finished up my engine
 

Hey guys, I finished my engine, and have the promised pics (no burnout pics though, sorry). Broke in the cam this morning about 8:30 (neighbors already hated me anyway) but then I had to go to work, and it was raining cats and dogs when I came home so I haven't been able to drive it. It does look pretty though. :D My dog approves of it too, she loves my truck.
I'll get some more pics of it with the plug wires routed, it's dirty right now from me messing with it and getting greasy fingerprints everywhere.

Looking good!

looks great. Can you post a pic of the truck. I like the pinstrips.

Congrats on the engine. It looks sharp. So what kinda Horsepower #'s are we looking at? What changes did you make to the engine?
-ACES

Looks good, and looks nice, congrats!

Very nice

Looks pretty damn good congrats on the new engine..

I like the drop light location!! lol!! But really the engine looks great :metal: :hm: Randy

Looks great!!! I just broke mine in last week, it is a great feeling.
I say what kind of neighbors are they if they don't appreciate the sound of a new motor being broke in. Mine all look at me and wonder why that old guy just won’t grow up. I look at them and wonder why they want to :crazy: ??? Must just be me.
:metal:

:ww:

Nice job!

Sharp!

Nice Golden...nice engine too...LOL!

Greasemonkey,

can you tell me what heads you have on that engine? they look like cast dart heads? also where do you guys get those blue oil filters? what brand are they?

joel

Purdy......

nice detail!

ac delco filters are blue

Nice Job. Making that old farm truck look great.

around here in canada the ac delco filters are white with i think red and blue ac delco lettering on them.

joel

The heads are Dart Iron Eagles, 180cc runners/64cc combustion chambers. Cam is a Comp XE268, and intake is an Edelbrock Performer RPM airgap. The filter is an ACDelco 1218.
The timing is off a bit, and I need to adjust the carb and valves, but the test run was very satisfying. Once I get it tuned properly, it should run really well on the street.
stllookn, I was waiting for someone to notice my dog, lol!

That engine would look so sweet in MY truck! :) Well I have a question for you. I am taking a engine repair class and I have to do a ten minute oral report on the engine. What would be a good topic that I could talk that long about? Do you know of any good web :confused: sights that I could get info from? :confused:

I think camshafts would make a great topic. There is a ton of information on them and describing how they work and the effects on the engines performance would take a lot more than ten minutes but you could cover the main points in that time. Not very many people really understand them.
Comp cams or any other manufacturers web site should have a lot of info.



Here is a good one from Hot Rod
http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_0209_cam/

VetteVet

Ditto. Do some research online and in any hotrod/engine building books you have, and you can have a well-rounded report. I've learned a ton by reading, and am still learning thanks to websites like this one.

Thanks boys! I will look at that website! I will let you know how it goes. I hope it goes well because I am not doing so good in the class. I am glad that I found this site so I can ask you boys questions on how to fix my truck!

Sure looks great, nice job.

Greasemonkey,

Looking sharp. I used the same heads on my truck but I went with the XE274 cam. It runs very good. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I have a lot of fun with with my rebuilt 3.73 rear with Eaton posi and a new Jegs line lock. I think I did the county a favor by putting a new coat of rubber on the road in front of my house!!


Have fun,

James

Nice Looking Dog.