Sweet! :thumbup:

(I don't think I could resist taking the pan off just out of curousity.)

 

you should drop the pan and remove all the old gasket material and other stuff that falls to the pan when you pull the heads as well as drain and clean it as you probably have coolant in there from pulling the heads

all that work for 30hp? with the right heads, cam, and intake you should see 500 fairly easy on a 302 or is that a 347?

 

Should the tops of the pistons really look like that? I didn't think there would be so much deposited material there in the age of synthetic oils.

 

Oil shouldn't make it to the combustion chamber anyway so synthetic or not would be besides the point. I think Herman has this engine carbureted, carbon deposits like that would not be unusual at all since the fuel/air mixture would not be as precise.

 

Herman - those piston heads look a bit crusty, especially for 11kmi, unless I'm not seeing the pics very well. I'm trying to remember if this was fuel injection or carb...regardless, some tuning is likely in order, unless it's only a hard surface coating that's thin. Just a quickie, 'cuz localized rich a/f mixtures that lead to crusty deposits will also do funky things to lubrication, too. Second on the pulling the pan thing, too, as you can look at a lot of 'little things' in there, also!

Oh, and "oh, the travesty - power brakes!!!" What's up? Getting old? Sorry, had to pull that one!! Have fun ~

 

I've been burning oil for some time so I knew when I pulled the heads, it'd be rather carbonized.

*sigh*, your right; I should pull the pan anyway. :-|

This is a 347 carburated engine. The limiting factors to the HP will be the carburater and cam. The heads are able to flow enough to support 500 HP but I want a drivable car. Getting to 500hp normally aspirated on a small block is "possible" but you sacrifice some driveability. I know spending that much for just another 30 HP sounds crazy, but this isn't a 1.8T where I would have spent only 1/4 of what I paid for everything here.

So the pan will come off perhaps this weekend. I already started into the gas pedal side aluminum and hacking away a square foot of material for more space on the right foot.

I have the left side box extension ordered so I can get a couple of inches to the left of the clutch for a dead pedal.

Power brakes... I do get tired on hills holding the car back from rolling; I thought I could do that with manual brakes and I've been doing that for the last 4 years. It's getting as old as I am now. So power brakes it is!

I plan on having everything done by April. I have never seen CA weather in NorCal this cold for this long and with this much rain so I'm very happy to have something to work on and improve things on the car. Can't wait for the next long trip with more foot room coming.

 

I've been burning oil for some time so I knew when I pulled the heads, it'd be rather carbonized.

*sigh*, your right; I should pull the pan anyway. :-|

This is a 347 carburated engine. The limiting factors to the HP will be the carburater and cam. The heads are able to flow enough to support 500 HP but I want a drivable car. Getting to 500hp normally aspirated on a small block is "possible" but you sacrifice some driveability. I know spending that much for just another 30 HP sounds crazy, but this isn't a 1.8T where I would have spent only 1/4 of what I paid for everything here.

So the pan will come off perhaps this weekend. I already started into the gas pedal side aluminum and hacking away a square foot of material for more space on the right foot.

I have the left side box extension ordered so I can get a couple of inches to the left of the clutch for a dead pedal.

Power brakes... I do get tired on hills holding the car back from rolling; I thought I could do that with manual brakes and I've been doing that for the last 4 years. It's getting as old as I am now. So power brakes it is!

Yea, you have to be able to enjoy it.

Why carb'd? Especially with those Tahoe runs you do, I would think sea level to 7K feet would be an issue? I would practically have to rejet my Webers on my old bugs back in the day to get over Donner Pass.

I have never seen CA weather in NorCal this cold for this long and with this much rain so I'm very happy to have something to work on and improve things on the car. Can't wait for the next long trip with more foot room coming.

I hear that brother. It's been like living in Seattle this year!

 

driveability w/a big engine and high-flowing heads & cams means a smaller carb, or at least one w/ big secondaries and small primaries. Roger the altitude change issues, but carbs should have an altitude compensation circuit that's at least somewhat effective.

Power brakes, I guess. Don't ever think about an auto tranny, though!! ;-)

Well, California's finally gotten some real weather! It's been cold & rainy a lot in SoCal, too. While I welcome the respite from the near draught, it'll be interesting to see what happens in Owens Valley and Mono Lake area due to the 'extra water' this year. While I haven't checked SoCal reservoir levels, I'd expect them to be maxxed out by now, also. Beware the fire season this year!!!

 

The Barry Grant 650 DP worked beautifully in Lake Tahoe; never gave it a second thought and ran like a champ. I did have a local tuner do the original carb tuning which involved some drilling of the air-bleeds but that's about it.