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Old 02-05-2010, 12:16 AM   #22
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Re: Creeping Death

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That has to be the quickest build I've every seen

Looks great!
Thanks! It actually took about 4 years...

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Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy View Post
Looks like dangit in the 1st pic comepared to after shot..

That engine bay looks KILLER wat paint did ya use?

Any specs on the motor?

That looks GREAT!!!!!!! Good job!
Everything black in the engine bay and on the frame is satin black chassis paint made by Duplicolor.

Engine is the original 1972 4-bolt main 350 (.030 over), stock crank and rods with Speed-pro 10:1 Hyper flattop pistons, Stock 2.02 heads (with some mild porting), Lunati 292 Bracketmaster cam and Lunati lifters, Roller rockers, Cloyes double roller timing chain, Heddman Headers, Edelbrock RPM air-gap, Holley 3310 (750cfm) blueprinted and benchflowed by Lyle Winters racing in Tacoma, WA. There is a stock HEI ignition in it in the pictures... but there is an MSD Pro-billet HEI with rev limiter in it now...Roughly makes 400 hp around 5,600 RPM's.

I rebuilt the TH350 myself, and installed a B&M shift kit in it. 2,800 RPM stall converter.

Goes pretty quick for a truck. The best part about it is when people hear it they want to see the engine. When I open the hood... people aren't prepared to see an engine that clean in an old work truck... Which is exacxtly the look I was going for.

It's one of those projects that will be forever ongoing... always tinkering with it. One of my buddies gave it the nickname "Creeping Death"... after a Metallica song.

Thanks for the comments guys...

Gary
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