Thread: 78 chevy c10

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to take it apart and bag and tag all the bolts, take off all the old gaskets and clean all the mating sufaces was about 1 week, to have the heads and block hot tanked with new freeze plugs and cam bearings installed was a couple of days. To mask and paint block...couple of hours, to do all the pullys, parts and hardware to clean and repaint.....couple of days, and to assmble the block back to what we see couple of days......total time for me was about 2 weeks. I tried to make the engine as clean as possible. 1 can of Dark Ford Blue, 2 cans of Satin Black, 1 can of Aluminum is what it took to paint everything you see except the intake manifold. Total cost for hot tanking, freeze plugs and cam bearings, wire brushes for die grinder and paint....approx...$290.....

I put in $1400 of new parts, rings, cam, lifers, springs, retainers, oil pump, intake, edelbrock carb,timing chain, oil pan, valve covers, Ford racing air filter, water pump main bearings, cam bearings. Pullys are from the wrecker off a 90 ford F250 with 460 motor and the harmonic balancer is the original from the 72 lincoln all cleaned up and repainted.......total cost for the rebuilt motor.... including the purchase of the motor is $2100.