Well, I feel like the clock is ticking on my quest to finish stage 1 of this project by April or May (probably won't be April but May is a possibility). I have the engine out of my parts car now and is sitting on the stand. I've done some cleaning up on it and chased all the bolt holes that’s been clogged up with 25 years of crud and also the bolts too so they screw into their respective holes with ease.
I’ve left the intake and carb on still at this time as I’m not having any luck locating a used alum. dual plane intake to go with the free 4 bbl. Carb my friend gave me. There is a car show this weekend that I’ll be going with my friend Mr. 5.0 pal so maybe I’ll find one there used or I may bite the bullet and get a new one (most likely a Weiland Stealth, an intake that I could most likely use on the stage 2 engine when I build it later this year).
I will be installing my new alum. high volume water pump (Milodon) soon and will try fit my headers (hooker #620
sometime this week to get an idea how it all fits before I drop in the V8 when my 6 cyl. car is ready for the transplant.
I do have a problem with a rocker cover bolt that was not present when I removed the valve covers, seems the previous person that did some work overtighten it and it broke inside the hole, any easy way of getting it out? Do I just drill it out and retap or should I helicoil it also?
I will soon put the parts car outside where I will have the room to go under the dash and remove the throttle cable and also the wiring under the hood that will be needed for the swap. I’ve taken a look between it and my 6 cyl. car and have already noticed that on the parts car the wiring for the alt. has an extra plug which plugs into the main harness. The main harness in the 6 cyl. car doesn’t have the plug for the harness to plug in. I’ll have to research that one and my other friend Mr. GM freak will be giving me a hand on that one also.
Once the parts car is out in the driveway, “project sleeper” will be spending some time inside the garage for me to continue the swap, that could be as early as this weekend or next depending on how I feel. Stay tuned.
I’ve left the intake and carb on still at this time as I’m not having any luck locating a used alum. dual plane intake to go with the free 4 bbl. Carb my friend gave me. There is a car show this weekend that I’ll be going with my friend Mr. 5.0 pal so maybe I’ll find one there used or I may bite the bullet and get a new one (most likely a Weiland Stealth, an intake that I could most likely use on the stage 2 engine when I build it later this year).
I will be installing my new alum. high volume water pump (Milodon) soon and will try fit my headers (hooker #620

I do have a problem with a rocker cover bolt that was not present when I removed the valve covers, seems the previous person that did some work overtighten it and it broke inside the hole, any easy way of getting it out? Do I just drill it out and retap or should I helicoil it also?
I will soon put the parts car outside where I will have the room to go under the dash and remove the throttle cable and also the wiring under the hood that will be needed for the swap. I’ve taken a look between it and my 6 cyl. car and have already noticed that on the parts car the wiring for the alt. has an extra plug which plugs into the main harness. The main harness in the 6 cyl. car doesn’t have the plug for the harness to plug in. I’ll have to research that one and my other friend Mr. GM freak will be giving me a hand on that one also.
Once the parts car is out in the driveway, “project sleeper” will be spending some time inside the garage for me to continue the swap, that could be as early as this weekend or next depending on how I feel. Stay tuned.