Project Cheap & Nasty Updated With Back Story

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RustyRatRod

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The beginning of project Cheap & Nasty.

I need to update this with some back story. @Stephen Hotz was nice enough to bring this to me when he came by the other day to visit and pick up the 400, while on his way to see many folks, including @Dartfreak75 Kevin to pick up his 73 Barracuda. I didn't get any rockers or a rocker shaft. What was left of them was rusted up little pieces in the lifter valleys, so we didn't hold out a lot of hope the rest would be any good. The short block wouldn't turn, but to my amazement, the reason wasn't rusted up cylinders. Upon closer examination, it did turn about 1/4" either way. I noticed when it did, It jacked the camshaft forward and then backwards. The oil pump was SLAM locked up. I had to break off the gear housing and knock it out into the crankcase to get it out. Once I did that, the short block turned freely. It had two cylinders, #1 and #6 that had some heavy surface rust in the bottom, but they cleaned up good with no pitting. Imagine that.

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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.
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Now on to the cheapness.
Here's one of the original 1966 date coded main bearings.
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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!
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RustyRatRod said:
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.
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Now on to the cheapness.
Here's one of the original 1966 date coded main bearings.
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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!
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Will that drilled oil passage plug change the oil pressure values in any way?
 
Princess Valiant said:
Will that drilled oil passage plug change the oil pressure values in any way?
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It certainly would if I left it the size it is now. When I add the Holley jet, it won't make an appreciable difference. I run the big block high pressure spring in the stock oil pump anyway, so any pressure loss will be retained. There will be nothing for a loss though, with only a .040" hole.
 
Killer6 said:
Nah, but Rob's got so many Slanty projects going at once, that He's decided to color-code them.....
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That's not a bad idea. I did it without realizing it. Vixen's present motor is red. The closed chamber head motor is Hemi Orange and Cheap & Nasty is green. I have several more under the work table. lol
 
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