 My v8 conversion thread, With pics, progress, questions ect!! |
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| Andyrew |
 Jul 8 2004, 07:20 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait  Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California 
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So making it official I am making this my one v8 progress thread, I will possibly post questions about the conversion elswhere, but my progress will go here.
Anyways, the story.. Knowing that I needed a new engine, I searched for some conversions, finding a few, then falling through, I ask about a v8 conversion, two guys here generously said that they will help and sell me some of their stuff. Together I will be able to make a nice conversion on a very limited budget. Here I will take the time to thanks Scott K and Steve H for what they have done and what they will do. Anyways with that, I then went to pick and pull and found a 305 engine from some later car. We look all around and cant find an engine number.. Hey, its a v8, we need to pull something, Lets just do it (im very glad I said that..) We then get the engine home and I plop off the valve covers and find that it has 350 heads(via the number), hmm.. Interesting... So I go and find the block number look it up. Sure enough, its a 350 block. Well thats not enough for me, I take it apart check the bore, theck the stroke, Yuppers 4in bore, something or other stroke, Yup its definately a 350! Whats not known is why it was in a 305 car.. So checking the pistons dad says there high compression, I wouldnt know any better. So then talking about radiators, Mike Mueller kindly offers me his (very large) aluminum radiator for cheep. I take him up on his offer and drive to his house to see his garage packed with neet toys! Thanks mike for the walk through! We enjoyed it! So we go home, and later in the week(yesterday) I start taking off the pistons, I get one off and clean it, trying to find an overbore number.. Cant fine one Check the bearings, they have .0005 on them. No clue what that means... Anyways, while taking out the rest of the pistons dad stares at something for a second, laughs, and shows me that it is a 4 bolt main. So, now where very curious to why it was in a regular family car.. 84 or such. Anyways, enough with the gabber, heres my list of pics.. Attached image(s) 
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:20 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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newish alternator
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:21 PM
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block
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:22 PM
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Bearing wear, lifter dirt
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:23 PM
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Anyone decifer this? front of block.. inside
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:23 PM
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cam.. anyone have coments on it?
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:24 PM
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carb.. after the engine rolled over on it.. (Ya lets put the engine on the hooser tire!! That'll hold it!) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:25 PM
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crank wear.. gona have to overbore or whatever they call it.. to the crank at least.
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:26 PM
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Cylander wear.. Not bad
Oh ya.. 1500th post.. I feel like a whore... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Attached image(s) 
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:27 PM
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Stock exhaust, I think I'll use it for now. Give me a little more room to play with.
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:28 PM
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Newish fuel pump. I think I'll use it! Get rid of some electrical...
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:29 PM
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Head...
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:29 PM
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Gota lap the heads or get a valve job (tehehe)
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:30 PM
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heads and intake manifold
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:30 PM
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Dirty piston
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:31 PM
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Anyone want me to detail their car?
Clean piston Attached image(s) 
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:32 PM
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there so many of them!
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| drew365 |
Jul 8 2004, 07:32 PM
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These are the good old days! Group: Members Posts: 2,004 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Sunny So. Cal. Member No.: 37 |
Good luck Andrew. Looks like you just accounted for your spare time for a while.
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:33 PM
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Sexy aint it!
radiator with 944 twin fans.. I think the'll work fine Attached image(s) 
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| Andyrew |
Jul 8 2004, 07:34 PM
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Its interesting.. I like the texture of where the rust was better than the pure chrome!!
Too bad it takes like 20 years to make that kind of texture... Attached image(s) 
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