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So these aluminum heads were originally going to be put on a race truck. So they were ported out quite a bit and the valves were heavy duty and meant to handle Nitrous if needed. No... I'm not planning on nitrous, that's just what he was going to do before he sold the heads to me. Here is the Melling oil pump bolted down as well.

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Put the color of choice on - bright orange, you should be able to see this engine even in the dark baby:ito:

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We put on the heads and were stopped suddenly when we realized that the new Cam I received was broke in half :mad: dangit!!! It sure did slow things down a bit. We stopped there and I have to send it back to Jegs. On the other hand I was thoroughly impressed with Jegs customer service. They said they would send me prepaid shipping tags on Monday and and I would not have to pay for the return shipping as well.

My buddy said it would be a good idea to get some new pushrods http://www.jegs.com/i/Proform/778/66890C/10002/-1 , a lock plate kit http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...20305/10002/-1 , and cam button http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...20390/10002/-1 as well. So these are on the way.

Here are my shop cleaned oil pan and timing chain cover. We are going to paint them, but we did a quick mockup of the timing chain cover with a gray color my buddy had lying around and the edelbrock performer manifold. I'm still deciding whether I should paint the oil pan and timing chain cover orange like the block, use the gray finish in the mockup, or go with some chrome... Any thoughts????

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I like the gray, but to be honest have never been fond of chrome on timing chain covers.
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Nice build...I love the smell of RTV and paint curing on a new engine.

edit:That big A$$ fan I see you have will be handy when you break in that cam. I could use a fan that big.

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the port work on that head sure looks rough...

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I wouldn't have any frame of reference to be honest =) My buddy did the work himself and he said he took away some of the restriction areas and should flow much better this way.

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I think I agree hdzammo and not going to go with chrome. Either going with the gray or orange.

As for the manifold, have to change it up and return the Endurashine performer to Jegs. After closer inspection it was just a bit too small for the heads. If you see the "mockup" picture above you can almost see the ports peaking out. So I will be ordering a Professional Products Hurricane Manifold from Summit http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PFS-52030/?rtype=10

Also, decided on a real nice silver/gray for the oil pan.
pic attached:

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getting closer....

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More pics, ordered some Felpro oil pan gaskets, rocker arm studs, & adjusting nuts, so I'm waiting on those parts to come =)

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...09070-300-8241

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...m=%09555-20580

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Yup, my buddies fan sure cools down his workshop. Definitely a plus in the South Texas summers of 100+ degrees :devil: I thank god that my M-F are spent indoors at Rackspace Hosting.

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Found some more parts on sale today at Jegs (that was my excuse for spending money that I shouldn't be spending) These should be here by Friday :ito:

JEGS Performance Products 52009 - JEGS Universal Aluminum Radiators - on sale for $149
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...52009/10002/-1

JEGS Performance Products 52116 - JEGS Dual Electric Cooling Fans - on sale $199
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...52116/10002/-1

JEGS Performance Products 51060 - JEGS Premium Aluminum Water Pumps $79
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performan...51060/10002/-1

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Got some parts delivered today :clap:

And a little more progress:

Clear coated the block, timing chain cover, and oil pan. We tack welded the oil pump and sealed the pan. Also since I got new push rods, thought a rocker arm upgrade was in order :metal:

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Why weld the oil pump?? :uhmk:

:mm::chevy::mm:

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welding the pickup tube to they oilpump body i assume?

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Exactly he said that they have come loose before so he put a small bead to ensure it did not come loose.

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Ahhh rogerdodger :metal:
:mm:

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I always braize mine but welding works too. Not sure i would have welded it on the engine though. Engine is looking good.

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Ha,

We just put a bit of cardboard under there and hit it really quick. I guess it would have been a bit smarter to weld first then bolt on.

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I just painted the engine bay today!!

First we hit it with the pressure washer. Once it was dry we scrubbed it really well so it was nice and clean. The previous owner painted it a few years ago black it actually looked pretty decent. We didn't really rough it up or sand it down just sprayed it all black again. My buddy has a paint gun, and he had some extra black paint. I just bought a little paint thinner and taped her up... Not exactly a 100% attention to every little detail here, but I didn't want to pay a shop to do it.

