Time to grunge it down a little.
Been working on the cheap Malibu project, or Exhibit B.
Scored a 454 from a one ton. Cleaned it up and dropped it in with some 2441 headers I bought off of a member a while back. By the way, you gotta' whack the crap out of the driver's side motor mount cup/clam shell for them to fit.
So, I spent like $20 on chemicals and the bath I took at the truck stop car wash on this 454. Then I touched up the black on the block & heads. Added a used RPM intake and 750 double pumper. AND A CAR OIL PAN...!!! Sorry, it was sort of a battle.
Next step, off to the junk yard to find a power steering and alternator bracket off of a big block.....
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Really!!?! None, not one old truck, suburban, nothing with a 454, or anything left from a 454.
So, I ordered some reproduction brackets from Ausley's Chevelle, seemed to have the cheapest ones...$100 ($55 for PS, $45 for alt).
Bought a 3.55 posi 8.8 rearend from a Fox 5.0 this AM off of craigslist for $100.
I learned on yellowbullet, pics or it didn't happen:
I can't claim the street sign heater delete, but, I had to leave it for some of the pics!
I will have to try the Dupli-color Low Gloss, that may be what I picked up to touch up the 454 with. I have yet to clean up the wiring and looms. Had to ditch the puller fan it had due to the above mentioned long water pump 454...
Oh, and a stock starter will not fit with the super comps, maybe if it was in place when you started...anyway, the salvage netted a re-man Vortec starter...that is clicking...gotta' check the spacing, or that is the battle today, and finding a later style power steering pump to match the brackets I bought.