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Post by 65cuda on Sept 23, 2006 12:49:08 GMT -5
Anyone have any Chevy chrome engine parts for sale, small block 400? just checking before I start shopping, but be alot of Chevy parts out their
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Sept 23, 2006 22:08:14 GMT -5
Ray......I thought you were a Mopar guy?.......what are you doing looking for chebby parts?  |
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Post by 65cuda on Sept 24, 2006 3:34:29 GMT -5
Yeah I`m Mopar, always been and still, just having fun with a modified vehicle, hey it even a little Ford in it, it has a Ford Pinto body, lol
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Sept 24, 2006 21:45:16 GMT -5
Giving credit where it's due......one thing I like about Chevy motors, is their water pumps by design. Cast iron, easy to replace, and no matter how bad they fail, they won't ruin the timing cover. And even if you try really hard, there's no way to overtighten it and create a gasket leak, unlike the alluminum ones the "other brands" use. Which brings me to another good thing about Chevy motors by design........that stamped steel timing cover was good engineering also, although they can be tricky to re-install with the oil pan still in place.  I'd still eat worms before I'd ever put one in a Buick though! LOL  (hate that) |
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Post by 65cuda on Sept 24, 2006 21:50:49 GMT -5
I remember doing a timing chain on a chey small block 8cly back in the early 80`s wasn`t that bad a task
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Sept 24, 2006 22:16:53 GMT -5
It's really easy to do on a smallblock. But I always had to re-use the rubber gasket that goes around the oil pan "hump" in order to get the timing cover to fit back on. The new ones won't crush with the oil pan already bolted down. Thank God for blue glue! LOL |
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Post by 65cuda on Sept 24, 2006 22:18:16 GMT -5
that blue glue would get all over the place, lol
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Sept 24, 2006 23:07:32 GMT -5
You have to use that stuff sparingly. If the gap anywhere on anything with a gasket is more than a few thousandths, then there's something wrong.
I used to drive a Furd wagon with a 351w in it. I had the heads milled so much it threw the intake manifold out of whack where it met the block. The gaskets kept squeezing out causing an oil leak. The only way I could seal it was to toss the gaskets and use a bead of the stuff.......and it worked great. I ran the sh*t out of that thing for over 100, 000 miles like that and it held. It's also good for sealing warped alluminum thermostat housings. ;D
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Post by benny on Sept 25, 2006 6:26:20 GMT -5
I have a mopar for a few years...had a camaro before that.....all the big three have some nice cars and some real dogs as far as I 'm concerned.....thought for another topic here guys.....lol
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