my 88 k1500, tons of pics

[bucket]

I've got the 305 I pulled out of my pickup. It ran fine but smoked a bit. If you can figure out a way to pick it up, you can have the whole thing if you want it.

 

[HotRodPC]

I meant break in for a flat tappet cam, not a roller lol.

anyways I may end up just redoing the 305 because I know that crank is smooth, but it needs 2 pistons, and just keep it fairly close to stock rebuild, and save the 350 for something later. I'd really like to get myself a camaro or trans am, like 77-81 style, or maybe a square body 2wd and have the 350 for it and hgopefully be in a position to buil dit better later, maybe 383 or roller cam.

but that's all still up in the air.

for now I'm going to make another thread about cam in a 305 and one for sale to try and sale off some tbi parts to earn some cash to rebuild a motor for mine.

I've got the 305 I pulled out of my pickup. It ran fine but smoked a bit. If you can figure out a way to pick it up, you can have the whole thing if you want it.

That's one way to get your junk hauled off. I was once GIVEN a 350. So hell yeah, I'll take it. Get over there to pick it up from a buddies, buddies neighbor. Hell, I got there and it was a 305. The guy couldn't believe I was just going to leave a FREE motor there. I told him it's not a 350, it's a 305. You can't even give'm away. And it's not worth my time and effort to unload and take up space that I need. Sorry dude. Call a scrapper, he'll get $3 for it. (That was back in the 80's when scap didn't pay crap).

But, in this case, sounds like a runner that get Chris by and buy some time. Just install the whole motor and run some SAE 30 in it and your oil changes oil from other vehicles and let it smoke a little bit.

 

[bucket]

Yep, it's worthless junk other that the fact it's complete besides a carb and it's dead reliable. It smoked mainly when you would nail it and wind it out. I suspect the oil drain holes in the heads may need cleaned out.

 

[HotRodPC]

Yep, it's worthless junk other that the fact it's complete besides a carb and it's dead reliable. It smoked mainly when you would nail it and wind it out. I suspect the oil drain holes in the heads may need cleaned out.

Sounds like a great motor to patch up a truck and buy some time to rebuild another motor though. I think I'd install the whole thing. Tuned right, won't be a power house, but might get some fair mpg. I hear some say they get much better with a Wee O Five and I hear some say they get the same with their Tree Fitty too !!!

 

[bucket]

I averaged 15.5 with it. Hard to say about power, it was a dog, but the truck also has 2.56 gears. Even the 454 doesn't particularly care for that nonsense.

 

[HotRodPC]

I averaged 15.5 with it. Hard to say about power, it was a dog, but the truck also has 2.56 gears. Even the 454 doesn't particularly care for that nonsense.

That's just stupid IMO. 2.56 and 2.73's should be outlawed. I don't even care for 3.08's but for those who have a purpose of mostly light duty highway driving and no OD, 3.08's work well for those people. 3.42 is a good starting point in a half ton, and 3.73 in a 3/4.

But hey, I'd rock a 305 with 3.08's or 3.42s to get 15mpg. I wouldn't expect performance out of it. I've even considered a 4.3 carbed. It doesn't do much good to fix up a nice square to get 9-11mpg if you can't afford to drive it and it sits in the driveway all the time. If I ever get rich I'd like to do a CNG conversion on a square and make it my DD. Plenty of CNG stations around here now. Not on every corner, but they're available.

 

[Swims350]

Yea no way to get a motor but 2 pistons I definitely need so you guys Let me know. Yea new from rocmauto is 9 so 2 including shipping is 27. Local is 18 each

 

[HotRodPC]

I just went out in the shed and I do have the WeeOFive pistons I thought I saved, but after further checking, they are .040 over. Sorry Dawg. I remember now, that lady was pissed cuz she had the motor rebuilt and it hinged 2 rod thru the pan at just under 50K miles on the rebuild. If you can use .040 over, I actually have 3 of them.

 

[Swims350]

yea aint gonna be able to use 40 overs.

I just need some stockers for it.

Right now it's on hold I'm actually working on a square, the old mans 84, body work again lol. Rust is a killer, it acutally ate holes in the new replacement upper arch.

 

[Swims350]

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yep she's back in the garage now. I've swapped out the trans. case to a non cracked ones. I also did the dual feed setup on it while it was apart. I've cleaned and painted the case, the t-case and the engine. Then I removed the core support when I got it back in the garage to make it easier to install the motor/trans/t-case all in one.

 

[Old77]

Paint that engine bay to match now

 

[Stewzer55]

What engine is going into it? Wee-o-five or Tree-fiddy?

 

[Swims350]

you mean paint the outside to match the engine bat?

and it's gonnna be the pee ho five I guess.

 

[Swims350]

just scored me a couple of mickey thompson baja mtz's one with like 1/4 tread left other with about half, on steel newer body style wheels, only paid $40 for em.

315/75-16's so yea 35's.

 

[Skweegle89]

just scored me a couple of mickey thompson baja mtz's one with like 1/4 tread left other with about half, on steel newer body style wheels, only paid $40 for em.

315/75-16's so yea 35's.

I just ordered 4 new ones. Didn't get that good of a deal on em though.


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