yody
05-12-2005, 09:55 PM
Well after starting the motor 2 months ago and having the cam go flat from somehow forgetting to remove the inner valve springs from only 1 of the heads, i finally got this thing back together and fired it up today. I have never heard such a beast!! This thing sounds so sweet! 11-1 compression, solid roller, Big Block and 3" exhaust make for a sweet sound!
It started right up and since it is a roller now i just let it idle. Oil pressure is about 25 at idle and 50-60 at higher rpm. I can't drive it yet, until i get the braking system finished.
Since last time I pulled the whole motor tranny, took apart the engine completely. Then had the motor hot tanked and i reassembled it. I bought a decent dial bore guage and rechecked my clerances and foudn them all to be loose at .0035, so i matched up some different bearings and got my .0025 I was looking for. I also put a Isky solid roller in it with
288/294 duration advertised
256/260 .050
.680 lift
when i degreed it, it actually came in a little bigger with the duration.
I also added Isky's Red Zone roller lifters.
I also put on a Milodon Road Race 8 qt oil pan with like 7 trap doors.
ALong with the oil pan i put a sandwich adapter with a 180 degree thermostat and ran a oil cooler.
The exhaust consists of 2" hooker super comp headers with flowmaster 4-2-1 collectors and Flowmasters "D-Port" cross over, and 3" dynomax ultraflows, and Pypes 3" tailpipes.
Can't wait to drive this thing!! In the next few days I will try and post a video, I can't believe how mean this thing sounds. I had no leaks or anything. Here are some pics
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It started right up and since it is a roller now i just let it idle. Oil pressure is about 25 at idle and 50-60 at higher rpm. I can't drive it yet, until i get the braking system finished.
Since last time I pulled the whole motor tranny, took apart the engine completely. Then had the motor hot tanked and i reassembled it. I bought a decent dial bore guage and rechecked my clerances and foudn them all to be loose at .0035, so i matched up some different bearings and got my .0025 I was looking for. I also put a Isky solid roller in it with
288/294 duration advertised
256/260 .050
.680 lift
when i degreed it, it actually came in a little bigger with the duration.
I also added Isky's Red Zone roller lifters.
I also put on a Milodon Road Race 8 qt oil pan with like 7 trap doors.
ALong with the oil pan i put a sandwich adapter with a 180 degree thermostat and ran a oil cooler.
The exhaust consists of 2" hooker super comp headers with flowmaster 4-2-1 collectors and Flowmasters "D-Port" cross over, and 3" dynomax ultraflows, and Pypes 3" tailpipes.
Can't wait to drive this thing!! In the next few days I will try and post a video, I can't believe how mean this thing sounds. I had no leaks or anything. Here are some pics
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)