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John Dol
12-22-2019, 08:58 PM
On the car that is anyway...
Love these forums for the comraderie they bring. After reading about my misfortune Scotr451 reached out to me.
He had some misfortune with registering his car in Maine and was forced to buy a new engine. This left a Forte build 347 in his garage.
Today he drove it down to me and it will be the base of my rebuild.
Now if only the weather would get warmer....
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GoDadGo
12-22-2019, 11:40 PM
Great News Indeed!
Good Luck!
ricobrafan
12-23-2019, 05:35 AM
Good luck John! I am waiting to hear from the state of RI for my inspection. Will post completed pics and video after registration. Happy Holidays
John Dol
12-24-2019, 05:04 PM
Great News Indeed!
Good Luck!
Thanks Steve, onwards....
John Dol
12-24-2019, 05:05 PM
Good luck John! I am waiting to hear from the state of RI for my inspection. Will post completed pics and video after registration. Happy Holidays
Exciting times, good luck. Looking forward to the pics!
mmoen
12-26-2019, 12:17 PM
Looks like you are set. Now get that installed.
MM
John Dol
12-26-2019, 05:21 PM
Looks like you are set. Now get that installed.
MM
Yes sir Mike sir! :cool:
Garry Bopp
12-26-2019, 09:53 PM
John,
Glad to see you have some good luck! Hope to see your coupe at Open House in June!
Garry
KDubU
12-27-2019, 06:06 AM
John, you need to put some stacks on that. :cool:
CraigS
12-28-2019, 08:26 AM
Well, I think you just recently moved so your choice is made. It will get warmer when it gets warmer. Funny that 35 yrs ago I got a job and the requirement was live on the east coast near a major airport. I was for Philadelphia since I grew up there but my wife said the weather will be a lot nicer in DC. OK. For the first 5 yrs she loved pointing out to me the temps in Philly when we watched the weather program on TV. Glad you got that engine. That will sure shorten the process.
John Dol
12-28-2019, 09:12 AM
John,
Glad to see you have some good luck! Hope to see your coupe at Open House in June!
Garry
That’s the goal Garry!
John Dol
12-28-2019, 09:14 AM
John, you need to put some stacks on that. :cool:
I know I really should,......but I can’t :rolleyes:
What was that line about spending other people’s money again?:p
If only
John
John Dol
12-28-2019, 09:15 AM
Well, I think you just recently moved so your choice is made. It will get warmer when it gets warmer. Funny that 35 yrs ago I got a job and the requirement was live on the east coast near a major airport. I was for Philadelphia since I grew up there but my wife said the weather will be a lot nicer in DC. OK. For the first 5 yrs she loved pointing out to me the temps in Philly when we watched the weather program on TV. Glad you got that engine. That will sure shorten the process.
Yeah the weather is the weather
Excited about the prospect here though with this engine
Now the dilemma is whether I should keep this at 340 HP or put my aluminum heads on it and make more....
GoDadGo
12-28-2019, 09:52 AM
Now the dilemma is whether I should keep this at 340 HP or put my aluminum heads on it and make more....
More Is Always Better In My Book!
Many years ago we did a head swap on my brother's El-Chico (El-Camino) and it went from running mid to low 14's to high 12's to low 13's.
If you can pick up this kind of horsepower and your old heads are in great shape then why not swap them out?
Will changing the head get you closer to 400 HP or maybe more?
Minor HP increases will really be felt in these low weight cars.
Happy Wrenching & Watch Your Pinkies!
John Dol
12-28-2019, 12:04 PM
More Is Always Better In My Book!
Many years ago we did a head swap on my brother's El-Chico (El-Camino) and it went from running mid to low 14's to high 12's to low 13's.
If you can pick up this kind of horsepower and your old heads are in great shape then why not swap them out?
Will changing the head get you closer to 400 HP or maybe more?
Happy Wrenching & Watch Your Pinkies!
It probably will, but I will need to have my heads gone through by a machine shop, replace the valve springs with roller springs and retainers plus get different pushrods. Oh and then there's putting it all back together...
GoDadGo
12-28-2019, 12:50 PM
It probably will, but I will need to have my heads gone through by a machine shop, replace the valve springs with roller springs and retainers plus get different pushrods. Oh and then there's putting it all back together...
In That Case If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It!
Stuff that new mill in the car & rework the heads down the road.