EL CAMINO White lightning our 81 street/strip car

[BudsJLM]

350 is back out, 400 is in place just working on getting everything hooked back up, was hoping that I could hear it run today but I don’t think that’ll happen the body is giving out but. I’ll keep chugging along as much as I can

Kept the Milodon pan on the 400 it is one designed for a Vega but fits great in a g body,

picked up alittle heat wrap for the brake lines and starter wiring, brake lines along the frame were a little close for comfort for my liking, found it was trying to burn through the + cable to the starter and ignition wire, got them tucked a little further in and wrapped now

 

[bracketchev1221]

Can’t wait to see it run.

 

[BudsJLM]

Well I decided to dig into the 350 lost a rod cap and broke the cam, looks like this one is on me… must not have triple checked that one


Good news is I knocked the cam brake in outa the park the lifters looked great 🤣

 

[bracketchev1221]

Well I decided to dig into the 350 lost a rod cap and broke the cam, looks like this one is on me… must not have triple checked that one


Good news is I knocked the cam brake in outa the park the lifters looked great 🤣

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Yeah kinda looks llike 1 nut came off and the other bolt broke.

 

[BudsJLM]

Yeah kinda looks llike 1 nut came off and the other bolt broke.

Both are gone bolts are still there, one was pulled up and Ben by shrapnel/the crank

 

[bracketchev1221]

Well it’s not the first time I’ve seen it so don’t feel bad. I’ve seen full race motors break and find a complete rod bolt sitting on the ground showing it was never torqued.

 

[BudsJLM]

Running, spend the day getting thing buttoned up, gatta pull the dist and turn it a tooth and reroute my plug wired but wanted to hear the thing run today

Idk how to stick a vid in here so here’s a like to the one I tossed of fb

400 is in and alive | Day 3 of we should have been at the track this weekend, 400 is in and rockin! Don’t mind the spaghetti of plug wires I’ll clean them up shortly, and I... | By Jack Madison RacingFacebook

Day 3 of we should have been at the track this weekend, 400 is in and rockin! Don’t mind the spaghetti of plug wires I’ll clean them up shortly, and I...

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[bracketchev1221]

Congrats on getting it going.