Well, here is the engine. We had a 350 that was in need of some work, so we turned that mild, tired, worn-out 350 into a 383 stroker with a whole lot of shiny stuff! I would love to go into detail into what all is included, but Travis is the one who put it all together. I vaguely recall the terms "flat-topped pistons", "aggressive cam", "premium gas only because of compression", etc. What I do know is it looks nice and my wallet is a whole lot thinner! Travis does the ordering and yep, you guessed it.....I do the paying. Damn that guy! Thank goodness I have an understanding wife ;)
Travis did the welding on the doors. I can't believe how many holes were in the door from various types of mirrors that have been in place on this old girl! I think we counted 26 holes on each door....Sheesh! Anyway, we had the grinder out and tried to smooth out the welds as best we could. Still needs some work, but it will come. We have our motivational ups and downs and our dream of turning this truck into a road worthy street machine in a few months has turned into maybe a year....or two.
mike is understating about the motor. It has a .525 lift cam,cameal hump heads,holley alum intake,750 cfm carb,all roller valve train,and can you say forged rotating mass. All that stuff makes for a 400 horsepower of rice rocket killin amercian muscle. I would bet that the truck will run in the thirteen second range in the 1/4. The next big step is the rear end. The 3.08 gears and the one tire spinning is'nt going to do it. Im talking 3.73 gears and posi.
ReplyDeleteHa! Travis to the rescue once again. I knew that I would probably mess everything all up with the explanation. Good job. I will add that we ordered the bulk of our parts for the engine through Summit Racing. The body parts and other general parts for assembly, or rather reassembly comes from the guys at LMCTruck. They have been very helpful with our questions and everything has arrived in fairly good time. ~ MG
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