1987 Chevy El Camino/SBC 355 Build (2nd Rebuild!!)

[ElCamMan515]

As Some Of You Guys Know I Am In The Process Of Buidling A SBC 355. I Thought I Would Start A Build Thread As I Finally Obtained All Of The Parts For My Build. It Has Been A LONG 1.3 Years Since I Decided To Pull My SBC 307 and TH350 Trans For A SBC 355 And Saginaw Four Speed Manual Transmission. I Will Be Updating Thread This Weekend As I Am At College And Most Parts Are At Home. Motor Is Going Back To Machine Shop Next Week To Get Rings Regaped So I Can Finally Start Final Assembly On It. Enjoy!
Pulling SBC 307 and Th350 On Dec 20, 2009

SBC 355 Fresh From Machine Shop

Chevy 492 Double Hump 64cc Angle Plug Over The Counter Cylinder Heads

Edelbrock RPM Performer Intake Manifold

Stock Motor Mounts And Pullies

Chevy G-Body "606" Bellhousing, Crank Pully and Misc Brackets

Billet Timing Cover

Alternator

Clutch Inspection Cover

Professional Products 6.75 Inch Harmonic Balancer

Bosch Fuel Pump and Sealed Power Oil Pump

Sealed Power Oil Screen

Sealed Power Piston Rings

Sealed Power Oil Pump Pushrod and Dorman Fuel Pump Pushrod

Cloyes Double Roller Timing Chain

Summit Racing Pushrods and 1.5 Rocker Arms

Comp Cams Rocker Arm Studs and Summit Racing Engine Bolt Set

Lunati Voodoo 60103 Camshaft

SBC Water Pump

Procomp SBC Head Stud Set

Stock Chevy Oil Pan

Flowtech Red Hots Glasspacks

Holley 650 CFM Carb With Vac. Secondaries

G-Body Specific Clutch Fork

Aftermarket Clutch and Brake Pedalss and Upper Clutch Pushrod

Z-Bar

After 1.3 Years of Sitting, The El Camino Still Shines Like She Did In Summer Of 2009

I Swaped Out The 1987 Rally Dash and Guages For A 1980 Dash And Guages

More Pictures To Come As I Start To Assemble The Motor In The Coming Weeks. Enjoy!

 

[JBreu]

Re: SBC 355 Build

Looking good..........Why did you go with the performer rpm intake instead of the performer rpm airgap???

 

[RITTER]

Re: SBC 355 Build

I love the engine hoist 8)

Where did you get the heads from :?:

 

[ElCamMan515]

Re: SBC 355 Build

Thanks Guys

JBreu ---> I Bought The Intake For $130.00 Shipped From The Same Guy I Bought My 492 Cylinder Heads From In MA. Also Want To Keep Stock Hood On My Elky To Give It A Sleeperish Look When Sitting Still At Cruise-Ins, But Want People To Be Scared When I Fire Her Up!

Ritter ---> I Bought The Heads From A Guy In MA. He Owns A G-Body Cutty And Had The Heads On A 383 Proir To Freshing Them Up. As You Can See They Are Fresh. They Are Port and Polished And All Ready To Run. I Can't Wait To Get This Build Done. More Pics With Updated Parts This Weekend, Keep An Eye Out!

 

[pontiacgp]

Re: SBC 355 Build

Thanks Guys

JBreu ---> I Bought The Intake For $130.00 Shipped From The Same Guy I Bought My 492 Cylinder Heads From In MA. Also Want To Keep Stock Hood On My Elky To Give It A Sleeperish Look When Sitting Still At Cruise-Ins, But Want People To Be Scared When I Fire Her Up!

Ritter ---> I Bought The Heads From A Guy In MA. He Owns A G-Body Cutty And Had The Heads On A 383 Proir To Freshing Them Up. As You Can See They Are Fresh. They Are Port and Polished And All Ready To Run. I Can't Wait To Get This Build Done. More Pics With Updated Parts This Weekend, Keep An Eye Out!

I have the air gap on mine and I was surprised my carb sat at the same height as it did with another edelbrock on my old 305...the air gap only looks taller

 

[JBreu]

Re: SBC 355 Build

Thanks Guys

JBreu ---> I Bought The Intake For $130.00 Shipped From The Same Guy I Bought My 492 Cylinder Heads From In MA. Also Want To Keep Stock Hood On My Elky To Give It A Sleeperish Look When Sitting Still At Cruise-Ins, But Want People To Be Scared When I Fire Her Up!

Ritter ---> I Bought The Heads From A Guy In MA. He Owns A G-Body Cutty And Had The Heads On A 383 Proir To Freshing Them Up. As You Can See They Are Fresh. They Are Port and Polished And All Ready To Run. I Can't Wait To Get This Build Done. More Pics With Updated Parts This Weekend, Keep An Eye Out!

You can't beat that price.......I had the air gap with my stock hood as well......how much did you score those heads for? what compression will the 355 be??

 

[ElCamMan515]

Re: SBC 355 Build

JBreu ---> I Scored The Heads For $400.00 Bucks. I Should Have About 9.6-9.73:1 Compression Ratio With My Flat Top 2 Valve Relief Speed Pro Pistons.

I Will Be Running A Lunati Voodoo 60103 Cam Shaft. Spec On Cam Are:
•Advertised Duration (Int/Exh): 268/276
•Duration @ .050 (Int/Exh): 227/233
•Gross Valve Lift (Int/Exh): .489/.504
•LSA/ICL: 110/106
•Valve Lash (Int/Exh): Hyd/Hyd
•RPM Range: 1800-6200


All This Talk About My Motor Makes Me Only Want TO Build It Faster. Darn School!

 

[Mathematic]

Re: SBC 355 Build

dope. I cant wait to see the progress. and $130 for the intake? what a ****ing steal..

 

[uneek1976]

Re: SBC 355 Build

Sounds like its going to be a nice engine bro!!! 8) I had that cam before just went with the 60104 now.

 

[chevy2480]

Re: SBC 355 Build

Very nice build. I ran the same combo heads and intake wise, Had 9.7 to 1 compression. Only I had the compH292 cam 501/501 lift car went 12.43 in the 1/4 in a wagon with 3.42 gears. I had a buddy with same identical motor as mine but his car was a stick went 11.97. YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY GOOD LUCK