Rebuild complete! (long)
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Le Mans Master
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From: Tampa Bay
St. Jude Donor '06
Rebuild complete! (long)
Finally.. What started out as a simple valve job turned into the rebuild from Hell. My brother has a shop in Indy, about 1000 miles away from me. He said to take the car up to him, and he would do the work for me in his spare time. He ended up shelving the entire engine and building up an engine from a donor 4 bolt main block with all the goodies. I ended up with too big of a carb, so I have an extra Speed Demon 750 if anyone here wants it.
The ride from Indy to Tampa was almost uneventful. I broke an alternator belt in Nashville, and the speedo cable broke outside of Louisville. It appears that the water pump pulley is slightly hitting the crankshaft pulley, so I will hit a speed shop for a slightly smaller one. I got about 10 miles per gallon, so there were plenty of gas stops. If not for the Atlanta traffic and fatal accident on a bridge across Tampa bay, the trip would have taken about 17 hours.
Here's what I ended up doing:
Block
Steel crank
Domed pistons
Cam
Intake
Carb
Dart Heads
Headers
A/C (never worked in the 11 years I owned the car)
Power steering box, pump, slave cylinder, and control valve
Heater core
Misc suspension parts
Anyway, I am back home with the car. I need to detail it and work out the bugs, but it sure drives nice!
The ride from Indy to Tampa was almost uneventful. I broke an alternator belt in Nashville, and the speedo cable broke outside of Louisville. It appears that the water pump pulley is slightly hitting the crankshaft pulley, so I will hit a speed shop for a slightly smaller one. I got about 10 miles per gallon, so there were plenty of gas stops. If not for the Atlanta traffic and fatal accident on a bridge across Tampa bay, the trip would have taken about 17 hours.
Here's what I ended up doing:
Block
Steel crank
Domed pistons
Cam
Intake
Carb
Dart Heads
Headers
A/C (never worked in the 11 years I owned the car)
Power steering box, pump, slave cylinder, and control valve
Heater core
Misc suspension parts
Anyway, I am back home with the car. I need to detail it and work out the bugs, but it sure drives nice!
Melting Slicks
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From: Elkhorn WI
Originally Posted by outrunm
It appears that the water pump pulley is slightly hitting the crankshaft pulley!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Tampa Bay
St. Jude Donor '06
I am using the pulley off the old motor. I was going to hit a speed shop and see if they had anything with a slightly smaller diameter.
Brianlewis60, No one responded to my thread in C3 parts for sale yet, so you have dibs. PM sent. Sorry for not responding sooner, but I am blocked from the forum at work.
Brianlewis60, No one responded to my thread in C3 parts for sale yet, so you have dibs. PM sent. Sorry for not responding sooner, but I am blocked from the forum at work.
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St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by AGVI
Pics!!!
After seeing the pic, I remember that I need to thank Gary79 publicly for the fan shroud.
Last edited by outrunm; Sep 3, 2005 at 11:57 PM.
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Originally Posted by outrunm
All I have taken so far are a couple quickies with my phone. Here's one.
After seeing the pic, I remember that I need to thank Gary79 publicly for the fan shroud.
After seeing the pic, I remember that I need to thank Gary79 publicly for the fan shroud.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Diego California
Originally Posted by outrunm
It was. This thing's got legs. I'll post some dyno numbers once the bugs get worked out.
Last edited by Empatho; Sep 4, 2005 at 02:23 AM.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Jclgodale3
Does that air cleaner not starve the carb of air? Just curious. Looks very limited. Good looking motor though! Congrats!
that thing looks really thin 
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St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by Empatho
did you get the bugs worked out yet, and that air filter look's really thin
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Originally Posted by outrunm
To be honest, I haven't messed with it since I got back home. I have had too many other projects. That air cleaner is all I have room for. I have thought about putting on a cover with an element in it for a little more air. Olivier, I can borrow your Dremel if i need to, right?
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
I'm not using my air cleaner anymore on my '68.. I have a Drop Base setup with a 2 1/4 inch K&N Filter element... It was flowing enough air to go 11.05. Let me know if you want it!!
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
I'm not using my air cleaner anymore on my '68.. I have a Drop Base setup with a 2 1/4 inch K&N Filter element... It was flowing enough air to go 11.05. Let me know if you want it!!
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St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
I'm not using my air cleaner anymore on my '68.. I have a Drop Base setup with a 2 1/4 inch K&N Filter element... It was flowing enough air to go 11.05. Let me know if you want it!!
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Originally Posted by outrunm
I would love to see if it will work. Do you have plans tomorrow?? Do you want to drop by the house sometime during the day?