RADIAL THUNDERMONGS??? HOLD THE PRESSES!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLlAxq5TaL4Havent checked in for a while so here goes... Need some sage advice about getting some front springs for the Special. Traded in the V6 at the scrap yard with the 3 speed, manifolds, and a bunch of iron (oh the irony!) and a turbo 400 that in total netted me 21.46. YES, thats correct.
So I picked up a 1970 complete 455 to strip down. I was gonna keep the heads and intake and maybe the crank. The crank is out of the picture, so i am going with a reman crank with bearings. The block is going in next week for an assessment (sonic testing), and if good, a bore job and all the other stuff that goes with it, plus a valve job. Hope the heads check out. I am using my tired 1974 455 block with the 1970 top end.
Picked up a set of gently used T/A +.040" forged dished pistons, rods and a Schneider pretty hot cam and Rhoads lifters for 250.00 today. That, and COUCH shopping with Pat wore me out! Totaled about 250 miles today.
So the guy that had the 1970 motor tells me it was his brothers... "I think it had a rod knock". Yeah, at the bottom of a lake. Its amazing how sound travels through water, Right Edouard???
Heres some pics of a rod knockin' block for kicks. Ill check in tomorrow for some more breaking news LOL... ws