Good project. 30+ years ago, I did the same to my '50.
Craig
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
Don't trash the 216- - - -it can become a 258 with a pressure-lubed crankshaft, aluminum pistons, and H-beam rods! Maybe even a roller cam. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
No plan on trashing the 216. It runs quite well just not enough giddy up. It will get cleaned up and left on the run stand. Never know when I might find another truck with bad motor.
