Just moving all my motor build from my monte build thread to the motor section, if anyone got any questions or input, or whateve feel free to add!

SBC, dont worry bout what size, aint a 350 though

when the bitch got dropped off from the prginal owner (I love suburban house wives, if it was'nt for them I would'nt have this bitch LOL)











aluminum intake gotta go


gotta clean off all that old gasket and shit



all gone



got a lil bored and was just test fit'n some shit, see'n how it would look


air gap the way to goo


should have a nice size pile of shit for sale for dirt cheap if anyone needs some engine parts



that intake is polished aluminum, just needs a nice lil cleaning

back @ it again, getting the valve train out the way



gotta keep them shits in order if you want to reuse them again (I wont be though)

1side out


second side out



Lifters next, they sale a tool that you can use that helps take them out easy, but shit if you like me & on a budget. Take a slim piece of metal bend a hook @ the end and it works just as fine LOL


all them shits out, wit the trust tool on deck LOL


alls clear,


Heads & cam came out next, rest of pics on my cam,

I'll keep the thread updated as it goes and all that good shit!!!!

Ight woke up this morning and did some more work, just trying to accomplish something everyday or once a week @ least.

this shit happened over the weekend though, fucked around & broke my damn torque wrench messing wit cheap ass extentions

broke right off in the damn socket



TWICE


but sears had a sale so I jump'd on another one so I'm back in the game now


Ight torque wrench back on deck, gotta tackle the head bolts



Ight all head bolts out except the bottom two on the outside ends (arrows pointing too in the pic)


reason you leave those to bolts in is for removal.

heres what ya do to make it easy (for those who aint know)


1. you unthread those two bolts maybe 2 & 1/2 turns




2. take ya socket or any tool thats kinda slim @ really strong & wrap a shop towel around it (like so) my socket was not long enough so I switched to a ball joint puller




CAUTION!!!! CAUTION!!!!! CAUTION!!!!!!



before you continue, please make sure that you pin is pushed ALL THE WAY IN on your engine stand





3. Take your socket or whatever tool you picked to use and stick it into a whole on the intakeside of ya head


4. Then take ya hand & hit the shit out of it, like so


(reason for the shop towel is so that you dont damage your tool or you heads, and you left those to outter bolts in but unsrewed like half way becasue when you hit it, (make take a few tries and you can switch to different holes in the head) those two bolts will catch the head and stop it from falling to the ground & u wanna make sure ya pin is in the stand becasue when you take one head off, the weight is un even and then ya motor will turn onver on the stand)

5. Ya head is off


Oh yeah make sure you leave like a bolt or some kind of marking in one of the heads so you know which side that head came off from


Then just repeat the same process for the other side




Ight both heads off, should be bout 17 bolts per head, keep them shits together in a bag or organizer if u going to re-use them, shits easy to loose






Heads should be going out to machine shop by end of the week if they can fit me in, aint really feel like fucking wit the valve and all that shit, plus I was gett'n some work done to the heads anyways, so I said why not just let them do it all in one WHOP!



15-16k on the bottom end (dont ask what size & whats in it, im not tell'n) wit papers so I aint really gotta even get down into all that for what Im building, maybe on the next build up though. But when I drove what it came out of, I was very shocked it got down like that

GOOD SHIT BRUH..IM READY TO SEE WHAT DAT BITCH GONE DO!

nice homeboy! good to see dude do his own work! trying to find me a engine on craigslist now to play with for the cutty!

shit thats where I found mines @, was selling something different on there, but when I went ot look @ it, he had other shit also so I lucked up pretty good

What HP and torque numbers you tryna get out of it?..


So what are you doing. Will you be dropping this off at a machine shop to get all the work done and bottom end and you just gonna build the top yourself?

naw bottom end has already been built up some, so there aint really no need for me to mess wit it that much.

just a straight street car, not big on racing and shit so aint no need for me to get that wild with this one. go be roun high 3's low 400's when Im done

what head su goin wit

so itz a 400? lol

cast, dont need aluminum for what Im doing, they should be getting worked on though soon if these people quit playing

Ok last of all that I need to break down on this motor

getting the harmonic balancer off, advance auto rental tool ($100)


kinda self explaintory to use, if u never used one before, here ya go



1. take the piece circled in red and line it up agains ya balancer
2. then you find with bolts out of the are circled in teal/skyblue fits your balancer and screw them in just a little it
3. take the long peice circled in green and place it in the middle of the red piece
4. then take the little tip circle'd in pink and place it over the piece circled in green and stick it inside the balancer and then tighten it all down.

will look like this


& like this when its all tighten down



then you take a socket or wrench and just start to turn the head of the long bolt thats in the middle

**HELPFUL TIP**

The bitch is on there tight so its going to take some muscle!!!!!

once you start turing and it may get toooo tight and then the engine will start to rotate you have 2 choice.

