That should make a really fun cruiser!
There's a good chance you may see this in September ....I am enjoying seeing you get this thing going.
I did some work on the 452 heads, lets call it "mild" home-porting. I just did a little work around the valve guide and very little bowl work. I did not remove a lot of material, just smoothed out the transition around the guides into the bowl area..
talked to my machinist today. Dropping these heads off next week (big snowstorm tomorrow). Sounds like a quick turn-around for these and that's great, keeps the ball a rolling
Minor delay in the action, going to be an all day'er and it's just getting started ...... to be continued next week
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not sure... haven't been out yet... LOL predicting 7-9 ? we'll seeBummer, how many inches so far?
We ended up with about 4 once it was all finished and came down pretty slowly. Pretty cold so it was nice and "dry", perfect for skiing if I still did that lol.not sure... haven't been out yet... LOL predicting 7-9 ? we'll see
I don't mind it in February..... it's part of living here. Snowmobilers love it, and I snowmobiled for years but not in recent years. I'm happy for them..We ended up with about 4 once it was all finished and came down pretty slowly. Pretty cold so it was nice and "dry", perfect for skiing if I still did that lol.
I just find meteorology really interesting.
I don't mind it in February..... it's part of living here. Snowmobilers love it, and I snowmobiled for years but not in recent years. I'm happy for them..
no, we are using the fel pro that came in the gasket kit. They are supposed to be .039 thick. That is the reason we are cutting the heads, to gain back the loss with maybe a dab going in our favorAre you using the 0.020 steel head gasket
Those 70s timing chains, low mileage or not, need replaced. They had the nylon teeth. Just a word of caution. Replace for everyoneFYI for the EXtreme Budget folks: I also think it's worth mentioning that what we are doing to the 440 is really out of "choice of want to" and probably not out of necessity. If somebody really wanted to go cheap, I doubt they need to replace the valve springs, or timing chain (and there were cheaper sets than what we bought) as it is supposed to be a low mileage unit. And, for further cost savings, using the weighted "lo stall" from the RV would have saved the purchase of the flexplate. Just saying, no doubt I could have put this 440 in and had it running for under 500 bucks.
Again, what we are doing/or any upgrades to it is just our personal preference of choice.
This had steel both top and bottom... not sure if that had anything to do with a RV or somebody else was in there before me. It was a very good, tight chain and I could have saved 75 bucks by not replacing it. But yes, if an engine has the nylon cam gear, i highly recommend replacing it for sure!Those 70s timing chains, low mileage or not, need replaced. They had the nylon teeth. Just a word of caution. Replace for everyone
Us too ! When we get to take it on a cruise to get a burger and fries, then make a 1/4 mile pass..... it's kind of like a meat, potato/gravy with hot biscuit dinner after a hard days workLooking forward to that.