Missing your rear main seal, freeze plug set, oil pan gaskets, side cover gaskets, valve spring seals, intake and exhaust gaskets, valve cover gasket, water pump gasket, thermostat gaskets. Skip the head gasket set and the timing cover set and order a a felpro full gasket set.
You will also need a freeze plug, oil galley and rear cam core set.
On the head bolts, all these years, I have never seen any aftermarket head bolt sets. Where are these coming from, name and part number. I ask because there are no locating pins for the head on the block. The head bolts are shouldered and use that method to line the head up properly. Regular old small block Chevy bolts will not do the job.
You might need a speedy sleeve for the harmonic balance.
Have the machinist drill and tap the crank snout for a small block Chevy balancer bolt. The threaded snout makes it sooooo much easier to install the balancer and the bolt keeps it from wobbling off. These motors are pretty old now so let’s keep it together.
Intake and exhaust gaskets come in the full gasket set but if you want something better spring for the one piece Rimflex brand granite gasket. Way better.
Now, you are going to all this trouble, new pistons, rings, bearings, but no new oil pump?
Hydraulic lifters, the new lifters sold today are not so good. Lots of failures. Beat the bushes for a set of real gm hydraulic lifters, or a set of aftermarket lifters that are name brand, made in USA amd manufactured at least 35 years ago.
Last edited by Dragsix; 11/13/2023 1:56 AM.
