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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3126032" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>This poor old truck.</p><p>I got this truck in from my dads fishin' drinking buddy 1987. wife/girlfriend then got pregnant and I sold it in 1987 to my fishin' drinking buddy.</p><p>15+ years later my wife buys the truck back from my buddy for my birthday present..WOO HOO.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This poor thing has sat without an engine or glass in it for all those years.</p><p>I had it running around 2003 I put it on the road with a 350" chevy .</p><p>Drove it for many years and pulled the engine and stuck it in my 57 chevy.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I let the truck sit for a couple years and built a 385" chevy which lasted 4 months or less and got a leak in the rusted out cylinder wall.</p><p>I then put together a 327" small journal..It was a putz!</p><p>Drove it for 1 day and parked it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I just stuck together another SBC this time a 357" with roller cam and ported vortec heads.</p><p>Runs very well</p><p>Took it for a short spin today..almost feels as strong and the 385"</p><p>The 385 had ported 601 heads and 280H on a 108 LSAcomp cam. 230@ .050 and .480" lift.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This roller cam in the 357" is the Hot cam ex lobe on intake and exhaust side 228@ .050 and .492" lift on a 110 LSA.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I need to get to the track and get some ET or wheel dyno it and see how it does compared to the other engines I had in it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You learn a lot when going vortec heads .. what fits and what does not. Just a work truck and hunt/fish truck.</p><p></p><p> Too bad the tunnel-ram would not work on this.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]119979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]119980[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3126032, member: 15054"] This poor old truck. I got this truck in from my dads fishin' drinking buddy 1987. wife/girlfriend then got pregnant and I sold it in 1987 to my fishin' drinking buddy. 15+ years later my wife buys the truck back from my buddy for my birthday present..WOO HOO. This poor thing has sat without an engine or glass in it for all those years. I had it running around 2003 I put it on the road with a 350" chevy . Drove it for many years and pulled the engine and stuck it in my 57 chevy. I let the truck sit for a couple years and built a 385" chevy which lasted 4 months or less and got a leak in the rusted out cylinder wall. I then put together a 327" small journal..It was a putz! Drove it for 1 day and parked it. I just stuck together another SBC this time a 357" with roller cam and ported vortec heads. Runs very well Took it for a short spin today..almost feels as strong and the 385" The 385 had ported 601 heads and 280H on a 108 LSAcomp cam. 230@ .050 and .480" lift. This roller cam in the 357" is the Hot cam ex lobe on intake and exhaust side 228@ .050 and .492" lift on a 110 LSA. I need to get to the track and get some ET or wheel dyno it and see how it does compared to the other engines I had in it. You learn a lot when going vortec heads .. what fits and what does not. Just a work truck and hunt/fish truck. Too bad the tunnel-ram would not work on this. [ATTACH=full]119979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]119980[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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