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Just found this thread while out of town. Had my wife drive home some of the way so I had time to read the whole thread lol. What a cool story. Glad you went the route you did on this thing. Enjoy it!

Car running this year? Only reason I ask is cuz I’m going to flying H and thought it would be cool to see your car running lol.

Glad to hear it's running and you figured out the melting cam sensors. So what is the plan on preventing that in the future? Also totally wild that someone would put a tracker on your car!

Is it running well? Gotten any good passes since getting the latest issue out of the way?

LOL have you ran with the new tires yet?

Idles great and looking great, good luck!

I hear ya. Sometimes when I have multiple cars down I'll just cover the old one and do my best to forget it for a few weeks. Or months LOL. Good luck.

Good weekend in the Scamp. Got to see some good friends, hit a car show and cruise, and got to put some miles on the car. Also my car won it’s first trophy in my 18 years of ownership so that was cool. Local kids at the career center judged so I guess they appreciated something different. Black...

Finally got it fired up! Ran into some issues with manifold Fitment. I think these 302 heads may have been milled a little. We wallered (redneck word) out the holes a little and got it to bolt down and seal. Fired it up open headers. Man it was a blast. Did a quick tune and brought it out for...

Got the heads bolted down and the headers in. Man headers are a pain! Had a friend help me on this one. Scratched up the paint a little but not too bad. Zero dents put in! Gotta hook up my 90* oil adapter and wire my starter and I’ll be basically done underneath. Hoping to have the car on the...

Couple more pics of the results. Looking forward to finding some time to get them back on

A little before and after paint. Got the heads, intake, and bolts painted just as it started to sprinkle. Friend with a Mopar 10 Challenger came over to learn some stuff. He’s new to wrenching so I’m working on roping in another addict lol. Hoping to get my headers installed shortly then will...

Did some port work on the 302 heads with the guidance of some friendly folks on this page! Didn’t get too crazy on it but made a lot more room. Blended the bowls some. Ported my intake just a little. It’s the performer intake which tapers at the end of the ports. I basically removed the taper...

Thanks!

On the door panels where it has the chrome strips, how do you plan to redo those? Just curious as mine are peeling. I have a chrome paint marker I used for my heater delete bezel but was curious if there was something maybe better.

Spot on. I do many things but not all. I’m 32. Had my car 18 years. And many things I’m doing now on the car is the first time attempting. Had good help. Got good guidance. But 100% agree with you there’s a time to know when you just don’t have the ability to do it yourself. The guys always...

Picked up the 302 heads. They’ve been lightly ported and 1.88/1.60 valves put in. I plan to port a little more and put in new springs and send em. Got the headers back from the sandblaster and went ahead with VHT header paint in flat black and sprayed some VHT satin clear to give it a light...

Heck yeah man. I had a random guy on here message me when I asked if they made an insert to cover the heat. Just got done restoring mine. Good luck man!

Nice score! And nice dyno results! I have the same heater delete in my car and found a radio delete to match lol.

Cool story on a cool car. Can’t wait to see it back together. As a Scamp owner, love to see them getting some love.

Compression tested fine. Valve seals bad. Valves were also rattling I found out. Located a set of 302 heads with bigger 1.88/1.60 valves put in. Waiting to pick up. Will port them. Also found these Hedman headers for a good price while I’m in there. Plan to port match my performer intake as...

Learn something new every day. I had the long block done so I didn’t see the pistons get put in.

Confirmed by looking at another piston that triangle isn’t a crack. Just markings for install.

Some pics from my combustion chamber. Unsure if that triangle is a crack or is marking for direction install.

Im confused.

But I thought you got it dialed in!

Car has been smoking out the right exhaust real bad. I’ve been driving it a little but not much due to it smoking and getting worse. The two pics of the plug that is gunked up is #6 cylinder. The other pics are the others on the same side. We’re thinking likely bad valve seals and possibly head...

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! So awesome! Super pumped. God’s grace is also awesome. Happy for you man it’s exciting to hear this.

“If the world don’t collapse by then” lol no kidding. Do I buy new heads or do I stock up on food in case the economy tanks? You can run faster with better heads. And you only gain weight with more food. Car parts it is!

Echo what those guys are saying. Maybe I'm a terrible gearhead, but I would rather spend time driving than fixing the stuff every week. That said, my car is also slow as a result lol. All of us are hoping to see this thing get dialed in, but maybe dialing back some in hopes of simplifying may be...