A few old school builds....

[jayb]

Bummer!  Too bad you're not closer, I'd dyno that thing for you.  Despite its condition, it would still be fun to do one pull...

[blykins]

Yeah, I'm bummed.  Ive been looking more forward to dynoing this 352 than anything else lately....just for the pure stupidity of it...ROFL

Maybe if I had more time to qualify it, but at this point, it just looks like too much trouble.

[Barry_R]

We've run some pretty tired stuff a couple times.  Its fun, albeit kinda risky.  I'd have let you drive it and just stood back with the camera rollin'

[blykins]

Isn't it beautiful?

[blykins]

Well, I was actually going to give it a shot, but things just keep stacking up against me.  Took a piece of all-thread and stabbed it down the oil drains to clear out the junk....pulled the distributor and looked into the valley, didn't look too bad, so I continued on.  Took the thermostat housing off and pulled the thermostat out, then put a new gasket on and bolted it back on. 

The dyno I use is a Stuska and the way the cart is made, short exhaust manifolds just won't clear the cart.  So, I started to remove the manifolds and every single one is frozen....hahaha  At this point, I just don't have the spare time to try to bust every bolt loose. 

At least I tried...

[blykins]

Got some time to work on my own junk this weekend.  Got the heads off the 352, just pulled them without taking the manifolds off....LOL 

Lifter bores were mushroomed.  Cam had to be coerced to leave its home.  Timing chain had a mile of slack in it.  Everything appears to be factory.  Standard bore, factory cam, appears to have factory chain, etc.  Haven't pulled the crank yet, but I would imagine that the bearings are all standard as well. 

Need to get it torn the rest of the way down and out of here...

[Galaxie352]

Keep posting on that 352, looking forward too see what parts you gonna use!

[blykins]

I will post what I can.  It will be getting its own magazine article, so I will have to be secretive about most of it for now.  Magazines hate when you give away all the fun stuff before the issue comes out....hahaha

I will say that it's a solid roller motor now, about $700 worth of crank work done, $1100 in pistons alone......fun stuff. 

[NewFalconOwner]

whens the magazine article coming out,, what one? Im playing with my '60 352 4bl motor but not to the extent you are (well money thrown into it anyways)

[hotrodfeguy]

With a SM intake