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  1. Irishman999

    Oil pan gasket??

    Not on the new 1 piece gaskets, silicones wont stick to the rubber.
  2. Irishman999

    Bondo

    Another option is ordering patch panels and welding them in place, I seem to remember lmc selling sections of bed floor.
  3. Irishman999

    Rebuild the old 350 tbi or order a crate motor

    I have to disagree with that. Does that crank come with good bearings? who did the work for you? Why not just re condition what you already have and order some premium bearings for it? Aftermarket parts are so good you would be stupid to not take advantage of Hypereutectic pistons for 100...
  4. Irishman999

    Bondo

    No.
  5. Irishman999

    Traction Control Device Survey

    What a crock of shit, at my highschool we had construction class where we learned how to misuse nail guns. I would have killed for a class like that, might have smoked less pot and actually payed attention in school. I hope you guys figure it out and sell the idea to Ford. We drive 3/4 ton...
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    Rebuild the old 350 tbi or order a crate motor

    Almost done here, just thought I would post a breakdown of everything. I started with a 93 5.7 block complete I got on craigslist for 150 bucks. #5 cylinder was trashed so I had to either bore it .30 over and pay for a sleeve or go .60 over and possible have to get a sleeve anyways if it did...
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    Rebuild the old 350 tbi or order a crate motor

    If you have options on a machinist shop around, word of mouth is a big thing. I went with my machinist because I saw one of his small blocks in a pulling tractor absolutely getting its ass kicked and it held together. If time is an issue dont try it, turn around time at a machine shop is slow...
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    Rebuild the old 350 tbi or order a crate motor

    I agree with you on that completely. You have to consider the temptation to go aftermarket as well. After you secure a clean enclosed work area and buy all the stuff why not just put a little extra into the engine to make it worth your time and effort. Once you open the door to aftermarket...
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    Rebuild the old 350 tbi or order a crate motor

    Going off your original question, save up and buy a crate motor. First off, no one on this forum "builds an engine", putting an engine together is just "assembling an engine". "building an engine" involves making parts fit that dont fit together, "assembling an engine" is ordering goodies on...
  10. Irishman999

    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    Im gonna take my chances, as rich as this thing was running before the swap the cat has already got its ass kicked. I like the thought of nickle coating the cam anyways, as well as piston walls and valve guides. After about 500 miles I am going straight straight Lucas synthetic. I dont think...
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    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    Thanks man! I am excited to see what happens, I am a real stress-a-holic and a alcoholic so this startup can go either perfect or really bad really quick. I feel like it will fire up and run with no issues, went over it with a fine tooth comb the whole time, probably why its taking so god damn...
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    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    I had 7 days to get it running, a quick trip back home turned into a huge ordeal. I got back so tired I was not very motivated to go work on it considering its freezing ass cold in the morning. Thats funny considering when I started this project I was roasting my ass off and sweating the whole...
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    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    The entire valve train is roller, not as crucial to get zinc on everything but its still getting break in additive. I went with parts store brand conventional and Lucas oils break in oil not recommended for street engines. Its not good for catalytic converters but who gives a shit, I want zinc...
  14. Irishman999

    Zinc/Phosphorus (ZDDP) for flat tappet engines

    I run Lucas oil products exclusively. In the wifes fiat Abarth its straight light weight synthetic, in the Mustang I run parts house brand conventional with lucas oil stabilizer. In the big block I went with the same thing, conventional parts house brand oil and some zinc flavored break in oil...
  15. Irishman999

    Sin City Big Block

    What exactly are you meaning by restore it? That paint looks perfect, I cant spot any flaws in the pictures. how are all the rubber parts? door seals and all that crap make a huge difference in your driving experience.
  16. Irishman999

    Sin City Big Block

    Welcome to the forum, I regret to inform you that the truck is absolutely worthless, you might as well just sell it to me for scrap prices. Any half ton short bed truck with a big block is just not worth your time, You should sell it too me.
  17. Irishman999

    New from NC

    Welcome! Dont compare toyota trucks to the square body, you can get banned for that.
  18. Irishman999

    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    I read all included instructions with my cam and lifter kit, it did mention if you use the stock non adjustable rockers you need to mark the stock length pushrods and measure how far they travel. I was about to just run stuck stuff until someone mentioned that with a different cam than stock it...
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    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    Not much is left except pain in the ass projects. If my dummy lifter fits right I am golden and can seal up the intake manifold and figure out something with intake manifold fasteners. If my suspicions are right the lifter wont fit in the bore and I will have to rob one out of the engine and...
  20. Irishman999

    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    Son of a bitch! Second to last thing preventing me from my big block running is ordering push rods. Before I can do that I need to figure out what length push rods it needs. So far I have ordered two push rod checkers that were the wrong size, finally just broke down and got the comp cams...
  21. Irishman999

    Multi air system.

    And how easy would it be to change a solenoid if it shits out? It wont be a single one either, I am thinking one solenoid per lifter/rocker. That would make sense.
  22. Irishman999

    Multi air system.

    Just thought I would share something that blew my mind. My wife got a Fiat and at the dealer they kept mentioning some kind of new revolutionary technology called "Multi air". I never really thought twice about it figuring it was some emmissions foo foo bullshit until my wife mentioned the...
  23. Irishman999

    power steering

    Yeah dont buy autozone parts, if their salesmen wont stand behind what the sell and think its a funny joke that shit does not belong on a truck you like. Rockauto.com has ac delco stuff for cheap, if I dont get it online it comes from Napa, they seem to have pretty good stuff but you cant beat...
  24. Irishman999

    Irish's pickup from hell, the 454SS.

    That would be hilarious, maybe get those inverted color stickers the trucks from mexico got and leave the interior blue.
  25. Irishman999

    Retro's 1989 GMC Sierra C1500 Sportside Indy clone

    That is one good lookin truck Jay, that thing looks great!

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