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> My v8 conversion thread, With pics, progress, questions ect!!
Andyrew
post Jul 8 2004, 07:20 PM
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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..


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Andyrew   My v8 conversion thread   Jul 8 2004, 07:20 PM
Andyrew   newish alternator   Jul 8 2004, 07:20 PM
Andyrew   block   Jul 8 2004, 07:21 PM
Andyrew   Bearing wear, lifter dirt   Jul 8 2004, 07:22 PM
Andyrew   Anyone decifer this? front of block.. inside   Jul 8 2004, 07:23 PM
Andyrew   cam.. anyone have coments on it?   Jul 8 2004, 07:23 PM
Andyrew   carb.. after the engine rolled over on it.. (Ya le...   Jul 8 2004, 07:24 PM
Andyrew   crank wear.. gona have to overbore or whatever the...   Jul 8 2004, 07:25 PM
Andyrew   Cylander wear.. Not bad Oh ya.. 1500th post.. I f...   Jul 8 2004, 07:26 PM
Andyrew   Stock exhaust, I think I'll use it for now. Gi...   Jul 8 2004, 07:27 PM
Andyrew   Newish fuel pump. I think I'll use it! Get...   Jul 8 2004, 07:28 PM
Andyrew   Head...   Jul 8 2004, 07:29 PM
Andyrew   Gota lap the heads or get a valve job (tehehe)   Jul 8 2004, 07:29 PM
Andyrew   heads and intake manifold   Jul 8 2004, 07:30 PM
Andyrew   Dirty piston   Jul 8 2004, 07:30 PM
Andyrew   Anyone want me to detail their car? Clean piston   Jul 8 2004, 07:31 PM
Andyrew   there so many of them!   Jul 8 2004, 07:32 PM
drew365   Good luck Andrew. Looks like you just accounted fo...   Jul 8 2004, 07:32 PM
Andyrew   Sexy aint it! radiator with 944 twin fans.. I...   Jul 8 2004, 07:33 PM
Andyrew   Its interesting.. I like the texture of where the ...   Jul 8 2004, 07:34 PM
Andyrew   And finally valves! whew.. Sorry andy/brad, a...   Jul 8 2004, 07:36 PM
MattR     Jul 8 2004, 07:47 PM
Andyrew   The next series of pics I could post would be my f...   Jul 8 2004, 08:02 PM
86motoman   Here is a site for all of your chevy numbers. htt...   Jul 8 2004, 08:09 PM
smrz914   Andrew you will probably have to use an elecrtic p...   Jul 8 2004, 08:17 PM
skline   Ok, First off, the pistons are standard GM pistons...   Jul 8 2004, 08:23 PM
skline   Here is the fuel pump I am going to install. It wa...   Jul 8 2004, 08:33 PM
Andyrew   I cant run the stock alternator the way its mounte...   Jul 8 2004, 09:12 PM
smrz914   Andyrew, Tell us how you are mounting the water p...   Jul 9 2004, 12:23 AM
Andyrew   I dont know how im mounting it. However Scott and ...   Jul 9 2004, 12:27 AM
thesey914     Jul 9 2004, 12:51 AM
skline     Jul 9 2004, 07:38 AM
Brett W   Good luck with your project. If you have to go ...   Jul 9 2004, 07:56 AM
Andyrew   Progress pics from yesterday. Got the engine compl...   Jul 12 2004, 08:51 PM
Andyrew   crank   Jul 12 2004, 08:51 PM
Andyrew   Out of curiosity, is this timing chain stock?   Jul 12 2004, 08:52 PM
Andyrew   Lifter w/o cleaning, Look at the wear, Can I still...   Jul 12 2004, 08:53 PM
Andyrew   Mental note for myself, The rip on the left is the...   Jul 12 2004, 08:54 PM
Andyrew   Got scotts parts today :trophy: Funny, the UPS g...   Jul 12 2004, 08:58 PM
Andyrew   Ok, here a pic of the parts I got from scott. I wi...   Jul 12 2004, 09:16 PM
boxstr   No the rip is on the front of the engine and the o...   Jul 12 2004, 10:12 PM
skline   Glad they arrived and it looks like its all there,...   Jul 12 2004, 10:17 PM
skline     Jul 12 2004, 10:27 PM
Brett W   I know the 383 is a great torque monster. You are...   Jul 12 2004, 11:28 PM
Andyrew   My stock pump is pretty loud, and the carb one I h...   Jul 13 2004, 01:13 AM
Andyrew   I just droped off the engine and everything off at...   Jul 15 2004, 03:39 PM
skline   Hey Andrew, you can use the fuel pump you used wit...   Jul 15 2004, 05:22 PM
Andyrew   Scott, I aint usin that fuel pump.... Ok, maybe to...   Jul 15 2004, 06:22 PM
shoguneagle   Andyrew. Well, first of all you are moving right ...   Jul 15 2004, 10:54 PM
dan10101   Scott, Steve and all, I really appreciate all ...   Jul 16 2004, 12:10 AM
ChrisReale   :finger: Damn you guys, now I want a v8 conversion...   Jul 16 2004, 01:01 AM
