Engine and tranny rebuild

Big Block · Feb 21, 2019

Made progress today! I went to see a guy today about 20 minutes from where I live. he works on race engines from all over the world and is going to overhaul my motor and fix the transmission for me. that is all he does is engines and trannies and we are going to put hardened valve seats in it and he's going to check to see if it needs bored out and put a bigger cam in it and maybe a stall in the tranny a small one. I think I'm gonna have him put an electronic distributor on it. When he's finished, he'll run it on a diagnostic machine to make sure it's all good!

quikbird · Feb 21, 2019

Sounds great. Secret is to have a clear idea of what you want engine to do. That goal determines what parts you need. Frequent problem is too big on cam or carb just because sounds cool. If he is a good engine builder that is what he really needs from you is the purpose. Give him that and you should be really happy with the results. :moparsmiley:

Big Block · Feb 21, 2019

Quikbird, I just wanted a little bit bigger cam than factory and just a little stall put in it and he knew what I was talking about. Just want it to look and sound nice. your car looks very nice!

Russ69Runner · Feb 22, 2019

We use to put a street cam in our cars. It gave it a little more gap on the valves. Little more hp. Still they ran a little rough but not as bad as a full lobe cam.

quikbird · Feb 22, 2019

Finding people competent to do what you need is hard. Glad you have someone close.
Thank you for your compliment, like most folks here it is a work in progress.

Big Block · Feb 22, 2019

Quikbird, it seems like you have to dedicate your life to it to get anything done and you have to have deep pockets to get all the parts and everything that you need for the car. it seems like I work harder on the car than I did when I worked (and I painted aircraft)! take care.

Big Block · Feb 22, 2019

Russ69Runner said:
We use to put a street cam in our cars. It gave it a little more gap on the valves. Little more hp. Still they ran a little rough but not as bad as a full lobe cam.

I just want a cam a little bigger than what's in the car and I'm going to put a stall, just a little bit of one just to make it sound a little meaner it's not like it's going to get ran like back in the day. it will be a retired and re-done car just for looks and sound mainly. I might take it to a car show and put it in the parade where we live

Russ69Runner · Feb 25, 2019

Sound's like a plan. Yep love that sound. Still like to have it set you back in the seat. I am not building a race car either. :steering:

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