403: It's done

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword) 01/11/2019 at 13:28 • Filed to: None

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Rebuild time: month and a half. Breaking the engine in: also a month an a half!? Woo.

Now that isn’t entirely fair. The guy that does the break ins had hip surgery. that hip surgery was also last year, and they told me my engine would be done after the fact around christmastime, which only explains about half the time I waited. I wouldn’t really be mad, except for the fact that ALL THE NICE WEATHER ENDED JUST THIS WEEK.

Now that the venting is done, I am going to try to hurry it home, drop it in the car, and hook it up so I can run it periodically and make sure the oil doesn’t drain out of it... although I suppose it doesn’t really matter as the cam should be broken in at this point.

So... time to see if I lost anything. Expect pictures next week, and maybe video if I can figure a way to upload to kinja without using youtube, as I don’t have an account.

You can always place bets on the power it’s going to make. As for the details for those who aren’t familiar: ‘79 oldsmobile 403 with KB high compression pistons bored .024 over with a comp 260h cam, hooker competition headers, and a pertronix hei coil and ignition chip. Mind you, these will be gross HP numbers I assume as they don’t have my other crap on it.

OPPOsaurus WRX > My bird IS the word 01/11/2019 at 13:33

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that steak is too done

My bird IS the word > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/11/2019 at 13:36

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I forgot to take pictures the last time I was in the shop and I feel like a jackass. I get too worked up over this stuff.

Svend > My bird IS the word 01/11/2019 at 13:38

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Nice one, if you need a hand putting it back in. Don't ask me as I've no idea how to do it

79 oldsmobile 403 with KB high compression pistons bored .024 over with a comp 260h cam, hooker competition headers, and a pertronix hei coil and ignition chip.

All that in my head, read, car and engine.

I imagine it’s similar to what others hear when I talk about car cleaning. Lol.

Chariotoflove > My bird IS the word 01/11/2019 at 13:39

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Good weather will come around again.

But I want fajitas RIGHT NOW, damn you.

My bird IS the word > Svend 01/11/2019 at 13:45

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It’s not as hard as it looks, as it’s old and american. the real struggle will be the alternator and power steering, as that assembly was all kinds of stupid and I don’t remember how I did it. I hope I took good pictures.

My bird IS the word > Chariotoflove 01/11/2019 at 13:45

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Sorry for posting this at lunch time

MUSASHI66 > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/11/2019 at 13:55

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Blood on the plate - too raw. 

OPPOsaurus WRX > MUSASHI66 01/11/2019 at 14:28

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that’ s not blood that’ s flavor juice