My 5.9 into '68 Dart swap
Well things are moving right along. I've got her stripped down to the bare block now. Working on getting the piston ring grooves cleaned out.
Have a bunch of fun stuff ordered and should be here by the weekend. From Summit I got my oil pan, piston ring set, and a dingleball hone headed my way. Nobody around here rents them so I bought one. From Advance auto parts I ordered a new stock replacement 5.2 camshaft, and a complete gasket set.
Went with the stock 5.2 cam because of the budget. Just couldn't swing a regrind cam, and a core charge cause my original was toast, and springs, and retainers and locks, and probably longer pushrods, etc.etc. With the 5.2 cam I can use my stock springs, retainers, etc.
Been selling off some extra parts that I had bought for a previous engine and never used to raise the funds to finish off the 5.9
Its a pretty much a budget build, hone-re-ring, rod bearings, new cam, timing chain set, gaskets, seals, and top it off with an Edelbrock magnum airgap and a carb.
update: parts have arrived.
Well things are moving right along. I've got her stripped down to the bare block now. Working on getting the piston ring grooves cleaned out.
Have a bunch of fun stuff ordered and should be here by the weekend. From Summit I got my oil pan, piston ring set, and a dingleball hone headed my way. Nobody around here rents them so I bought one. From Advance auto parts I ordered a new stock replacement 5.2 camshaft, and a complete gasket set.
Went with the stock 5.2 cam because of the budget. Just couldn't swing a regrind cam, and a core charge cause my original was toast, and springs, and retainers and locks, and probably longer pushrods, etc.etc. With the 5.2 cam I can use my stock springs, retainers, etc.
Been selling off some extra parts that I had bought for a previous engine and never used to raise the funds to finish off the 5.9
Its a pretty much a budget build, hone-re-ring, rod bearings, new cam, timing chain set, gaskets, seals, and top it off with an Edelbrock magnum airgap and a carb.
update: parts have arrived.
