68 GT convertible project
A 360 will be going in place of the 318. The short block is a MP non Magnum roller block crate assembly that they used to offer. I bought this one in late 99 I think. I put a couple hundred miles on it before pulling it and getting rid of the car it was in. It's been sitting since 05.
I used to run a Weiand X-Celerator single plane intake and thermoquad carb. For the Dart, I bought an Edelbrock Air Gap intake and Thunder Series carb. After test fitting the carb/intake, I found that the secondaries were hitting the center divider when the throttle was opened up. I sent the intake back to Edelbrock for them to look at. It took a month or so for them to figure out what they were going to do. In the end, they just decided to send me a new intake. During that time the engine just sat open with a garbage bag over it. Once the new intake arrived, I pulled the bag off the engine and found a mouse nest made of grass clippings sitting in the valley. Since it was a new nest, I hoped that they hadn't had a chance to get down inside and do any damage.
I got the engine up on the stand and removed the oil pan while the engine was still sitting upright. I thought it might not be a good idea to flip it over if there was a chance the mice had brought any crap down any deeper. I didn't see anything in the pan which was good. After removing the windage tray, I could see that they had been down that far but they hadn't made another nest.
After looking closely for any other foreign material, I flipped the engine over. I got lucky...the rest of the engine looked really clean.
Back in college, I ported and rebuilt the heads myself. Even though they didn't have many miles on them, I wanted them to be looked at by someone who knows that they are doing. I took them to the machine shop where they cleaned them up and redid the valve job. While the heads were out, I started the task of cleaning all the paint off the block. It was a very messy job but I finally got it clean.
A 360 will be going in place of the 318. The short block is a MP non Magnum roller block crate assembly that they used to offer. I bought this one in late 99 I think. I put a couple hundred miles on it before pulling it and getting rid of the car it was in. It's been sitting since 05.
I used to run a Weiand X-Celerator single plane intake and thermoquad carb. For the Dart, I bought an Edelbrock Air Gap intake and Thunder Series carb. After test fitting the carb/intake, I found that the secondaries were hitting the center divider when the throttle was opened up. I sent the intake back to Edelbrock for them to look at. It took a month or so for them to figure out what they were going to do. In the end, they just decided to send me a new intake. During that time the engine just sat open with a garbage bag over it. Once the new intake arrived, I pulled the bag off the engine and found a mouse nest made of grass clippings sitting in the valley. Since it was a new nest, I hoped that they hadn't had a chance to get down inside and do any damage.
I got the engine up on the stand and removed the oil pan while the engine was still sitting upright. I thought it might not be a good idea to flip it over if there was a chance the mice had brought any crap down any deeper. I didn't see anything in the pan which was good. After removing the windage tray, I could see that they had been down that far but they hadn't made another nest.
After looking closely for any other foreign material, I flipped the engine over. I got lucky...the rest of the engine looked really clean.
Back in college, I ported and rebuilt the heads myself. Even though they didn't have many miles on them, I wanted them to be looked at by someone who knows that they are doing. I took them to the machine shop where they cleaned them up and redid the valve job. While the heads were out, I started the task of cleaning all the paint off the block. It was a very messy job but I finally got it clean.