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Forum: Engine Swap
12-28-2020, 10:04 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

If any readers of this thread are wondering what the heck we've been doing in the long time since this thread was active.... My son (Hammer's Bird) is in the Marines where he is now a pilot flying...
Forum: Engine Swap
02-07-2018, 11:48 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

I remember reading that post last year and getting fairly confused. I think I have a better handle on the subject now and would like to reread. So I went back to #81 but the link isn't working. Do...
Forum: Engine Swap
02-07-2018, 10:28 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

skinnyz,

No intention to use just the tool. The main goal is building the engine, the secondary goal is learning new things. So I'm studying the different methods out there and hope to get it...
Forum: Engine Swap
02-07-2018, 12:14 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

I received a new tool today. To help in checking pushrod length. I have an adjustable pushrod and a set of checking springs. I'll be doing the process where you mark the top of the valve stem and...
Forum: Engine Swap
02-01-2018, 02:20 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

The block was originally equipped with a roller cam. So I think we're ok. But I've been wrong before and fairly often.:)
Forum: Engine Swap
01-31-2018, 11:23 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

[QUOTE=Jorlain;6198709]Have you purchased the roller rockers yet?

Yep, got em a year ago. Comp Cams Ultra Pro Magnums. Well if nothing else they'll look good. What, you can't see them under the...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-31-2018, 10:33 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

If I waited until the weekend it would be a year since I posted in this thread. Time flies when you're not working on the car! My SIL who is the mechanic brains of this operation bought a repo house...
Forum: Engine Swap
02-03-2017, 06:54 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Says General Motors 5746
Forum: Engine Swap
02-03-2017, 06:25 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

This is getting silly. We ordered the VR 5746 gasket. This is what we got from Summit. The package says it is non returnable if opened. So we can't open it to check the thickness without getting...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-26-2017, 02:55 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Ok, if I ask many more questions on the head gaskets the moderators are gonna make this a new thread.

Summit has a Clevite 5746. I've heard that is the VR. Is this true?

The Summit site has a...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-21-2017, 09:22 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Ok, sounds like we're going to go with the same gasket on both sides. Is there a disadvantage to the Victor Reinz having a larger bore than the engine? Is there a disadvantage with the GMPP being...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-18-2017, 07:31 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Our bore is 4.00.

I'm assuming we should match the gasket bore on both sides or we'll just introduce another variable. Am I thinking straight?
Forum: Engine Swap
01-05-2017, 01:29 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

The shop only decked the block, they did not align hone the mains. In their defense we did not ask them to. In 20/20 hindsight I might choose next build to have that done in the initial stages. ...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-03-2017, 08:03 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Okay, we checked the piston to deck height after having the block decked.

First the old numbers:

#1 .046 #2 .042
#3 .044.5 #4 .042
#5 .043 #6 .0415
#7 .040 #8 .042

Now the new:
Forum: Engine Swap
01-01-2017, 09:24 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

So we found a little time on New Year's Eve to get things back together.

...
Forum: Engine Swap
12-26-2016, 06:05 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Was planning to rig up a system to allow us to wash the block out after the machine work. Outside water was shut off for the winter and hose blown dry and put away. But then we got this really nice...
Forum: Engine Swap
12-18-2016, 11:20 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Got the block back from the machine shop. Now it will need a thorough cleaning again before we start reassembly. I want to get it clean in the next week but I have to work around the arrival of a...
Forum: Engine Swap
12-09-2016, 08:18 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Well a long vacation with the wife and deer hunting are now over.
Took the engine back down to the bare block and dropped it off at the machine shop yesterday. They will deck the block and think it...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
11-05-2016, 09:11 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 6,362
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 700R4 goes BANG!

This is what it looked like when we took my son's apart.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/480x640/80-image_1ae504f722d2d41cd0ab913eb77c35ee7b8fadc0.jpg

We replaced...
Forum: Engine Swap
10-17-2016, 10:29 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

MSgt, agreed about a stock 700r4. We just finished a major upgrade of it. It had a shift kit but then the pump blew up. We went to a 13 vane pump, a Beast sunshell, upgraded to a 30 spline input...
Forum: Engine Swap
10-13-2016, 12:28 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

We are going to take it apart and head back to the machine shop to have the block decked.
But that will have to wait a bit. I'm out in Utah with my lovely wife touring the Mighty 5 National Parks. ...
Forum: Engine Swap
09-22-2016, 01:08 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Using the micrometer I checked the piston 2 degrees before what I believed was TDC, 1 degree before, at TDC, and 1 degree after. Based on that I adjusted the degree wheel about 1 degree. Then I...
Forum: Engine Swap
09-21-2016, 10:16 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/1500x2000/80-img_1030_a17ebaccb3e15687320c066e02089822e3c3fb17.jpg

Had a machinist friend bring this over to measure how far the pistons are...
Forum: Engine Swap
09-17-2016, 10:34 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

I'm not totally sure of the facts here, but this is my best impression from what we've seen so far. The engine appears to be a GM crate motor that was put into the vehicle not too long before it...
Forum: Engine Swap
09-15-2016, 01:06 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

I wanted to understand the cam degreeing process better so I reran the process. I changed the setup for the dial indicator. Based on SkinnyZ's advice I set it up in the cup of the lifter. I also...
Forum: Engine Swap
09-14-2016, 11:40 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Can we go down to a compressed thickness of .015? Or do we need thicker since the block was not decked?
Forum: Engine Swap
09-14-2016, 10:30 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Thanks for the reply Skinny. We'll have to try the dial indicator in the cup and see if that helps.

