Recent content by Chambec

Pretty much confirms that I am going to have to turn the crank. Got the pistons out and all of the pistons were down to the copper on the bearings. The mains were simply tore up. They all looked like that and there was some grooving on 1, 2 and 4 mains on the crank.

Welp.... Not good. This is on that free 360 magnum block I picked up... I was going to get it prepped to build it as my intentions were to just slap in cam bearings, put in a stock(-ish) cam and throw it in the car.... Looks like plans have now changed. To be honest, not even sure how...

To continue on, I also found a good hood to replace the banged up one that was on the car. Before the hood swap, it had a big dent in the middle and was warped: After the hood swap: Looks good! I kinda like the white color personally.... Think its neat. Anyways, the 8.8 needed to...

Oh my... Seems that I haven't made an update in some time. Since the last post, progress has been made but slowed down quite a bit. Starting from the last post, I re-built and combined two leaf packs into one. Overall, I really like the added stiffness to the car. Overall, it raised the backend...

So today, I was researching the leaf sag dilemma. I took a look at ESPO and got a quote from them, took a look at the hotchkis leafs, ebay leafs, and even a quote from a custom leaf spring builder locally. Except for the ebay leafs, all were all at or above $400.... And I would really not want...

Yesterday I got some stuff accomplished that is super exciting, at least for me. During my lunch yesterday, I got my tires mounted on the wheels yesterday. After work, and before getting the call stating that the tires were ready, I prepped for the test fit. I fortunately got my ubolts in and...

I was looking at some fuel tanks from various people. Since I was thinking about getting a new fuel sender anyways, it might be something that I should do is to get the package deal from like ebay or rockauto, tanks inc, etc... But i did happen to see this on ebay yesterday that got me thinking...

Oh and found out that when I fill the gas tank to full, that the patch in the gas tank, seeps a bit of fuel..... great.

Update time. To start off this update, Friday night, I was supposed to meet up with DionR and watch the races. Trying to get the car prepped by fixing the turn signals, I wanted to take it out. Well, before i get into that, let me first say, that I was able to get the turn signals working...

OK, tested the blower motor. Doesnt work (was planning on working on this at a later date). Tested radio wires as I dont have a radio but that works. There is power going to the red/white wires. So I guess I have to hunt down that last spit and see where that is at and test. Also, about the...

Yup... Just confirmed what I saw on the trans is the backup switch. Yea, nothing is connected to that....

Little bit of an update. Continued to work on the temp gauge. Got a new temp switch/senor and installed that. While I was there, I swapped out the thermostat from the current 200 degree to a 180 degree unit. Got it all bolted up and installed. Ran the car for about 10-ish minutes, and sure...

Maybe later down the line, and decide to go with links, that may be an option.. though, I would think that aluminum for a watts link may be too weak? But I would, at the moment, basically cuts the ears like in the video.

Little bit of an update. Started to work on getting the axle all prepped and ready for the swap. Got the e-brake cables off and wire wheeled it a bit to get the rust and road grime off. Then started to get the unnecessary brackets off. Got sway bar brackets and the leaf spring brackets off and...

This Friday or next Friday?