My first rebuild
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Drifting
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Thank brother! That intake was in pretty bad shape so I sanded it down as good as I could and used 500* Duplicolor engine enamel on it. 3 coats of silver and 3 coats of clear. I hope it holds up. I am not sure how hot the intake actually gets.
Last edited by FatCat; Jan 12, 2013 at 11:02 PM.
Melting Slicks
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yeah my aluminum intake looked like crap too, I cleaned it up best as I could and painted it with aluminum POR header paint it's holding up great but I don't think it looks as good as yours does.
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Drifting
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I spent no less than 6 hours over a 3 day period sanding that thing befor I said. Honey I am headed to Oreilly's be right back...
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Mine in the picture is a Performer too. My brother loved the brass freeze plugs and wants me to do an anodized look on the intake with the Duplicolor Metalcast paint.
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Drifting
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I thought since some of you might not have seen the project I would post some pix! I bought this off a forum member and had it shipped from SanFran CA to Oklahoma.
Speedo in KPH instead of MPH. Kind of cool!
Old School baby!!!!
Speedo in KPH instead of MPH. Kind of cool!
Old School baby!!!!
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Drifting
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Thx Hugie! I am going to try and get the pushrods ordered tomorrow. I just cleaned up and crawled under to look at this whole transmission swap. Scared the crap out of me and I crawled back out! Hahaha I have a transmission jack but it intimidated me pretty good. My original goal was to have it running by Feb so we aren't far off track I hope.
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Drifting
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Ok! I have decided to wait to do the transmission swap. I think there is a little more to it than I want to tackle at this point and my wife may need a break from the spending for a minute. I can also take it to the shop and do it on a lift if I wait and gather the parts also I hate to throw another unknown it the mix until I get the engine running and tuned. I am going to try and get the pushrods ordered and in ASAP. If I work really hard in the evenings this week, I could in theory have this thing back in by next weekend.
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Ok! I have decided to wait to do the transmission swap. I think there is a little more to it than I want to tackle at this point and my wife may need a break from the spending for a minute. I can also take it to the shop and do it on a lift if I wait and gather the parts also I hate to throw another unknown it the mix until I get the engine running and tuned. I am going to try and get the pushrods ordered and in ASAP. If I work really hard in the evenings this week, I could in theory have this thing back in by next weekend.
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I am going to talk to my buddy at the shop tomorrow. It sounds like a few extra bucks to do than I thought and I am sure I will need help with it figuring out exactly what I need. Just cold feet right now. And it looks like it will require some cutting and welding on the crossmember. Of course the engine rebuild looked just as daunting when I started the process.
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thing is, its not like your ready to fire it up tomorrow, you still have to wait for your rods. may as well tackle the tranny during this waiting time. if you wait till down the road, your gonna be saying, "I wish I did this while the motor was out". guarantee it. what about your boss that helped you with engine removal helping you with tranny?
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I am going to talk to them tomorrow, I know the driveshaft has to be cut down but not sure what all other parts are needed. I was also reading the 350 has three different size tail shafts and and and. Ha! I am still just unclear on what all needs to be bought and what needs to happen to get it there.
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I am going to talk to them tomorrow, I know the driveshaft has to be cut down but not sure what all other parts are needed. I was also reading the 350 has three different size tail shafts and and and. Ha! I am still just unclear on what all needs to be bought and what needs to happen to get it there.