Project Cheap & Nasty Updated With Back Story
So how cheap & nasty is cheap & nasty gonna be? Before I answer that, here's my first mod. See that hole in the middle of the main oil passage plug? It's a little big, ain't it? That's cause it's a beeotch to drill a .040" hole without the bit breaking. So, my solution is to tap it to 1/4 x 32 UNF and screw a Holley .040" main jet into it. Problem solved and the timing chain now has pressurized oil.
Now on to the cheapness.
Here's one of the original 1966 date coded main bearings.
Purdy, ain't it? They all are just that good. So are all of the rod bearings. So yeah, you guessed it. They're goin back in.
Here is cheap & nasty sittin on one of the dollies I made from a Harbor Freight furniture dolly. I got several on sale when they were under 10 bucks each. I reinforced the crap out of all of them with 1 x 4s and came back over those with a piece of 3/4" plywood. I have two more to do. Thanks to @krazykuda for that. Thanks Karl!
So how cheap & nasty is cheap & nasty gonna be? Before I answer that, here's my first mod. See that hole in the middle of the main oil passage plug? It's a little big, ain't it? That's cause it's a beeotch to drill a .040" hole without the bit breaking. So, my solution is to tap it to 1/4 x 32 UNF and screw a Holley .040" main jet into it. Problem solved and the timing chain now has pressurized oil.
Now on to the cheapness.
Here's one of the original 1966 date coded main bearings.
Purdy, ain't it? They all are just that good. So are all of the rod bearings. So yeah, you guessed it. They're goin back in.
Here is cheap & nasty sittin on one of the dollies I made from a Harbor Freight furniture dolly. I got several on sale when they were under 10 bucks each. I reinforced the crap out of all of them with 1 x 4s and came back over those with a piece of 3/4" plywood. I have two more to do. Thanks to @krazykuda for that. Thanks Karl!