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Old 05-20-2010, 07:29 AM   #1
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Re: So I bought a Big Block....

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Did you do heads or a cam upgrade?
stock heads, i believe them to be peanut ports.. cam isnt stock but basically a computer friendly RV cam.. not sure of lift specs as it came in the engine


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where did you get that little tach at i like that
princess auto (same as harbour freight) it was pretty cheap
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Old 05-30-2010, 03:12 PM   #2
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Re: So I bought a Big Block....

OKAY BAD NEWS TODAY!







drove into town to pick up some new v-belts for my tractor... I'm heading down the road and my belt starts screeching.... the right as I try to turn into the next parking lot I hear a big thump and then the sound of something heavy and metallic hitting the ground... Then I loose PS and I watch in amazement as my crank pulley slowly rolls through on coming traffic... luckily no-one hit it, or me when I went to retreive it. But now it seems that Im just going to look into getting a whole new aftermarket serpentine setup, or a V belt setup, either or. Any suggestions? I'm going to call the local junkyard to see if they have a stock v belt setup, I only need PS and alt. and the reason I like to get rid of the stock serp setup is because its kind of half ass out of wack anyhow.. we had to shim the alt/ PS bracket out from the block to keep the belt from popping off . And for those of you wondering what the hell happened to the crank pulley... It was from an 89 so it hadd both v and serpentine pulleys spotwelded together, but somehow when we went to put a belt on it was almost a 1/4" out of line.. so we cut off the outer pulley with a grinder and that worked great, but the pulley bolts must have loosened with a combination of it being slightly wobbly and weakened and then a total case of metal fatigue.. What are you guys going with for the aftermarket setups?
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Old 05-22-2010, 12:00 AM   #3
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Re: So I bought a Big Block....

where the hell is corunna? i live in a little ****hole town west of ottawa
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Old 05-24-2010, 11:49 AM   #4
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haha! Corunna is like 8 hrs away right next door to port huron mich.
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