Best method for cleaning heads?
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Oh boy you're a lot nicer to your stuff. I'm going to clean it and all but it's getting the same 200k mile bearings and cam and everything else lol. Bearings looked great when pulled apart. Dingleball honed the cylinders and cleaned everything decently and threw it back together. Hate to say it but I think she's gonna get the original head bolts too. [emoji28]
Oh boy you're a lot nicer to your stuff. I'm going to clean it and all but it's getting the same 200k mile bearings and cam and everything else lol. Bearings looked great when pulled apart. Dingleball honed the cylinders and cleaned everything decently and threw it back together. Hate to say it but I think she's gonna get the original head bolts too. [emoji28]
I have learned, I like stuff to be 'just right' or I want this or that first...then it never gets done...I commend you and have been doing my best to follow suit!
I would give the parts a bath, I don't like working on dirty stuff unless it's unavoidable.
There is a couple reasons for that. I bought the short block with all the work already done for a heluva price....just missing a cam, flexplate, and other odd and ends. It was basically a semi-blank canvas which allowed me to put my touch on it!Oh boy you're a lot nicer to your stuff. I'm going to clean it and all but it's getting the same 200k mile bearings and cam and everything else lol. Bearings looked great when pulled apart. Dingleball honed the cylinders and cleaned everything decently and threw it back together. Hate to say it but I think she's gonna get the original head bolts too. [emoji28]
Also, I'm in the middle of a 5 year resto, and my cutlass will be a cruiser/show car that will be able to light off the tires at will!
I have pics in my build thread...but i literally brought the short block and extras home in the trunk of my mazda lol!
...here is a pic of the efi 355sbc i ran for years until the block gave up on me. The goal is to have the LS look super clean with hiding wiring, but bust tail when necessary.
That'll make a good power plant. I'm fairly young only being 20 years old and this wagon has been good to me. I like the old school stuff but I just don't think you can get the bang for buck out of anything like you can the LS stuff.
That's quite impressive being able to do the power tour at 20 man! I've had my cutlass since you were 3 or 4 lol! I did my 1st engine swap on the cutlass at 18/19 and never looked back! However, the LS stuff was unheard of back then. You had a sbc, and crammed whatever HP out of it possible within ones budget!
That's awesome! I like hearing all these old stories. I'm actually good friends with ldr on here we live in the same town and he's been Buddy's with my dad since before I was around. He's been a big help to me. When I put my 5.3 in I want ac. Are you putting ac in with yours? I want to know if the compressor will clear the k member and how to convert the factory lines to work with it.
I use a big plastic tote with gas in it. The gas washes off grease and oil very well.
Ldr was the one that showed us all pics of your wagon...nice cruiser!
I won't be running A/C....i gutted the whole hvac system years ago for weight reduction like a jackass
!!!! I'm not positive if the compressor will clear or not. One of the more experienced LS guys will likely chime in. What i see mostly is guys running the camaro or vette front drive system which mounts the compressor up high.Please be careful with gasoline for washing parts.
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