My rusty/ratty 1948 Chevrolet truck

[Gastrick]

Hmmmm. It sure looks like your truck from the front.

[Flipper_1938]

Here is a better quality copy of the video

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--21275982

[BruceR&C]

If that ain't your truck, it's almost a twin.

[Andrew]

Great lookin truck!!
I really enjoyed the build. Keep us posted on further shows and stuff you attend!

[Flipper_1938]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Great lookin truck!!
I really enjoyed the build. Keep us posted on further shows and stuff you attend!

I'm gonna be at the Delta River Cruise-In at Sam's Town Casino in Tunica, MS next weelend.

[Flipper_1938]

I pulled the motor to fix some oil leakes and while I was at it, I swapped cams. I took out the 350 horse 327 cam and stuck in the second smallest Lunati Voodoo cam.

Broke the cam in to Lunati's directions...20 minutes at 2500 rpm then 3000 for 1 minute, then 3500 for one minute.....then was supposed to work down by 500 rpm steps for 1 minute.

While doing the 3500 rpm step (21 miutes into breakin...in the driveway), a hoseclap on the lower radiator hose failed and the lower hose blew off of the water pump.

Not sure if it cooked the rings or cracked/warped the heads.

If this motor craps out...I have a good guess as to why.

[Flipper_1938]

I did not hurt the motor.

I adjusted the valves with the motor running and all is well. Looks like I did not have the lifters properly pumped up when I did my initial valve adjustment.

I feel dumb for leaving it parked for a couple of months...dreading tearing into the motor again.

[truckster]

Glad that it turned out well. Funny how we often put off doing something because we fear what we are going to get into. Then when we finally knuckle down it turns out to be a simple fix, and we wonder why we put it off so long.

Nice to see an updated post on your thread.

[falconvan]

Originally Posted by Flipper_1938

I pulled the motor to fix some oil leakes and while I was at it, I swapped cams. I took out the 350 horse 327 cam and stuck in the second smallest Lunati Voodoo cam.

Broke the cam in to Lunati's directions...20 minutes at 2500 rpm then 3000 for 1 minute, then 3500 for one minute.....then was supposed to work down by 500 rpm steps for 1 minute.

While doing the 3500 rpm step (21 miutes into breakin...in the driveway), a hoseclap on the lower radiator hose failed and the lower hose blew off of the water pump.

Not sure if it cooked the rings or cracked/warped the heads.

If this motor craps out...I have a good guess as to why.

Kudos for not grabbing the nearest hammer and beating the bejeezus out of it; I think I would have gone ballistic. Glad to see it survived!

[Flipper_1938]

I was bored today. Here is a screen print of the Alan Jackson video.




and a pic taken at this past weekends "Bunny Run"