BLUE-TOO Ark to La.

[spyphish]

Took a week break in Alabama so back in the shop this morning. Devil in the details. 10" convertor requires a smaller bolt pattern on flex plate. Small block hoses and brackets wont work and cast valve covers rub exhaust manifolds. Probably try thicker gasket for that. Hope to have it running this week.

[Melvin Blues]

Amazing Work!

[spyphish]

Well, Happy Mardi Gras. Raining so stayed in shop and pulled the driveline. Schumacher 318 to 440 kit on the way. The donor car has a solid BB K frame so thinking of pulling it and cleaning for sale. Running one of these days.

[Melvin Blues]

Looks like factory fresh...loving it!

[spyphish]

OK we will try again tomorrow. This is the kit and looks like it will move motor back just right, especially with Crown etc. Phish

[spyphish]

As Steven Tyler would say "I am back in the saddle again." This Schumacher stuff fit better than OJ's gloves. So Cochran would say "If it fits, you must not quit." Tomorrow is a creative pulley and belt party and start on plug wires and wiring. If I had trans lines we could prime it and start the sucker. I see a 318 Bluemo for 25k. Shoot, for that you can get this hot rod when I finish. Will have about 15k in it counting the donor. Use that money for the Lemons safety stuff. ME3

[spyphish]

Man this punch list cleaned our clock today. Both brand new freeze plugs in one head had a super tiny hole right in the center. Someone laughing in China. My machinist missed it as I did painting it. SO out it comes again which will allow another slight mod the Schumacher mount. Frustrating. Good news is it primed with 80 PSI cold oil and would have fired it but leak was going straight into the alternator. Had to custom build small block to big block shift stuff, exhaust went well. Pulleys another story. SO 1974 440 cop car into a 77 Monaco with a 74 front clip. NUTTIN' TO IT!!!!
Can't cuss on Sunday.

[spyphish]

Three motor pull outs are a CHARM. Once again out comes motor after a text from my machinist. " I meant to tell you, I had the large soft plugs for the block but not the small ones for the heads." Oh well, I was able to get the Schumacher mount bolt fixed so it's all good. Pressure test cooling to 15 lbs and 2 beers later HOLDING. Using jump box 'cause Rick sold me a car with a bad battery LOL, 1/2 revolution and she fired right up. Broke in the cam with some zinc and ran at various rpm on the lift for about 30 minutes. Shift kit will knock your socks off. Have to stop on project as NHRA hemi stuff starts next weekend and I don't see much of a break (pun). Pulley police still needed but we are close. Phish

[spanks79]

Feb 25, 2018 19:12:58 GMT -5 spyphish said:

Three motor pull outs are a CHARM. Once again out comes motor after a text from my machinist. " I meant to tell you, I had the large soft plugs for the block but not the small ones for the heads." Oh well, I was able to get the Schumacher mount bolt fixed so it's all good. Pressure test cooling to 15 lbs and 2 beers later HOLDING. Using jump box 'cause Rick sold me a car with a bad battery LOL, 1/2 revolution and she fired right up. Broke in the cam with some zinc and ran at various rpm on the lift for about 30 minutes. Shift kit will knock your socks off. Have to stop on project as NHRA hemi stuff starts next weekend and I don't see much of a break (pun). Pulley police still needed but we are close. Phish

What pulleys do you need? Not sure what I got, but I can dig around.

[spyphish]

This motor had AC but all that stuff had been picked. So it had a 4 pulley at crank. I have a 3 and a 2 for crank as well. The pump pulley was missing. I have a double deep, a single shallow and a single deep. After market non AC PS pump kit and alternator brackets are being used. One of those need to move out I think. We just have not found the right combo. A pic of a non AC 440 with PS (if there is such a thing) would be great.

LOOK WHAT I FOUND. This may fix all the pulley problems.

[spyphish]

Now I need a 2 groove water pump pulley, 6" diameter 2 1/2 " deep. Let me know if you have one and I will be checking ebay. 337-499-44 three five

[spyphish]

I am not very good at Facebook, in fact, my name is misspelled. BUT on a Bluesmobile C body FB thread, there is to be a Bluemobile gathering in Mount Prospect on June 16th. We plan on towing the GR Blumo there with Blue-Too and then mosey over to Buffalo Great Race. I am sure some details will follow. Penguin said she is IN.

[spyphish]

After many pulley attempts we just built a bracket. Outer belt is water pump and PS pump with cooler. Inner double will be alternator. Ain't factory but may work. Project crawling now as Spring has Sprung down here. It runs fine so paint when we can get to it.

[spyphish]

Rain has ceased spring cleaning so snuck out to the shop. This cop radiator was a basket case and no one local would fix it. Glenray Radiators to the rescue. They specialize in Mopar stuff and did an outstanding job. Brakes bled, trans cooler plumbed and located the correct driver side HP manifold. Just need to plumb power steering and remove enough tape to do a burnout. Paint may start this weekend. Looking for a HD trailer hitch if there is such a thing. Otherwise will build one. Thanks

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Awesome progress! I love reading your threads.

Brian