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I am getting headers!! WhooHoo! I will have pics tomorrow..I am trading my Q-jet for these headers. Now she can sound like a truck.

Ditto! Pics or ban!

Pull out the stereo and start over. I have had this same thing happen to me in my 240z and I ended up pulling out a bunch of bare ended wires from other crap the PO had under the dash and never cleaned them up. If this is a new issue since you put the stereo in then that is where I would start.....sounds like a hot wire getting grounded.

Good point. I have no problem pulling my motor apart when I get new heads. The gaskets are cheap and it takes about 6 hours to do the job. Not a huge investment in my eyes. The learning experience is worth more to me than a few dollars and little bit of time spent...besides this is a daddy and daughter project. My 15 yo daughter get's to learn how to tear down an sbc that way. If you ever have seen any of my other projects you would know that I typically take my engine apart and put it back together several times during the time I own them. I appreciate your oppinion and understand your point. Aaron

Time to find another auto parts store. lol

Ok...try picking up a new intake/exhaust manifold gasket at your local parts store. They are pretty cheap. Get the gasket maker off, I made that mistake once and had the same issues, that is why I asked. Make sure your carb gaskets are new as well.

Most people use starting fluid...but that only really works when you have it running. I am betting you have a vac leak based on the throttle symptoms you were describing. You didn't use any sealer on the gasket did you?? And you did use new gaskets, right?

Now that is the help I was looking for. Thank you very much! I am sure this info will help others out as well. I just happen to have the Comp Cams 270h with 112 LSA 224/224 duration and a 4/7 swap. Cool!

Thank you for your help. I found a calculator that gives me a ball park figure of 10.81:1 http://www.aacncclub.com/crucemotor/compressionratio.html I am pretty sure based on what I have read about my set-up, that this is pretty close to accurate. Maybe not exact, but close at any rate. I was not able to account for 12.5 cc dished pistons on this calculator. I just was needing to know this because I will have to figure out what my octane should be. Looks like premium at minimun...92 octane. Thanks!

lol...ok, but notice that I didn't ask about that. I know I need to get Vortecs and I will in time, but this is my first round with the sbc and I am just getting to know her. So now that that the lashing is out of the way, can I get help with the comp? Forget about the head casting #...the 58cc head is the important thing here. I have heard many positive things about the 081 heads, they are the non-swirl port TBI heads. 081 heads flow reference They have a decent flow with a little port work and the heads I was using were the crack prone 624 heads with 1.72 intakes so this is an improvement.....that is my simple explanation. I used them because I had them. I found this thread with close to the information I need to run the calculator, but it is for a 400 not a 350. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=66574

I just rebuilt the top end of my 350 sbc and need a little help by those who are more familiar than I am with using those fancy compression calculators. I know a few of the measurements, but not all of them to complete the calculations on my own. Thanks in advance for your help. Here is what I have: Standard sbc 350 Block: 3970010 date code of something 74' (can't remember) but it is not the stock engine for my 1972 C20 3/4 ton. Heads: 14101081 305 58cc 1.84 intake / 1.50 exhaust Pistons: The standard stock dished with double valve reliefs. Bores: Standard size Block has not been milled or decked. Head gaskets: Standard thickness Felpro I can't think of what else you would need to know. Here are some pictures for reference..... Completed engine I don't know why this head says 55.4..but it does. I don't know if that is the milled CCs or just some jibberish. You can see that the pistons are just the standard dished ones.

Precision vs Accuracy Learned this in lab class. In the fields of engineering, industry and statistics, the accuracy of a measurement system is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to its actual (true) value. The precision of a measurement system, also called reproducibility or repeatability, is the degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results. Although the two words can be synonymous in colloquial use, they are deliberately contrasted in the context of scientific method. Point: You can be precisely inaccurate, but never accurately imprecise.

Interesting.... Most people who are posting about your given example (five speed) usualy will type 5 speed instead. Example search: http://forums.hybridz.org/search.php?searchid=4285320 I typed in "5 speed" and came up with a ton of threads. It is a challenge to pick out only the threads you want sometimes admittedly, but for most questions, they can be answered this way. It does bring up threads with "speed" but then you can narrow your search by searching in a specific forum. My search did leave out the "5" due to it being too short of a search term. Thats when you should choose another term for your search criteria....maybe less specific. It is a matter of spelling. You can also narrow your search by searching in one particular forum or thread rather than the entire site. I hope this helps.

BRAAP has a nice set of FG fenders. Don't know if he would be willing to ship them...but you never know and they are rust free guaranteed! lol http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=156355

Here is the video. enjoy!

I got her running tonight!! YAY! I will have a video tomorrow including before and after shots.

Very nice work!

I got me a new Edelbrock 1404 500 CFM carb tonight that is actually NEW!! Thanks to Blackice280z and kamakazi620. I also have a good Q-jet coming tomorrow....so I will have two q-jets (one good & one worn out) and one new 1404 carb at my disposal. I am very happy about that. Funny thing...it says Weber on it! lol

Network, network, network! Get in as many places as you can and blow them away with your enthusiasm. In healthcare that is how you get a good job. It seems like everyone knows everyone else in healthcare so getting to know people in your field of interest is a gold mine.

I made more progress tonight....

As of 7am this morning the upload option for photos was dissabled, pending some server/forum software upgrades. Hang tight... In the meantime you can still use an image host and post up pics that way for the time being.

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Progress tonight! I put on the new heads and got them bolted down. I followed the correct torque sequence and procedure for getting them done right. Feels good to make some progress! Now I just need the friggin carb that works. lol

I started to tear apart my motor tonight so I can put my new heads on and make sure my cylinder walls are ok. I have dished pistons so I can get away with the small chamber heads I am going to use. A little paint for show.... The 624 heads that were on my truck are the 1.72 valve!! I am glad to not have to use them any more. Now I have a set of 1.84 1.50 valve 58cc heads. You can compare the old head on top with the 58cc head below.