[99 to Life]

As ol Mike Ness says "taking two steps forward and four steps back, I am goin to the white house to paint it black" For me, meaning set backs are ok because I am learning alot from this. 1. Understanding gas in oil and signs of that. 2. I am going to splice all my wiring up a the firewall, so I can just unbolt the front clip and take it off in one piece. It will be faster and easier than trying to get this engine back in.

I picked up a 355 this weekend. Debating on my heads right now. I am looking for some cast 2.02 64cc. As the ones I have right now are my previous sets which are 1.72/1.5 60 cc vs the ones that came with the 355 which are 1.94 76cc.

I am not wasting my time with my block right now, because it would just be a lot of machine work and a crap shoot at this point. I would need new mains, a line bore, hoping my crank is not dinged up and or twisted. It doesn't seem as if I cracked the block, but that and maybe the rods are about all I would reuse. Though I am hoping the cam is still in good shape, because I might put it in this 355. So once I get the 355 up and running again and see how she does (compression test etc) I will decide if she will be the new heart for my truck. If not, I might just do a refresh on a standard block.