Its all coming together now,i have the new performer intake on the way soon,the motor bearings and rings are here just gotta get the 430 to the machine shop to get the cam bearings installed and the block boiled,man i can almost smell the rubber burning! :3gears:
[/IMG] Got all of the oiling mods finished this week except for the long 5/8 hole for oil suction(just gotta find a 12" -5/8 bit up here) ou: This seems to be taking forever to do,but cant wait for the end results! Still trying to pick a colour for the car,any ideas most welcome...thanks!
I am diggin your wagon, big time! On my 430, the bits are hard to find, I ended up getting one from TA (I found a couple local, but they did not have the 1/2 end for a 1/2 inch drill, and who has a 3/4 drill?). I did 6" w/a 5/8 bit and it looked straight, then when I looked down the tube, it was slightly favoring the inside (maybe 1 millimeter, but enough to notice), so I finished with a 9/16. As another option, I got a copper, 5/8 sleeve from a hobby store in case I decided to go with the 5/8 all the way. Keep postin info on the cool wagon.
Finally got the block oil mods finished and the block hot tanked and checked for cracks,the crank is sitting in the block now and i have .0021 on the mains,haven't done the rods/pistons yet,i cant believe this with a virgin crank/standard bearings!I will try and get a pic soon as i get the engine together,might even get rid of some of the snow finally,supposed to warm up later in week.. :TU:
I sold this wagon to a fellow in town back in 2006,it sat in his garage since..I just bought it back so will revive the thread and keep posting on progress,have to get trans.engine etc as I sold all that stuff separate from the car back then,i am glad to get it back knowing what has been done to it,,
might go with 350 buick unless I can find 455 soon,am working on a deal for 4-speed set-up,but might just do auto for now...
I was just going to go with original light blue,i had colour based and cleared the top half when I had it years ago
Got a well built 455 into it now,4 speed set-up installed,just working on the exhaust,and building a 12 bolt rear for the old girl.,front clip installed(first time in 12 yrs it has had fenders on it) hope to have it running by the weekend..new rad showed up Friday...hope to have some pics up this week....