I know it will look a lot better then before :metal:

Here are the before pics, the tape and the gun... below is the finished wet product...

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i got skills but with health problems i had to give up turning wrenches ,so now i got the bills i went ahead and found one of the greatest hot rodz shop .jeff costa (sonoma county street rodz ) has gone up and above the call of fab work and parts ,
i would love to do my own work on my truck i did some of the small stuff i did the doors complete teardown and recondition the regs. and lubed and got the lock rods hook up everything works good ,but for the heavy duty its cheaper for me to pay some time

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The wet after pics...

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Some pictures of the new parts and updates!!!!

The Jegs flywheel, jegs aluminum radiator (sorry I didn't take this out of the box for you to see :lol:), jegs dual electric fans, the powermaster chrome alternator and Derale trans cooler.

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Here is the new chrome radiator overflow tank, gray taylor wires, and bolted on the fuel pump, and the water pump.

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Bolted on the motor mounts, left out the thermostat, but I need to get a new harmonic balancer. My buddy thought it looked really rough and it felt like it was going to split/break, so I'm going to order a new one.

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Can't remember what we did here but we removed some bushing and then bolted on the flywheel and the lifting plate for the engine hoist.

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Pulled out the engine hoist and the heart of the beast was suspended!

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slowly dropping it in and it found it's way in nicely.............. Squeezing the engine in to line up perfectly was a little time consuming but the job got done a few pry bars later. The motor mounts weren't lined up perfectly either, but we used a drill bit to open it up just a bit and get the motor mounts just right...

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Finally settled in and is back in it's home! The paint on the fenders are superrrrr dirty, and very dusty. So I'm pretty excited once everything goes in I will clean it all up and take some more pics. Should be done over the next couple weeks and ready to fire up!!!!

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Looking great!!!

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I wasn't there for the harmonic balancer painting or bolt on. But my buddy told me he had a rough time tapping the crank bolt. He had to order a specific matco tool and finally got it all bolted on correctly. Some of you guys probably no more about what this tool was or why it was required... I will ask him next time I talk to him, I just got his texts =)

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nice work Abel. Can't wait to see it.

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YYYYYYYYEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Get-R-Done
:mm::chevy::mm:

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Another shot of the harmonic balancer bolted in and as long as it is in the shop ... thought I would paint the diff covers to match the engine. It's getting closer...

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It's coming together.... slowly but indeed surely better than before :metal: We got a weld in battery tray and the universal aluminum radiator all locked down after a little fabrication work. Also ordered a few needed parts:

This should work out well... JEGS Single Feed Filtered Fuel Line Kits
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...15050/10002/-1

JEGS Universal Electric Fan, Oil & Transmission Cooler Mount Kit
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...53500/10002/-1

Derale Remote Cooler Accessories
http://www.jegs.com/i/Derale/259/13063/10002/-1

JEGS Electric Fan Wiring Harness Kits
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performan...10569/10002/-1

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Nice work dude. Can't wait to see it in person.

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I will call you as soon as it's done brother and cruise it your way... I'm ready to cruise already!

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great progress!! i'm jealous of you san antonio people!! you guys have all the K5s!!!lol jk

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My buddy had some extra time this week, so I told him to PLEASE work without me if he has time. I wasn't about the slow down a man with a plan!! So he sent me a pic of this today, hoping to get some more update pics this week - I'm keeping my fingers crossed that his schedule stays OPEN!

He painted my pulleys to match the oil pan and timing chain cover. We need a longer Alternator Bracket, so I ordered that today. He got the headers bolted on as well, and we discovered that we are going to need to rebuild the exhaust a bit because of the collectors and the old pipes. The PO had them welded to a bunch of funny places... so Im deciding wether or not to go with some bigger pipes now, or just fab what we can now and get it running. Or get it done right now....

Decisions, decisions, decisions...

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Bolted on the overflow reservoir...