I am nearly ready to start the engine assembly. Even though the block is fresh from the machine shop and clean, i still thoroughly cleaned the exterior of the block, dried it and painted it red to match the oil pan, timing chain cover and several small parts that Leanna powdercoated for me a long time ago! I’ll bag it until i get the crank back from the machine shop. The crank is the original 66 4 speed forged unit. Machine shop guy is going to open the crank pocket up to accept the A500’s torque converter.
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I cleaned and painted the Holley Street Dominator intake manifold, i went ahead and installed a NOS 5/8ths heater hose fitting, the Sniper temperature sending unit, the Dakota Digital temperature sending unit, the vacuum tee and 4 carb studs.
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The NOS water pump got the cleaning treatment and a coat of red paint. it has an 8 blade impeller - does that mean Heavy Duty or maybe for AC? I also installed a NOS 5/8 heater hose fitting, a 1 inch 70/up bypass hose fitting to match the one on the intake manifold and another plug.
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Both heads have been rebuilt with new valves, hardened exhaust valve seats and guides as needed. It was also cleaned and painted red (just one head pictured)
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I will also paint all the mounting bolts separately and I might give the complete assembled engine a once over of paint depending on what it looks like after assembly.
