Re: 77 longbed "overbudget" build
well I got the motor rebuilt today. New bearings, oil pump, and every gasket except head gasket. Repainted it red again, looks alot better with the 3 fesh coats of paint than the one coat covered in oil and dirt. Looking forward to tryn out the new cam after a proper break in. Its alittle smaller but more streetable that the Thumper junk I had in there. It moved my RPM power range from 2200 down to 1800 so I have more power at the low end wich is what I want. Also decided to go with a wiend dual plain intake instead of the torker2 single plain I had that should help some too. The I rebuilt my edelbrock 750 and swapped in some smaller jets and mettering rods to try and help with the runnign way rich issue i was having. Now its all sitting on the stand pretty much ready to to go back into the truck. Tomarrow going to try and find a hoist to rent then get the engine bay cleaned up some. Hopefully tomarrow night I will be matting the engine and trans so Sunday morning I can get it all in and hooked up then its time and tune and the best part of all; A test drive with the beautiful wife. Well here are the pictures.
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1977 c10 under knife for full rebuild, 5.3l 4l60e drive rain swap, replacement frame and green repaint
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