1. take a screw drive and stick it in the teeth of the flywheel to stop the ehgine from turning and then turn the tool (kinda hard to do but can work)

OR

2. Do what I do and remove the oil pan, take the end of a hammer or something long (padded perferred but not mandatory) and stick it up in between the crank (like so)

a) remove oil pan


stick handle up by crank and turn the tool which will hold the hammer in place and stop the engine from rotating


Then you can start to turn the tool, dont get discouraged

cuz the shit is on there really really tight and its kinda hard to turn, but keep turning!!

but sooner or later it will just slide off the crank shaft


Ight now that the oil pan is off, good time to check (just incase) that there aint no metal or shit like that @ the bottom of the pan, if so you got some big problems LOL, but err thang a GO over here.




Bottom end look'n just like I thought, damn near brand new


My dumb ass forgot to take the other drain plug off, so Im wonder wha the hell was droppin on me while I was taking the balancer off LOL, got that out of way.


Ight time to get that cam and shit and Im done with the break down!

kill them timing cover bolts


pry it off wit a flat head or scrapper something flat



Next untorque ya cam bolts and get it the cahin and all that out the way



gear on the crank comming off too, but no point in me doing it right this second, when Im still waiting on a few things

ok really really important part!! REMOVING THE CAMSHAFT!!!!!!!

Ive seen plenty of people possibly fuck up a motor down the line while doing this.

Correct way is to pull it out slowly (very slowly) until you feel it get caught up, what it is doing is hitting the bearings inside the engine, those bearings are really really key part of ya motor, so you dont want to damage them or even pull them out by yank'n on the cam and pull'n and shaking and shit, they can very easy get damaged

Sooooooooooooooo, while pulling you turn either clockwise or counter clockwise which ever u perfer and pull gently @ the same time


and you will start to feel it free up and slide out.

I usually go every four then stop, then the next 4 and stop and so forth until its all the way out like so

4 then stop


4 then stop


4 then stop


then pull the rest of it out!






Ight engine is finally where I neede it to be!!! Time to get a lil work done to the heads (if I can ever find a decent shop to do it roun here) and paint everything and strat adding all the goodies!!!!!! So that whats up next.



parts box keep growing and growing lol

gonna make a sale thread when Im done with it all in the forsale section anyone got SBC and need some shit

I think I know the combo your going with. I refered to one of your posts when I had questions about my motor plans. You and LSW561 was alotta help . Preciate it.

I cant name shops round here that wont bust ya balls but head up to clearwater or tampa, my brother got connects up there i will ask him who will get you right, but you keeping the stock heads?

a st.pete between u n me wat size is dat motor(send dat pm) really n hit a lil bruh up wit sum parts

Nice!! I'm gettin my trans rebuilt now but the engine is next for my Monte so I'm gonna be watchin to see how you're build is gonna turn out. Good shit!

no prob. dawg, yeah nothing outrageous, but I will be able to get down when needed, please believe lol




yeah man thats why im @ a stand still @ the moment, I been going through the yellow pages trying to find somewhere decent thats trust worthy dawg.

yeah im looking to keep the head that I already got, just get some work done to them, like odds and ends. street motor so I aint really going all out, big time and shit. keeping it simple on this one.



oh yea between me & you dawg its a 3 _ _



yeah I was gonna rebuild my trans but I just went brand new, like fuck it lol

am i right???




am i right???

Thats wassup cuz, do yo thang aint got to be the fastest just make sure she fast tho lol

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NO! (no micheal kyle)

If i was to guess on a good street motor with some power and not to much to build I would say he is building a stroker motor. On the other hand he hasn't showed us any new parts except the intake manifold. If he is replacing the heads/crank with sbc 400 parts with a little machine work then Im guessing ok. Good work so far. Im starting to break down my Impala motor.

Look up your head number if your reusing them but I doubt you are. My heads are 041 made 69-70 and are performance heads. I will post pics later..

EHH 396 IS NOT A SMALL BLOCK, BUT TRY AGAIN!!!

st.pete i kno where a 11 sec motor at for 3100..bitch aint got 20 miles on it...track driven only..

umm actually i jus found out lastnight from my mechanic that there's a 454 sbc and a 427 sbc..i think he said a 396 sbc to..i kno the all aluminum motors and dey in jegs

THE NEWEST ONE THEY HAVE IS AND 472 SBC...

Idk if im right but aint a 350 bored???

