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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 49 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 49 | after setting everything up for the mock fit.Things look and fit great. Tore it down and took my 350 to the machine shop.. examined the crank, worn, and had already been turned once,we decided to find another crank..loaded the ceank back up carring the block in found a crack in it...Today Sucked....Oh well, thiers always tomorrow,..or is there?? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 841 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 841 | sometimes you have to go thru several it seems to find a good one. maybe the next one! good luck. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | when I dropped my heads off to be redone for the truck they found cracks in both of em.....better to find em now than later..theres more cranks,blocks and heads out there than you can shake a stick at........dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | You can buy a brand new Goodwrench 350 for about the same price as rebuilding one. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | You can buy a brand new Goodwrench 350 for about the same price as rebuilding one. it comes with a warranty!
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | Had I to do it over I would have bought a crate motor vs rebuilding mine.......dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 8 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 8 | I took a RAM JET 502 out of a street rod and replaced it with a 290hp 350 crate engine from Summit - perfect for street rods. Plenty of power, mild cam, runs great.
'55 1st series, '67 CST, '93 Sport Truck.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 | Had I to do it over I would have bought a crate motor vs rebuilding mine.......dave Not me. Nothing like having your hands in one. Crates have merit, I just prefer the old school way. | | |
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