1966 Barracuda, Commando 4bbl, 4 speed restoration
Just heard back from the machine shop on my engine. All good news.
Crank was good and could be cleaned up without too much trouble. Piston bores to 0.030 over to address the scars of the stuck rings in Cyl #3 from my failure to store it correctly. Passed its magnaflux, both heads and block. Gave them the go-ahead to finish the work. Ordering a cam from Racer Brown. Sounds like the combo of decking, thicker gaskets, and the known item with the Egge piston about pin placement will leave me below the original 10.5 to 1, but that is not an issue as I could not get that sort of gas without doing my own car-side chemical admixture anyway.
full body pics at some point, but in the meantime I worked on the frozen speedometer. Literally the input shaft siezed and snapped the cable long ago, likely from lack of lubrication. Will post that update tonight.
Just heard back from the machine shop on my engine. All good news.
Crank was good and could be cleaned up without too much trouble. Piston bores to 0.030 over to address the scars of the stuck rings in Cyl #3 from my failure to store it correctly. Passed its magnaflux, both heads and block. Gave them the go-ahead to finish the work. Ordering a cam from Racer Brown. Sounds like the combo of decking, thicker gaskets, and the known item with the Egge piston about pin placement will leave me below the original 10.5 to 1, but that is not an issue as I could not get that sort of gas without doing my own car-side chemical admixture anyway.
full body pics at some point, but in the meantime I worked on the frozen speedometer. Literally the input shaft siezed and snapped the cable long ago, likely from lack of lubrication. Will post that update tonight.