It's aliiivve!!!

[Venturous Randy]

For many of you this will not mean much, but for a few old hot rodders out there, it may.

I have a 79 El Camino that was my dad's for many years before he died in August 2000. It had a 305 with a Quadrajet that ran ok but did not run very strong and seemed to use a lot of gas. My son needed an engine to go into his Chevy pickup, so he, my 16 year old grandson and I got the parts together to build my old 327 for the El Camino, so he could have the 305. We bored it .030 over, ordered a new cam that is the same as the old L-79 327/350 HP version. I had an Edlebrock Performer series aluminum intake and we put a 650 Holly double pumper on it. I also put full length tube headers on it. I even put the same aluminum Micky Thompson valve covers back on it that I put on 35 years ago, with a little polishing.

After primeing the oiling system and getting some gas into the carburator, we cranked it up, open headers and all. It exploded to life, especially with it being inside a garage. Boy, does a cammed up small block Chevy with open headers sound good.

This is the same basic engine I built and put in my 1964 Chevelle in 1972 when I was in the military. I rebuilt (basically re-ringed) it again in 1983 and put it in a 240Z Datsun. I put about 100,000 miles on the 327 in the 240Z. Now, all these years later it is back together and sounds real good. I can't wait to get the complete exhaust on it and be able to take it out and see how it runs.

It may not get any better gas mileage, but I bet it runs a lot better.

RandyA

[Bubbajbi]

Thats the thing about those old GM small blocks: They will run forever! And they are bullet-proof. I bought a 72 chevelle with a 350 that had 4 flat lobes on the cam. It was the original engine and had sat for 20 years in a junkyard. I pulled apart the top end, put a new cam and intake and had the heads redone. I put on a q-jet and a set of hooker headers. That thing ran like a champ and didn't stop untill it blew a head gasket. I tore it all apart and used the same block and crank and bored it 0.030 over and put some flat top 10;1 pistons in it and a street strip Lunati cam with some Dart 202 heads and a performer 750 carb and was putting out 375 ponys. That thing is still running according to her new owner after 100k+ miles. Those were great engines.

[cecdoo]

I had a 66 El Camino that same setup, man that was a great car, wish i would have hung on to it, hard time keeping rubber on those back tires though:whistling: Like you said, cant beat the sound of a chevy v8

[hipshot]

For many of you this will not mean much, but for a few old hot rodders out there, it may.

I have a 79 El Camino that was my dad's for many years before he died in August 2000. It had a 305 with a Quadrajet that ran ok but did not run very strong and seemed to use a lot of gas. My son needed an engine to go into his Chevy pickup, so he, my 16 year old grandson and I got the parts together to build my old 327 for the El Camino, so he could have the 305. We bored it .030 over, ordered a new cam that is the same as the old L-79 327/350 HP version. I had an Edlebrock Performer series aluminum intake and we put a 650 Holly double pumper on it. I also put full length tube headers on it. I even put the same aluminum Micky Thompson valve covers back on it that I put on 35 years ago, with a little polishing.

After primeing the oiling system and getting some gas into the carburator, we cranked it up, open headers and all. It exploded to life, especially with it being inside a garage. Boy, does a cammed up small block Chevy with open headers sound good.

This is the same basic engine I built and put in my 1964 Chevelle in 1972 when I was in the military. I rebuilt (basically re-ringed) it again in 1983 and put it in a 240Z Datsun. I put about 100,000 miles on the 327 in the 240Z. Now, all these years later it is back together and sounds real good. I can't wait to get the complete exhaust on it and be able to take it out and see how it runs.

It may not get any better gas mileage, but I bet it runs a lot better.

RandyA

 

LOL

!!!

randy ! it does my heart good, to see that you are YOUNGER, than your son, and grandson!

younger at heart, anyhow!

wish i could afford to play with the kinds of toys you come up with!

jusat jt

[Condor]

I've hot rodded 4 or 5 small block 4 bolt main GM's in the past. I love to hear stories like this. Good on ya Randy.....

[bongobobny]

Small block Stovebolts RULE...

[Thom]

randy , you got to run it 1 time down the road before you install the exhaust , just once , :rotfl:

i put in a stroked 440 up to a 472 mopar in my motor home , headers , holley 750 , single plain intake and a few other things i should not have done but on the dyna at 6700 rpm it made 503 hp , that motor will never see over 4500 r's again but it was fun , it is fun to watch people faces when i burn off those 17.5 dully tires on a motor home but the bad part is the gas mileage it gets 2.5 to 3 miles to the gal. using 100 octain gas at 6 buck a gal , that is why it only has less that a 100 miles on it in a year and half

a 327 and a 1st gen , life is good :thumbsup:

[Eck]

Now, all these years later it is back together and sounds real good..

 

I'M ONE OF THOSE OLDIES...THAT HAS BEEN THERE TOO RANDY, AND THERE IS NOT A FEELING LIKE IT WHEN IT FIRES UP FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER ALL THAT HARD LABOR...THE MANY SMILES, AND YOUR HEART RACES WITH THE SOUNDS..

 

WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT...

A MEMORY YOU AND YOUR SONS WILL HAVE FOREVER..!!!

[Grandpagak]

WHERES THE PICS??

[Eck]

WHERES THE PICS??

He is probubly still out "test driving"........