89 RCLB K1500 - Quality time with my son building his first truck.

[Laredo]

Stance is spot-on, IMO.

 

[SNCTMPL]

Alright, we got a little sidetracked this summer and haven’t made any progress on the project other than changing things up a bit and acquiring some parts. I started going through some stuff to help freshen my memory.

We got the rotating assembly back all rebalanced and should start assembling in a week or two.

Eagle crank, Summit rods, DSS Racing pistons, Summit gas ported rings, Scat flex plate, Summit dampener, Clevite main and rod bearings and ARP main bolts.

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[SNCTMPL]

And for the oiling system, Summit 6qt pan with scraper and windage built in, Melling high volume shark tooth pump with the regular pressure spring installed, Melling hardened driveshaft, Canton Racing bolt on pickup, ARP oil pump stud and pan bolts, Fel-Pro 1 piece gasket.

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[SNCTMPL]

For the camshaft and valve train we went with the Summit 8802 cam, Summit HT215 lifters, CompCams Ultra Pro Magnum rocker arms, Trickflow beehive springs and retainers, Durabond cam bearings, pushrods TBD.

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[SNCTMPL]

I documented the work on the cylinder heads pretty well earlier in the thread. Summit/Dart Iron Eagle with 2.02/1.60 stainless valves, Cometic MLS .040 head gaskets, ARP head bolts.

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[Orpedcrow]

I documented the work on the cylinder heads pretty well earlier in the thread. Summit/Dart Iron Eagle with 2.02/1.60 stainless valves, Cometic MLS .040 head gaskets, ARP head bolts.

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Did they do a special surface finish for MLS gasket?

 

[SNCTMPL]

On to the air side of the equation. Here is where we made a change over the summer.

Procharger for boost, intercooler and piping TBD, 2” bored throttle body, CFM Tech phenolic spacer, Edelbrock bored TBI intake, Felpro gaskets and ARP bolts.

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[SNCTMPL]

Did they do a special surface finish for MLS gasket?

Good question, I don’t think so. I had the block decked and the heads are brand new and checked out flat when I was working on them. I’ve used that combo on my last couple of builds without issue.

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[Orpedcrow]

Good question, I don’t think so. I had the block decked and the heads are brand new and checked out flat when I was working on them. I’ve used that combo on my last couple of builds without issue.

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Hmm. I dont have any first hand experience, I’ve just had a couple machine shops ask if I was using MLS because it was a couple extra steps? It’s probably just a much finer finishing pass.

 

[SNCTMPL]

Hmm. I dont have any first hand experience, I’ve just had a couple machine shops ask if I was using MLS because it was a couple extra steps? It’s probably just a much finer finishing pass.

I’ll have to ask my machinist.