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09-26-2004, 05:39 PM
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Engine Done... For now.
There are no questions in this thread. Just the excitment in the fact my Camaro's engine is done. I have a 1973 Camaro with a 350 4 bolt main and a TH350 transmission. I recently pulled the front end off my car to start off the body work. While doing so I thought that it would be a perfect time to pull the old cam out of the block in favor of a modern and more appropriate Crane cam. After I put that in I decided that I also needed a tranny rebuild. Good thing I did that. After sending it in to the rebuilders I was told the TH350 was out of a 6 cylinder. The guts all had to be replaced. That tranny was rebuilt, had a shift improver kit installed, and a new vacuum modulator from B&M installed. Before installing the new tranny I also bought a TCI Torque converter. I bought the Torque converter to work with my new cam. After putting the transmission back in the car sat for a little longer. A while later I bought a pair of camel hump heads off a friend. The heads came off a 67 Chevelle SS with a 327. I sent the heads down to a local speed shop around here. I got them back the other day and I then began ripping apart the engine. I pulled off the old smog heads with the 76cc chambers. After cleaning all the carbon off the pistons I found out the motor has been bored .030" over. Later I installed the Camel humps. I did all the work myself and a day later I heard the engine fire up. Before I started it up I went and bought 1.5 gallons of 100 octane fuel, because I had 1/4 tank of 87 octane. The engine sounds great. I have had to make a little custom bracket in order to stabilze the alternator, due to the lack of accessory bolt holes in the heads. Well that is where I am and soon it will be going to the painters. I can't wait to see how it goes on the street!
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1973 Camaro AFR 195cc heads CNC Motorsports 383 short block Comp Cams hyd flat tappet TH350 Dual 3" exhaust (LOUD) Corporate 10 bolt w/ all new internals and axles 
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#2
09-26-2004, 06:00 PM
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Re: Engine Done... For now.
sounds cool...post some pics of the complete project...i really want 2 see this thing!!!
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09-26-2004, 07:42 PM
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Re: Engine Done... For now.
How do I post pictures?
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1973 Camaro AFR 195cc heads CNC Motorsports 383 short block Comp Cams hyd flat tappet TH350 Dual 3" exhaust (LOUD) Corporate 10 bolt w/ all new internals and axles
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09-26-2004, 11:54 PM
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Re: Engine Done... For now.
make sure you break it in before you hammer on the gas. dont want all that hard work to go to waste. sounds like an awesome car, Would love to see pics of the engine/car
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http://members.cardomain.com/jm9301 It runs once more. Parked for winter.
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