I like Fords and Chevys too....THERE, I said it.

Then again, I love 318s too, so.....ya know!

Jeff
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Me too! I like all the older domestic stuff. Cool is cool and a good car is a good car.
 
YY1 said:
Pics?
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jos51700 said:
I'm just curious, where was that gasket made? I got a valve cover gasket for a Neon, from Felpro (via rockauto) and it was Chinese.
Called Victor Reinz and they were made in USA so I bought two.
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I don't care if it's made in Homer's butthole. It's a good gasket.....and yeah I just looked on the box. "MADE IN USA"
 
...of the truck.....
 
Yeah it's annoying buying parts for my lady's Chevelle. Everything is 25-50% cheaper than what I'm used to paying for Mopar parts.
 
RustyRatRod said:
That's one of the few things I disagree with Larry Shepard about. He talks over and over again in the MP engine book about how the Chrysler small block is cheaper to build and it's just not. I don't know that it ever had been. I've always wondered how he figured that. I got him on Facebook.....maybe I'll ask him. lol
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well... to get a chevy equal to a stock mopar gotta buy a aftermarket block, then them 18 degree ernhart heads still big bucks,..ant no body's aftermarket shaft rockers cheap ether, chevys rods sux so you gotta buy a set,...all that just to equal a new stock mopar sb...he might be thunking likr this maybe...
 
dirty white boy said:
well... to get a chevy equal to a stock mopar gotta buy a aftermarket block, then them 18 degree ernhart heads still big bucks,..ant no body's aftermarket shaft rockers cheap ether, chevys rods sux so you gotta buy a set,...all that just to equal a new stock mopar sb...he might be thunking likr this maybe...
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Yeah, they don't need all that. If anything, Mopars need some of what Chevy came with. Every single first generation Chevy small block had quench heads. All of them. Both their open and closed chamber. You can get quench with both and both came with quench right from the factory. Course they had what I consider inferior valve trains, but they had good chambers. A lot of them flow really well, too. They're good engines just like they are.
 
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