Project: BLOWNUP

[pacman1967]

Here it is

[cochino12]

Oooh cool

[DanSan c 10]

I like the wheels you have on it now. What kind are they?

[Car'n'Guitars]

Nice!

[ringger14]

The 144 is so awesome! Thats what I plan on running as well. Ill be interested in watching this progress!

[pacman1967]

Well to all who have a slight intrest in this build, it is not dead. I am waiting on the weather to warm up a bit since I am currently with out a garage. Only parts left to order for the motor/tranny is a stall converter and my boost gauge. If the weather is good this weekend I am hoping to get the motor out and to my buddies shop to take it apart and rebuild.

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by pacman1967

Well to all who have a slight intrest in this build, it is not dead. I am waiting on the weather to warm up a bit since I am currently with out a garage. Only parts left to order for the motor/tranny is a stall converter and my boost gauge. If the weather is good this weekend I am hoping to get the motor out and to my buddies shop to take it apart and rebuild.

Lol...well, I'M interested to see what you do with this truck so keep on posting updates!

[Meatysdad]

I too like the rims, got the same ones on my 86 Georgia Milk Cow.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Cool good to hear and update.

[rocking chevy]

I see your from nebraska to. your pickup looks awesome too.

[pacman1967]

I like the rims myself, the only problem is with a 4" drop in the rear I have some issuse with the 315/60/r15 rubbing on the fender lip. The back spacing is off a little bit. I can raise the rear an inch and so I will see if that takes care of that issue, and I would like to run a narrower front tire then what is currently on there. I love the star type pattern and looking for something with a similar design.

[pacman1967]

Well I got the motor out yesterday. I was going to take a bunch of pics, but the weather started to turn for the worse so I had to get it out fast. Tomorrow I am going to break down the motor, and will be sure to take a lot of pics of that.

[pacman1967]

Well no progress on the motor, I got roped in to dry walling the ceiling of the garage I am using. So maybe this up coming weekend I will get apart and back in truck.

[pacman1967]

Well I was going to post pictures of my friends Big Block Chevelle, his wifes 65 mustange and his garage as we were sheet rocking, but my dog decided to eat the camera cable so I will try and get pictures up next week, Sunday we are going to get my motor torn down and put back together.

[pacman1967]

Well small update, I got my carb rebuilt and switched over to the 750 cfm HP main body. I also got my stall converter ordered, a jegs unit 2700-3000 rpm. Will get picks up as soon.

[pacman1967]

OK a few pictures, The first one is my friends Chevelle, it runs 10.8s in the 1/4 thanks to his 520 Big Block and he can cruize it around town if he really wants to. The second is his wifes 65 mustange, It just took first runner up at our local indoor winter car show. The mess around it is because of the drywall we were doing, no the car was not in there while we were hang rock. The last two are the lil blower just sitting on my motor. We got it rebuilt and found a couple things from the PO. It has four bolt mains, The balancer is for a 305 so I am changing that out. I had a broken valve spring on the intake valve on #4 cylinder. Bore looked ok. For got to take pics of the break down. So I will have pic of the rebuilt carb and motor later tonight hopefully.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Love the Chevelle.

[rocking chevy]

those cars are awesome. and your engine looks badass

[pacman1967]

Well no pics, I got called in to work last night so I didnt get a chance to do anything, sunday I will be putting the motor back in the truck once I get the balancer and water pump back on.

[pacman1967]

Things are not going well, the dip stick tube broke off, and while try to get it out a large peice fell into the oil pan so I had to take the pan back off. Then I was putting on my set of M/T valve covers I broke a bolt there, so we had to drill and take that out. I did manage to get my stall converter in with any trouble. I got my coil, and boost gauage installed. So I hope with any luck I will have the motor bolt back into the truck tomorrow. Murph's Law was in full affect

[pacman1967]

well this build isnt dead, things have picked up at work and been running in to a few bugs here and there, hopefully by the 14th I will have it up and running

[El Campo]

You will be a lot happier with that 144 on the 350 than a 406 anyways. My brother tried to put a 144 just like that on a 383 and B and M or whoever make the blowers for them (it has been a while back so I cannot recall) told me that in order to push very much boost you have to wind it to the moon. If I recall correctly something like 18,000 RPM at 6,000 engine RPMs!!!!! They aren't turbos and cannot handle that kind of speed. I like those rear tires btw. Always liked this body style.

[pacman1967]

Well small update, my brother and I got the motor back into the truck, need to finish up the small thing, got to bolt up the converter, the fuel pump, the headers, starter and make new fuel lines. Then I can prime the oil pump, put in the distrubtor and bolt on that lil huffer. will post pics next week.

[pacman1967]

Well, two steps foward one step back, things are close to be buttoned up, I have to order a new alt. bracket, kick down cable, next week should be the week unless something else creeps up.

[pacman1967]

Well a update, the motor is in, and I all I have left to do is put on the new starter, fill with fluids and bolt on the blower and drop the dist in. Couple pics of the blower on the motor here, i was bending up the hard fuel line and seeing if I would have any clearance isssues, it looks like I am gonna have to switch from a 4in to a 3in air filter and I should clear fine. I also have a pic for the old and new stalls.