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After a complete underhood restoration including engine rebuild.....
here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tAm8tgljZQ
here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tAm8tgljZQ
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Looking good!
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Thanks guys! I spent every spare second of my life on it for 2 months getting it to this point. It's nice to see it come together and run.
That engine is basically brand new. bored, honed, decked, allign-bored, hot tanked, magnafluxed, shot-peened, balanced, etc. The head also got decked and now has hardened valve seats on the exhaust valves.
The compression was bumped up 1 point and the cam was reprofiled for better performance. It was also bored 30 over. It's a racecar!
new oil pump
new lifters
new pistons
reconditioned connecting rods
new bearings / rings
20 under crank
I assembled the engine myself with almost all new parts.... drumroll.... on the kitchen counter!!
That engine is basically brand new. bored, honed, decked, allign-bored, hot tanked, magnafluxed, shot-peened, balanced, etc. The head also got decked and now has hardened valve seats on the exhaust valves.
The compression was bumped up 1 point and the cam was reprofiled for better performance. It was also bored 30 over. It's a racecar!
new oil pump
new lifters
new pistons
reconditioned connecting rods
new bearings / rings
20 under crank
I assembled the engine myself with almost all new parts.... drumroll.... on the kitchen counter!!
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Peter C and his wife stopped over last night and we took the car for a drive. It's got his seal of approval!
Thank you Peter! Tami took the car to work today, says it is running awsome and feels peppier than before. I learned a ton of new stuff from you, as I do every time we talk. I really appreciate it!
Tracy
Thank you Peter! Tami took the car to work today, says it is running awsome and feels peppier than before. I learned a ton of new stuff from you, as I do every time we talk. I really appreciate it!
Tracy