Definitely will be praying for JKB and Dianna

Gaba house was in a nutty season , and still is, but we are building a callous— so we can get back into things we find joy in , and not just the daily grind ..

Hence my mustang!! Been driving it — haven’t made a change since the IL trip— still running  well except the turn signals not running well. Which I will fix sometime .

How are y’all!!??

And have you seen the new “Carb Cheater” made by Luke Finley (Thunderhead289) on YouTube? Very interested in it.. but also interested in thoughts .. :D

Hope to hear from y’all soon

email sent

Gaba + Theresa and 3 small kids

Haha!! Yes .. that’ll be fun!

Cool feature , you can higher and lower the rear end suspension , to change the stance!  A worm gear to  straight gear setup! Pretty cool detail !

ricci or foch crossword

Hey hold up! How is this my fault! always blame the young guy!!!! for EVERYTHING!! :D
This one was not on me...

 

HAH! nope... no one has heard from me! thanks to Billy for pointing to me to this thread! :D
347 is running, running well, i am still listening for wierd noises and clickety clacks.

Runing a 600CFM summit carb on it , and headman headers I bought from Paul .

Yesterday I was in the garage redoing my PCV sheild/ baffle as I noticed an oil puddle coing from the carb butterflies .. realizing its been sucking up and burning oil from the PCV ...

and putting ARP hardware and lock washers on the header bolts (half of them LOL as accessible) to get the headers to stay on and not get loose..

It sounds good, I bet it will run a bit better with the less oil it burns LOL :D

It seems to be making good power , I am waiting on the second oil change now. anohter 1000 miles or so, and we shall see

CLickety clacks coming from the full roller system are apparently normal. nothing is loose in there so that is that :D

how are you ?
 

YAAAAAY!!!!
 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vmwwtkm77f4ejr/Photo%20Jun%2015%2C%2010%2005%2018%20AM.jpg?dl=0

Here is the distributor gear

The engine had been throtoughly washed with a pressure washer and soap before assembly

Engine also had three complete oil changes .

Oil filter only showed shiny non magnetic material being caught as I saw it

It’s going to a new machine shop today — Kim barr.. Kim barr had a theory that he thinks the engine components were not balanced properly .. but definitely wants to redo all line hones, cylinder hones etc.

New rings will go in no question asked . I was worried I had gapped them wrong , and I will redo those with new cylinder hone.

Kim barr also said to bring the cam , as he has noticed a bunch of “bowed” cams from factory. 0.005 off .. with a total clearance available on the bearings of 0.003 .

He insisted that bring the new cam to him to check the new bearings with towards the end of his work

Still a 2 -3 week wait

Bolted to Floor wrote:

For Prof, have you tried the embed feature for sharing the pics? With Flickr, using the BBCode choice shows the picture instead of a link in the posts.
 
 Gaba, I sure hate to see you have to go through this. Several of us have already....this is not a place where misery loves company!! 
 
I do see the marks on the bearings, do the pictures do them justice…. are the groves better or worse than they appear on the computer screen. Will a finger nail grab on any of the groves in the bearings? I don’t know that bearing material is gonna cause that much wear for the cylinders.
 
With the buildup on the piston tops, could there have been a vacuum leak? How does the intake ports look on the heads? Intake gasket was sealed well?
 
You mentioned the flex plate bolts imprinted on the torque converter. Is there a chance of a this pushing the crank forward? How does the thrust bearing look and did yall measure it before pulling it apart?
 
Did the cam turn freely in the block during assemble?

And finally, what's the story with this comment??

MS wrote:

Don’t forget about the most important engine assembly procedure used.

Park the incomplete assembly near workbench. Use angle grinder to distribute grinding dust all over the shop.

Just sayin’… might not be the cause, but…

 

no bearings look just as they seem in the pics. No deep grooves, nothing catches the nail.

Cylinder wear... i didnt think there was bad cylinder wear. The vertical lines are smooth and dont catch the nail

Build up on piston tops.... Vaccum leak not that I know of. The gaskets were glued on so well, I am having a tough time cleaning them off the heads now. oil blowby.. maybe.. i dont know how to tell.

it could be, I am going to possibly use thinner head bolts the next time to make sure that doesnt happen. Also the engine to Torque converter alignment was hard to accomplish with me on the back. I could have made a litte alignment mistake.

Thrus be

TKOPerformance wrote:

Did they bore and hone the bores, or just hone them? 

 
Bore and hone ..

I cleaned the darn block with a pressure washer , dawn detergent and water . I scrubbed till my hands hurt and pushed water through every hole I saw

Here. The smooth area is very smooth and reflective . Nail does not catch the lines at all.

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