BUILD THREAD 83 wagon build

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Both are ok. I’m lot familiar with one being better than the other. are you planning to tear down the motor?
 

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After a few days of crap weather finally brought the 350 home
 

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Nice score. I have the Celebrity Eurosport version of that wheel in my car. It's a claret/ oxblood color.
Good score on the engine as well. If it's the Vortec, the heads are easily worth that,
 
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Nice score. I have the Celebrity Eurosport version of that wheel in my car. It's a claret/ oxblood color.
Good score on the engine as well. If it's the Vortec, the heads are easily worth that,
Yeah it is the vortec heads/engine. I figured even of the engine was shot the heads are worth it but the engine was supposedly a runner. I need to round up some parts to complete it but the price was nice. I actually had bought the steering wheel for my dad but at 2am i didnt notice it was blue so i kept it. Bought my dad a black one from Mikes Montes.
 
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Yeah it is the vortec heads/engine. I figured even of the engine was shot the heads are worth it but the engine was supposedly a runner. I need to round up some parts to complete it but the price was nice. I actually had bought the steering wheel for my dad but at 2am i didnt notice it was blue so i kept it. Bought my dad a black one from Mikes Montes.
I take it that you have a blue interior. Actually, I think the blue wheel is rarer than your typical black one. If I'm not mistaken, Vortec engines didn't have a mechanical fuel pump on them. You might have to go electric.
 
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I take it that you have a blue interior. Actually, I think the blue wheel is rarer than your typical black one. If I'm not mistaken, Vortec engines didn't have a mechanical fuel pump on them. You might have to go electric.
If the block goes anywhere near a machine shop, they should be able to precision-drill the fuel pump pushrod passage for you. Make sure the cover plate holes are drilled and tapped as well.
 
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I take it that you have a blue interior. Actually, I think the blue wheel is rarer than your typical black one. If I'm not mistaken, Vortec engines didn't have a mechanical fuel pump on them. You might have to go electric.
I have a blue interior so it worked out well. I have to figure the fuel pump out. They make low volume electric fuel pumps like 4 to 6 psi from what i have read so far.
 

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I have a blue interior so it worked out well. I have to figure the fuel pump out. They make low volume electric fuel pumps like 4 to 6 psi from what i have read so far.
....or you can have the block machined to accommodate a mechanical pump as Quinn suggested. ^^
 
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