Whichever of the two first options you choose is gonna result in some f'd up S550 parts. A bare 351 is gonna weigh what?...150? What kind of he man is gonna be able to set that thing directly in the front seat floor from a dead lift?
Me, apparently.Whichever of the two first options you choose is gonna result in some f'd up S550 parts. A bare 351 is gonna weigh what?...150? What kind of he man is gonna be able to set that thing directly in the front seat floor from a dead lift?
And I think the block is around 100 lbs.
Or roughly 1/6th the weight of the damn E7 heads I had to pull off the car last night.![]()
You cannot cry about having to lift cast iron out if an engine bay until you have personally done one of the following:Or roughly 1/6th the weight of the damn E7 heads I had to pull off the car last night.![]()
It's entirely possible. I just wish I still had the energy of my 23 year old self and could work in the garage without eating or drinking for 15 straight hours and not having a wife to bitch about car parts.who'd have thought that working on a car was aerobic activity?
dude....the one we just bought may have me built like Sgt. Rock by the time it's done.
Add 3 kids to that situation and you're in my world of getting progress done "eventually"It's entirely possible. I just wish I still had the energy of my 23 year old self and could work in the garage without eating or drinking for 15 straight hours and not having a wife to **** about car parts.
Ahhhh, the good old daysIt's entirely possible. I just wish I still had the energy of my 23 year old self and could work in the garage without eating or drinking for 15 straight hours and not having a wife to **** about car parts.
Ahhhh, the good old daysexcept back then I never went 15 hours without drinking lol.
It's entirely possible. I just wish I still had the energy of my 23 year old self and could work in the garage without eating or drinking for 15 straight hours and not having a wife to **** about car parts.
Wait, a wife that b!tches about car parts????
Actually, mine quit doing that... Now when i buy parts, she buys a new gooney bird purse.![]()
You probably already know this, but I'll give a quick warning/heads up of something I learned the hard way:
No sh*t? Wow. Fortunately, I didn't do that even though I thought about it. WHEW!You probably already know this, but I'll give a quick warning/heads up of something I learned the hard way:
Do NOT let pistons soak in degreaser too long. I once had a set I was cleaning up, and this was over a labor day weekend. Went to a BBQ and left a couple soaking in a bucket, with every intention of finishing up when I got back. Ended up not getting to it till the next morning, and that degreaser had eaten the pistons, and siezed the rings/pins onto the pistons.
You probably already know this, but I'll give a quick warning/heads up of something I learned the hard way:
Do NOT let pistons soak in degreaser too long. I once had a set I was cleaning up, and this was over a labor day weekend. Went to a BBQ and left a couple soaking in a bucket, with every intention of finishing up when I got back. Ended up not getting to it till the next morning, and that degreaser had eaten the pistons, and siezed the rings/pins onto the pistons.
LOL of course that's what I used. I did dip it in a bucket of water and then blew it dry with compressed air, so should be good to go.There are chemicals that eat aluminum (read:caustic) that are in superclean/ purple power..
LOL of course that's what I used. I did dip it in a bucket of water and then blew it dry with compressed air, so should be good to go.