If the one you saw had blue painted bumpers, i would say you probably saw my chevelle.
Thanks for the compliments.
it initially started out with a decent 355 with dart heads, forged rods/pistons, it ran
excellent, the tune was close to being perfect (the plugs read great) but i was only
running a stock volume oil pump and what i think happened was after taking it out and
pounding on it for an hour the oil was really hot and the oil volume went down due to
the oil being so thin and it spun the #1 rod bearing and the first 3 main bearings
showed signs of oil starvation. Another possible fuck up was that i was running 5w30
oil, come to find out i shouldve been running a HV oil pump with 15w40. The only other
thing that would be a possibility is that i freshened the engine this last winter and
maybe a scuffed a bearing while assembling it all and it slowly got trashed? Doubtful,
considering that i put quite a few miles on it with 0 problems. Right now im gathering
the funds to buy another engine, but for right now i threw a stock 350 from my father
in laws 71 monte which had 70k original miles on it and bolted my turbo setup onto it.:rotfl: Which would explain why it sounds so tame. this thing is absolutely bone stock other than the Hv oil pump and my vic jr intake.:rotfl:
Basic rundown of the car is a 350 sbc, vic jr intake with NOS Cheater kit,CSU E85 blow thru Carb,75mm turbo,Twin 38mm Turbonetics Wastegates, turbo 350 trans 3800 stall converter, Moser Fab 9" rear end with 35 spline axles 3.70 gears 295/65/15 MT Et Drag radials.
the turbo headers are Ebay stainless headers with vbands welded on, i fabbed up the crossover and wastegate piping- its kinda ugly but it works. 5" downpipe
Thanks again for all the compliments, its been my first turbo setup and its been a big learning experience. I cant wait to get my "good" engine operational again. It was amazing. Only ran 12 psi and it felt like a damn rocketship
If the one you saw had blue painted bumpers, i would say you probably saw my chevelle.
Thanks for the compliments.
it initially started out with a decent 355 with dart heads, forged rods/pistons, it ran
excellent, the tune was close to being perfect (the plugs read great) but i was only
running a stock volume oil pump and what i think happened was after taking it out and
pounding on it for an hour the oil was really hot and the oil volume went down due to
the oil being so thin and it spun the #1 rod bearing and the first 3 main bearings
showed signs of oil starvation. Another possible fuck up was that i was running 5w30
oil, come to find out i shouldve been running a HV oil pump with 15w40. The only other
thing that would be a possibility is that i freshened the engine this last winter and
maybe a scuffed a bearing while assembling it all and it slowly got trashed? Doubtful,
considering that i put quite a few miles on it with 0 problems. Right now im gathering
the funds to buy another engine, but for right now i threw a stock 350 from my father
in laws 71 monte which had 70k original miles on it and bolted my turbo setup onto it.:rotfl: Which would explain why it sounds so tame. this thing is absolutely bone stock other than the Hv oil pump and my vic jr intake.:rotfl:
Car was pretty cool and that turbo was BIG. I know one thing about thin oil, Hi-po engines and that stuff does not mix. Every time I run thin oil in an engine I have bearings that look like shit. i ow use 20-50 again and everything is a ok. Going to run her at the track sometime this year?
Car was pretty cool and that turbo was BIG. I know one thing about thin oil, Hi-po engines and that stuff does not mix. Every time I run thin oil in an engine I have bearings that look like shit. i ow use 20-50 again and everything is a ok. Going to run her at the track sometime this year?
Hopefully, but money's kinda tight right now. i might bring it to Car craft this year
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