.30 over a 383
.40 over a 396
.50 over a 406
.60 over a 427
.65 over a 455
.70 over a 472

man hell naw

.30 = 355
.40 = 357
.60 = 360

wrongggggggggggggg

yeah track motor though dawg, that shit aint go last on the street, I like to drive my cars!




WTF I wish, but naw dawg, thats totally wrong there

.30 over a 355
.40 over a 357
etc. etc. etc.

and you aint going no .65 & .70 over that shit would fail easily

pete u late on da post homie....

Fucc i waz juss askin i know how to put 1 together but idont kno the number

no its a street strip motor..prolly gotta change the cam to a hydrolic 1 tho...run 11. 20's on motor...member the old dude i was tellin ya bout who build dem bad ass motors?..well he finna take the strocker out an he puttin a 406 together..he real cheap to only charge 250 to do rear ends...

I heard that they bored boat motors that mucch its 1 @ the chiccos shop by my house he said a 400sbc goin .60 over

And i wouldnt bore shyt more that .30 any way

PETE YOU A BEAST BOI,BUT YOU SMART TOO YOU AINT SHOW KNOW BOTTOM END PARTS THEN YOU KNOW A GOOD MOTOR HEAD WILL FIGURE YOU RIGHT ON OUT LOL...LIKE WHAT SIZE RODS YOU FUCKIN WITH WHAT SIZE CRANK YOU FUCKIN WITH IS THE PISTONS 30 OVER OR WHAT
HELL YOU MIGHT BE BUILDING A 388 FOR ALL WE KNOW HA HA HA HA BUT HOMIE THIS IS A TIGHT LIL THREAD DAWG FOREAL
SHOWING OFF YOUR SKILLS FASHO.....

250 aint cheap.... thats shop price... we got guys up here that do em for 100-150 all day long

this some funny shit right here.....

FOR REAR ENDS? DAMN MOTHAFUCKAS WANTED TO CHARGE ME $800 FOR GEARS, SEALS, ETC AND INSTALLATION.

BITCH'S

that sounds right if their providing the parts also.... but if you're providing the parts and all their doing is installing it..shops round here charge 250-350...but the shadetree's charging $150 for labor

Anyone know where to get POSI for an '81 cutlass, its a v-6 but installing a chevy motor in like a week. might even change my entire rear end with a Monte Carlo SS rear end.



Anyone know where to get POSI for an '81 cutlass, its a v-6 but installing a chevy motor in like a week. might even change my entire rear end with a Monte Carlo SS rear end.

if u want just the posi locker..check ebay..jegs..summit..i got a set of 3.73 gears that'll fit your rearend(no homo)..pm me if interested

Damn St Pete, you got me over here thinkin bout gettin into some trouble. I would love to get a cherry picker and pull my shit. I might have missed it but what you plan on doing with your motor? You gonna bore it out? Is that a 350 or 400? Didnt know if you disclosed that info yet.

I see the gears all the time but i need botch wheels turning lol!! how much you selling them for

naw, aint tell that info, but naw that is as far as Im taking it, the bottom end was already built from the person I bought it from, so it has work done to it already, Im just re-doing some things and building around what they already had on the bottom end. has a lil over 10,000 mils give or take on it.

pete stop holdin out

I have a new respect for People that do bodywork 4 real!











Ight shit started like this, & I actually aint take many pics of the process cuz shit kinda messy & I was'nt finna fuck my cam up




bout 15 mins or so wit the 80 grit ( I was already gett'n frustrated being my first time and all) but it got fun lil after


this bout after like 30 mins


front b4


bout 15 mins



was going to start painting and shit after all the sanding, but it started raining & I think u need ideal conditions to do that shit, so I just called it a wrap and moved on to something more fun!

(no bolted up and bent a few corners wit no lift for the fuck of it

Had a real quick change in plans, Got some new heads!

World products real nice set, should flow pretty damn good! 64cc, 200cc intake runners, straight plugs, vallves : 2.020" x 1.600, screw in studs, guide plates. take'n em to get cleaned up and springs and retainers installed over the weekend maybe.

Old heads are for sale!!!!!!!!!









LOL @ whats in the background

damn pete .. look like we bout neck and neck on tha engine rebuild!! ...

mane ..i fuk'd round & threw a damn rod... only thang is .. I sent mine off to tha rebuilders to have them do it...lol .. we tore that 455 down to tha block and hauled that sumbitch off to tha shop.. Just got it back not to long ago ...getting ready to paint it and chrome it out now ... errrrthang gon be RED & CHROME

thats whats up! damn fool you been ghost 4 a min. How the cutty been treat'n you?

Man Imma update this damn thread, damn motor shit is really expensive.

just dropped damn stack in machine work for the heads and thats not counting how much I paid for them. Imma get it though!