I never figured I'd be doing a build thread but, I thought some of you guys might enjoy this. So here goes.
Some of you may know that last year I had a little "help" in spinning a bearing in my 400. The motor is still in the car as of now, so I'm not 100% sure as to the exact source of the slight knocking. Anyway instead of rebuilding the 400, I decided to build one of the 350's I have. This one is one-piece rear main seal engine and is roller cam capable. This will be one of the cheapest builds you will see. Call it a hack job if you want, it won't bother me.
The goal will be to get the Malibu back up and running before my daughter decides to enter this world. Her due date is May 3rd. I never got to bring my son home in my hot rod, but hopefully my daughters first ride will be in a blown bu.
By the way, I don't have a garage. The engine is being built on my back porch and if need be will be installed in my stone driveway. I will add details of the engine as I post pics of the progression. Any comments are welcome as well as any questions. On with the pics!
Here is the new bullet in all her horrible glory:
Another project I will be tackling is a dressed up front end for the bu. Nothing major just a different grill, mostly. I will post pics of this process here as well.
Grill and headlight bezels starting point:
Some of you may know that last year I had a little "help" in spinning a bearing in my 400. The motor is still in the car as of now, so I'm not 100% sure as to the exact source of the slight knocking. Anyway instead of rebuilding the 400, I decided to build one of the 350's I have. This one is one-piece rear main seal engine and is roller cam capable. This will be one of the cheapest builds you will see. Call it a hack job if you want, it won't bother me.
The goal will be to get the Malibu back up and running before my daughter decides to enter this world. Her due date is May 3rd. I never got to bring my son home in my hot rod, but hopefully my daughters first ride will be in a blown bu.
By the way, I don't have a garage. The engine is being built on my back porch and if need be will be installed in my stone driveway. I will add details of the engine as I post pics of the progression. Any comments are welcome as well as any questions. On with the pics!
Here is the new bullet in all her horrible glory:
Another project I will be tackling is a dressed up front end for the bu. Nothing major just a different grill, mostly. I will post pics of this process here as well.
Grill and headlight bezels starting point: