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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: HOTRDCHVY388 on October 11, 2010, 05:19:25 pm
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finally finshed my motor after a year and a half
(http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/hotrdchvy350/10080095173001-1.jpg)
(http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/hotrdchvy350/mms_picture_3.jpg)
(http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/hotrdchvy350/mms_picture_2.jpg)
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(http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/hotrdchvy350/truck.jpg)
(http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/hotrdchvy350/truck2.jpg)
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This thread is worthless without pics!!!
(congrats)
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Awesome looking eninge! congrats.
Now, for the evidence in the pics that you are in possession of stolen property...are those street signs? ;D
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Wait, I dont see pics. Is it my computer or is this some type of Sgt trick?
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there's pix
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Awesome looking eninge! congrats.
Now, for the evidence in the pics that you are in possession of stolen property...are those street signs? ;D
Actually lol funny story i was driving down the road and somebody had those in their trash so i just saved them from the dump lol....totally a true story no lie
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Ok now I see them. Was using free wifi.
Abandonment is not a legal defense for possessing stolen property....
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Oh and cant wait to see the progress.
Havent seen too many electric water pumps...
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When i was in college, we used to have poker night in my dorm room. Our poker table consisted of a used beer keg for the base (that we never turned back in for the deposit) with a stop sign as the table surface. Worked well.
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Of all the signs I "found" on the side of the road attached to metal poles never would I find a stop sign the thought if someone who didn't know one was suposed to be there then ran it and crashed or died I would of felt so bad I don't know what I would of done.
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Like when i picked these up i called my cousin whos a cop and asked him if i could/or should keep em he said "what signs?" lol
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Of all the signs I "found" on the side of the road attached to metal poles never would I find a stop sign the thought if someone who didn't know one was suposed to be there then ran it and crashed or died I would of felt so bad I don't know what I would of done.
Good call. If it can be proven that you took the sign and a wreck happened, you would be liable.
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The City of Quincy Ma, used to have a second hand store that sold off used City property such as old signs, parking meters, park benches etc.
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The City of Quincy Ma, used to have a second hand store that sold off used City property such as old signs, parking meters, park benches etc.
heck YA, that would be awsome id be buyin all kinds of stuff
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The City of Quincy Ma, used to have a second hand store that sold off used City property such as old signs, parking meters, park benches etc.
that's where I got my signs ;)
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sorry for my ignorance, but i don't have a trained eye yet. What kind of motor at I'm looking at exactly? is it a 350? ???
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The City of Quincy Ma, used to have a second hand store that sold off used City property such as old signs, parking meters, park benches etc.
that's where I got my signs ;)
Somehow I knew that.
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Well you cant tell by looking at an engine what exactly it is.....like 283-400sbc they're almost Identical jus small differences like some 283's and 327's had the big 3/4'' plug instead of a the normal 5/8''. this motor started its life as a 350, but now its a 388.
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nice, i have been reading on that and been thinking of taking the project of making a 350 into a 383. some sites suggest that it only involves getting a 400 crank into a 30 bored 350 block and getting more length in the pistons? is there additional steps that I'm missing?
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You have to take a grinder to the block to clear the rotating assembly.
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what he said about the grinding part. gota make sure your crank has plenty of room
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Ok, i have seen some videos about it from Eagle cranks, they say they already prefit the cranks so very little clearance has to be done, anyways thanks for the responses. Do you use the same camshaft and heads?
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if you are talking about the same heads as the stock 350, yes you can use the same heads.
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if you making a stroker no not the same crank tho
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you can go on so many different suppliers like summit and have premade cranks for stroker engines. It's a piece of cake now like putting together a puzzle. You can get the kits with rods, pistons, crank, etc., and just throw it together.
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THERE is still some grinding to be done with buying stroker kits. because not every block is cast the same
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From my understanding every stroker (350 to 383 or similar variations) has to have the block ground for clearance. I don't think Sgt. Del is suggesting the kit eliminates that, but makes everything else plug and play.
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Hey HOTRDCHVY388 what kit did you use? and what would be a good deal?
I'm good at puzzles LOL ;)
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nice...........that will make it scoot.
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I didnt buy a kit i bought a forged scat crank and scat stroker 5.7 rods. kinda pieced it together.
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I get frustrated sometimes because i wish i would have more mechanical know how, i just bought the truck and I'm figuring out whats in it and were do i want to go with it, i read everything i can about it. I do like the idea of building a 383, I've seen kits ranging from 700 (eagle) to 2400 (lunati), are all cranks and rods the same (talking about the 383 kit)? am i just paying for a name brand?
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cranks can be forged or cast, same for rods, so technically no.
IF you have the money, by the best bottom end you can afford, everything else you can change later.
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cranks can be forged or cast, same for rods, so technically no.
IF you have the money, by the best bottom end you can afford, everything else you can change later.
EXACTLY, what he said you never know what you might wanna do in the future so build the bottom end to take a bullet, and you can skimp alil on the rest til you find out what you truly wanna do with it......
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I better save up then.... Christmas is a few months away i could give myself a good present lol
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LOL everytime i get a jegs order it feels like christmas