I can see the light at the end of the tunnel....
Waiting on T&D to send parts for a high riser build and got the Thunderbird 390 torn down, so I turned to the 352 for a little bit.
Calico sent me my main bearings back so I got those in, crank has been touch ground to adjust clearances, and it's in. Stabbed a piston/rod in #1 and #5, then set about degreeing the camshaft and checking piston/valve clearances.
I have one of Jay's adjustable timing sets and his 2-piece timing cover, so my plan is to change cam timing on the dyno. I milled the poop out of the heads to get compression up and had to mill one head more than the other, so that meant that I spent about 2 hours yesterday changing cam timing, degreeing, checking piston/valve clearances on two cylinders/two heads, changing cam timing, degreeing, etc, etc. Finally got that done.
Got all the pistons/rods in, custom Racetec pistons, Molnar rods, and Mahle 1mm/2mm piston rings.
Timing cover is on permanently.
Melling M57B pump is in there with an ARP drive. Then bolted on one of my stock-appearing oil pans with the trap door oil control feature. I don't expect this to be any kind of replacement at all for a nice, deep sump race pan, but it's on there.
Waiting on Cometic head gaskets and my lifters to show up, then I can work on the top end.
Not too excited about the color of the valve covers and intake, so I'll have to think a little more on that. Otherwise, it's starting to look like an engine. Obviously the 3-bbl carb won't work with this intake manifold without a spacer or some plenum divider work, so I need to make up my mind on what I'm gonna do there too.
