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Thread: My rusty/ratty 48 chevy truck build (w/ pics)
          
   
   

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    Flipper_1938 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
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    Car Year, Make, Model: 47 Seagrave
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    I pulled the motor to fix some oil leaks and while I was at it, I swapped cams. I took out the 350 horse 327 cam and stuck in the second smallest Lunati Voodoo cam.

    Broke the cam in to Lunati's directions...20 minutes at 2500 rpm then 3000 for 1 minute, then 3500 for one minute.....then was supposed to work down by 500 rpm steps for 1 minute.

    While doing the 3500 rpm step (21 miutes into breakin...in the driveway), a hoseclamp on the lower radiator hose failed and the lower hose blew off of the water pump.

    Not sure if it cooked the rings or cracked/warped the heads.

    If this motor craps out...I have a good guess as to why.
    Last edited by Flipper_1938; 06-16-2010 at 07:08 PM.
    There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.

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