Reply With QuoteWish me luck, I'm going to head to the shop and start workin' on the 455. Got it out of the tank and cleaned up Friday, so it's ready to attack. I'll see about getting some pics up tonight.
Count us in on some of these shorter runs. Jan isn't gonna have a bunch of timeoff left for the summer (going to Hawaii in April) but we would really like to hook up with you guys for some of this fun come warmer weather.
Summers coming guys, hang in there and save a handful of cold ones for me........John
Wish me luck, I'm going to head to the shop and start workin' on the 455. Got it out of the tank and cleaned up Friday, so it's ready to attack. I'll see about getting some pics up tonight.
Yeehaw. Get busy Malcolm.
Here's my stack of pieces.
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Here she is just out of the washer.
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All clean and dry
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Cam bearings and plugs installed
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The cam fits!
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I better get this thing on the stand before it gets any heavier.
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This is where I stopped for the day. I'm going to do a little more work on the crank before I go any further.
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Nice Malcolm, very nice.
I can remember when they came out of the washer tank shining like a new one, back when noone worried about a few dangerous chemicals.... God I miss those days sometimes
It's pretty hard to get that old rust off. I ran it through my mini Hot tank first. Kinda screws it up when your block didn't have much grease and paint left on it.
Here's the crank after a polishing run in my old lathe.
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Here I'm just done running some plastigauge down the mainline.
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Got all .002s and .003s so it's time to lube her up and put the rear seal in.
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Crank's in and torqued.
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Here's the heads, I polished the chambers with my Dremel and filled the exhaust crossover with aluminum.
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Looks good Malcolm. Keep em coming
its good to see you getting that thing together.
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