The cam is a Comp Cams XR276HR-10.

Our original guesstimate on SCR was 10.157 and DCR 8.16....
Forum: Engine Swap
09-12-2016, 10:27 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Funny you should ask. I was planning on posting an update today. We had a pretty good detour. Some time ago we had added a shift kit and rebuilt the 700R4 transmission. It broke and we finally got...
Forum: Engine Swap
06-29-2016, 12:41 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Got some work done before a work trip and the family vacation. Anxious to get back to work on the project in early July.



...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-18-2016, 09:50 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

five7kid,

You are correct on the electric fuel pump. The decision has been made to go EFI so a redone fuel system is in our future. We are looking closely at the Edelbrock Pro Flo 3 which is...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-16-2016, 04:05 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Now that I've figured out how to post a picture it's time for the next question. With the cam decision about to be final we need to select a timing chain and cover. Apparently a few 880 blocks were...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-16-2016, 11:02 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

This is the old man back in the thread. Since my son has now passed me in understanding cams (that's a good thing), I thought I'd try my hand at posting pictures. These are (hopefully) a couple of...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-09-2016, 10:48 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Thanks much for the info. I'll be back after I finish my homework. LOL

I will be home on Friday and will try to get numbers on the pistons. They did not deck the block. I have it home now. We...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-09-2016, 09:55 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

"One thing leads to the next". Truer words were never spoken. LOL
The shop did mention the need for guiding.
We ordered the pistons through him and he says they should yield 10.25 to 1.

You...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-09-2016, 08:27 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

The springs are being changed. The shop owner runs a Vortec head himself and says he has an appropriate spring. I'm not sure of the particulars of the new springs. The rockers will be upgraded as...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-09-2016, 10:53 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

The screw in studs are being done. A lot of what I've read says that lifts above .480 don't help with Vortec heads. Consensus seems to be that their strength is lower than that and that additional...
Forum: Engine Swap
05-09-2016, 09:43 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Back to Dad now. The block is an 880 Vortec but it is one of those that has all the bolt holes drilled for a timing cover. So it appears we can use an old school cover rather than the plastic Vortec...
Forum: Engine Swap
02-09-2016, 12:41 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

Well we have some small progress. The shop called and the engine block checks out and is finished with the cleaning process. Picking it up tomorrow. The cylinder heads aren't finished yet. The...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-21-2016, 09:01 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 350 build questions

five7kid,
Thanks for the reply and info. We agree that the whole drive train will need upgrading to match the horsepower increase. (BTW I didn't recognize the acronym GFWHP, can you clarify?) My...
Forum: Engine Swap
01-17-2016, 11:02 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 15,232
Posted By TA Dad

350 build questions

The car is an 84 Trans Am. 100,000 miles on a 305 that runs very well but naturally lacks power. Car never sees snow and just before parking for the winter we broke something in the auto trans. Son's...
Forum: Engine Swap
11-27-2015, 10:05 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 532
Posted By TA Dad

Trying to finish the 350 ID process

My son is in the Marines and left me a project to keep me from getting bored. We pulled an engine out of the You pick JY. It is going to replace the 305 in his 84 Trans AM. More details (and a...
Forum: Interior
02-26-2013, 10:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,137
Posted By TA Dad

Re: Procar Sportsman Pro Series racing seats ?

My son has Procar seats in his 84 TA. The seats are considerably wider than the originals. We were on the verge of sending them back because the recline lever and the seat belt retractor were...
Forum: Aftermarket Vendor Review
06-30-2012, 08:34 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 20,501
Posted By TA Dad

Re: Chuck-Pelton Leather Steering Wheel

Thanks,

That's just what I was looking for.

TA Dad
Forum: Aftermarket Vendor Review
06-30-2012, 06:40 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 20,501
Posted By TA Dad

Re: Chuck-Pelton Leather Steering Wheel

I looked at the link to his site and didn't see photos of a 3rd gen wheel. Does anyone in this thread have a photo?

Thanks,

TA Dad
Forum: Interior
11-29-2011, 10:17 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,465
Posted By TA Dad

Inexpensive seats?

Looking to replace the seats in my son's 84TA when he gets home from college on Christmas break. He found these on the internet and we're wondering if anyone has any experience with them. Didn't...
Forum: Interior
07-23-2009, 04:40 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,023
Posted By TA Dad

Re: 2 inaccessible screws on window sweep

Thanks JamesC that helped. I followed the general idea of that thread and cut a phillips bit (for an electric drill) to a very short length. I taped it into a box end wrench and we were in business....
Forum: Interior
07-23-2009, 04:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,023
Posted By TA Dad

2 inaccessible screws on window sweep

Bought new window sweeps. Took the door panel off and removed all but two of the screws for the old window sweep. Two of the screws are blocked by the window even in the fully down position. Can't...
Forum: Carburetors
07-21-2009, 07:58 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,813
Posted By TA Dad

Re: Where can I get a replacement electric choke?

It came with the little brackets. But it has pop rivets instead of screws. I think I'll take a run to the hardware store.
Forum: Carburetors
07-21-2009, 05:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,813
Posted By TA Dad

Re: Where can I get a replacement electric choke?

Called a number of auto parts stores and they all couldn't come up with one. So today I went to NAPA and the counter guy was able to look it up. It's a universal (listed for all kinds of...
Forum: Carburetors
07-21-2009, 11:57 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,813
Posted By TA Dad

Where can I get a replacement electric choke?

The carb was sticking on a fast idle and we had a dash light indicating an electric choke problem. Ground off the rivets and removed the electric choke coil and the problem went away. But I can't...
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