Truck project

So I'm back to building my 71 Chevy C10, for those of you interested. I think I've posted this pic before, but this was the truck back from the painters (ignore the boobies)

mamasboi wrote: stratoaxe wrote: (ignore the boobies) It's the first thing that i saw, the truck looks nice too.

truth. got forged pistons strato?

Haha, no desire to look those nudes up, she's history.

Slackerr, I'm not sure, probably just regular old Keiths, I won't be running nos are terribly high compression, and my cam is relatively mild.

I'll be doing pretty well with the gear ratio of the tranny and the .373's, so I'm building it relatively mild.

I should still be able to piss off some SRT-10s and Lightnings at any rate ;)

Eh, I was building a 383 to begin with but the extra hp didn't justify the machine work and cost of the kit. My 355 will do fine for what I need out of this project :P

Aight, pics up in just a sec, but ran into a nasty problem building a 355. My crank has been turned over 10 in one spot, 30 in another.

So in other words, that crank is **edited** as far as turning it more goes.

So instead of spending money for another crank to go in a 355, I'm just going to move up to the full 383 kit.

Alright new update with pics to come in the morning (I lied last time but got too busy to get around to uploading them).

Decided to stay with the 355, got all the parts, was honing the cylinder walls and realized that my number one cylinder wall was cracked, so off to the machine shop (again) for sleeving and boring.

For those that are vehicularly inclined, Ive changed the build a tad-

355
Vortec heads (custom to handle the lift of the cam)
Edelbrock Air Gap
Holley 3310 redesigned with the proform kit (just Google it :P)
.490 (ish) lift cam with 110 lobe seperation
Rebuilt Muncie T-20 (4 Speed)
Headers
Dual Magnaflows
Flat Top Pistons
Roller Rockers

So the builds changed slightly from my first build :P

Anyway, hoping the engine gets back tomorrow and I'll have pics of the completed long block (no valve covers and the intake / carb kit haven't arrived)

Hoping to have it in the truck in two-three weeks. On a sidenote, finishing this truck is breaking the bank...

Open headers = illegal :(

Edited by stratoaxe - 19 February 2010 at 10:30am

Couldn't afford a full roller setup at this time, for now just hydraulic camamd lifters. Of course, the next engine / car I build will be primarily for racing, this is just mid-high performance street truck for fun and function.

If everything goes right, I should be around 375-400 horses. 350 at lowest. With my suspension and rear end, that'll be plenty to have some fun and mess with the local mustangs red light to red light.

My next project (a long time off, probably after college) will be either a 60s or 70s corvette small block build, or a 67-69 fastback mustang 427 Ford BB build. But those are 10-15k builds, I'll have built this truck for around 5-7 grand. Which is dirt cheap considering that I designed, built, and drove the truck with just my dad and I :)

illegal but epic!

stay away from impalas. hate them. only tuner id want to build ATM would be a WRX STI