65 Barracuda daily driver
Finally had some time this weekend to work on the Barracuda. Cleaned up the pistons and the block.
Heads on and torqued.
When I was cleaning up the threads I noticed one of the bolt holes for the rocker arm was potentially problematic. I should have addressed that before bolting on the heads, but I heli coiled it and it should be fine.
I put on the valve covers on only to keep the dust out, but it finally starts looking like an engine again. While the heads were off I also swapped out the trans dipstick. I had mangled the old slant six one to make it fit, but now for the first time it's the right tube in the right place. Now I need to put the intake back on, water pump, radiator and alternator. I got an alternator and a/c bracket from CVF racing and I'm planning on installing that too. It's getting close and I can't wait to fire it up again!
Finally had some time this weekend to work on the Barracuda. Cleaned up the pistons and the block.
Heads on and torqued.
When I was cleaning up the threads I noticed one of the bolt holes for the rocker arm was potentially problematic. I should have addressed that before bolting on the heads, but I heli coiled it and it should be fine.
I put on the valve covers on only to keep the dust out, but it finally starts looking like an engine again. While the heads were off I also swapped out the trans dipstick. I had mangled the old slant six one to make it fit, but now for the first time it's the right tube in the right place. Now I need to put the intake back on, water pump, radiator and alternator. I got an alternator and a/c bracket from CVF racing and I'm planning on installing that too. It's getting close and I can't wait to fire it up again!