Andyrew   Well the 2.0 engine is gone now. $700 is in...   Jul 19 2004, 10:16 PM
Andyrew   The heads where magnifluxed and checked for cracks...   Jul 21 2004, 05:18 PM
Neal   Andrew, I loved reading this post, keep it up. You...   Jul 21 2004, 05:51 PM
Andyrew   Thanks neal. Alright guys I've been thinking ...   Jul 22 2004, 06:27 PM
Mike T   Maybe like this?   Jul 23 2004, 08:28 AM
Andyrew   Thats what I hear is strong.. Picking it up at the...   Jul 23 2004, 10:11 AM
Mueller   andrew, you have to be careful strengthening the c...   Jul 23 2004, 10:45 AM
MattR   Looks good! I cant believe someone's tryi...   Jul 23 2004, 10:46 AM
Andyrew   Space saver spare, pick and pull, there was a 924S...   Jul 23 2004, 11:24 AM
Andyrew   Im thinking 6k is my rev limit. I just dont want ...   Jul 23 2004, 11:55 AM
Mike T   My car is an autocross car. No street. So the brac...   Jul 23 2004, 12:07 PM
Mueller   Hey Mike, is that a custom radiator or a one from...   Jul 23 2004, 01:03 PM
dan10101   Well, here is the cam that was suggested by the Ma...   Jul 25 2004, 04:09 PM
Mike T   <...   Jul 26 2004, 10:35 AM
Andyrew   Heres an update... Got the parts from Steve (very...   Aug 3 2004, 09:01 PM
Andyrew   The twin (huge) fans that I got from Steve... I th...   Aug 3 2004, 09:15 PM
Andyrew   hehe... I know im going to be shot down for this o...   Aug 3 2004, 09:21 PM
Andyrew   Adapter plate for the later model v8 (86 and up to...   Aug 3 2004, 09:24 PM
Andyrew   Cool trick stuff. Harmonic balancer from renegade...   Aug 3 2004, 09:27 PM
Andyrew   Water lines.. gona paint tomorrow or so.. (yes, if...   Aug 3 2004, 09:28 PM
Andyrew   Boring single exhaust... One cat, one truck muff.....   Aug 3 2004, 09:31 PM
shoguneagle   Andyrew, you make the old parts look good. Hope t...   Aug 3 2004, 09:31 PM
Andyrew   Alternator mount, and "custom" alternator... I...   Aug 3 2004, 09:34 PM
Andyrew   OH er.. ya.. Also my 9in Kevlar flywheel... Some ...   Aug 3 2004, 09:36 PM
Andyrew   Steve, so far, it looks like the only thing I need...   Aug 3 2004, 09:40 PM
Andyrew   And last, but appropriately not least, is the engi...   Aug 3 2004, 09:42 PM
Brad Roberts   Dont install the harmonic balancer until you get t...   Aug 3 2004, 10:51 PM
Andyrew   Alright, Im sure Steve still has it on his engine....   Aug 3 2004, 11:16 PM
Brad Roberts   Buy the throwout bearing from KEP. This is where e...   Aug 3 2004, 11:40 PM
Andyrew   I would... but I wana get this thing runnin soon. ...   Aug 3 2004, 11:51 PM
Brad Roberts   Kennedy is closer to us than RSH.. but feel free ...   Aug 3 2004, 11:57 PM
Andyrew   Aight fine. I'll give kennedy a call in the mo...   Aug 4 2004, 12:47 AM
skline   Nope, they are in Lancaster and the parts are usua...   Aug 4 2004, 08:45 AM
soloracer   I agree, KEP has been awesome to deal with. Hoba...   Aug 4 2004, 09:44 AM
Andyrew   Aight, im gona give KEP a call. I'll try to g...   Aug 4 2004, 12:20 PM
Andyrew   today was... A productively bad day... lol Im qu...   Aug 7 2004, 09:26 PM
Andyrew   Oh I guess I could post some pics.. Dad rebuild t...   Aug 9 2004, 12:13 AM
Andyrew   In the above pic, the top two pieces are for the s...   Aug 9 2004, 12:20 AM
Andyrew   And heres the hole... Not that big, but it should ...   Aug 9 2004, 12:23 AM
Andyrew   And here's the 916 bumper that will have its h...   Aug 9 2004, 12:26 AM
smrz914   Andyrew, I would have to vouch against the expand...   Aug 9 2004, 12:44 AM
Andyrew   Thats what I told dad.. but he insisted foam... We...   Aug 9 2004, 10:31 AM
Andyrew   Ahh, methinks its time for an update! Amazing...   Aug 23 2004, 12:47 PM
neo914-6   Andrew, Good scores! just plunked down a ~...   Aug 24 2004, 08:45 PM
dan10101   Radiator... DONE (minous wiring the fan...)   Aug 30 2004, 09:27 PM
skline   Why does it look like its going to leak??? Are you...   Aug 30 2004, 11:26 PM
Andyrew   Oh the hoses arnt connected all the way.... air es...   Aug 30 2004, 11:55 PM
neo914-6   Scott, You must have missed the vented hood pic.....   Aug 31 2004, 12:08 AM
Mueller   hey Andrew, that ugly front bumper sure looks fami...   Aug 31 2004, 12:40 AM
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