66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?
Started mocking up the bottom end and screwed up right away. Managed to nick the crank with the rod bolts so I tore grooves in the rod bearing on the one piston I mounted to measure chamber volume. Crap.
Anyway. Rod bearings can be bought one off. No biggie.
turns out I’ll get about 9.5:1 CR with the old closed chamber 273 heads. I think I’ll mill them to get up to 10.5:1 where I want to be.
Not really sure where to begin so I decided to paint the block first.
Needs one more coat on this side. I used Uncle Tony’s tip and went over the casting surfaces with a torch and a rag before cleaning with brake cleaner. Some oil seeped out but not much after the acid bath. I’m sure the paint will stick good now!
I think I’ll paint the valley too but first I need to grind off all the defects. I want it to look good and the oil to run easily.
Started mocking up the bottom end and screwed up right away. Managed to nick the crank with the rod bolts so I tore grooves in the rod bearing on the one piston I mounted to measure chamber volume. Crap.
Anyway. Rod bearings can be bought one off. No biggie.
turns out I’ll get about 9.5:1 CR with the old closed chamber 273 heads. I think I’ll mill them to get up to 10.5:1 where I want to be.
Not really sure where to begin so I decided to paint the block first.
Needs one more coat on this side. I used Uncle Tony’s tip and went over the casting surfaces with a torch and a rag before cleaning with brake cleaner. Some oil seeped out but not much after the acid bath. I’m sure the paint will stick good now!
I think I’ll paint the valley too but first I need to grind off all the defects. I want it to look good and the oil to run easily.
