Great video

I think the official torque spec is... "goodensnug". That is what I've always used. LOL

M55 small block Chevy

My sbc will have no problem running with ls next summer.

Carb ls!! Best both worlds

Wow this is crazy! I don't think I have ever seen a thermostat without the hole/jiggle pin. Next time I am at the parts shop I am going to look. Might be I live in Australia hmm

If it was me, since you had the rear cover off. I would have pulled the axels and replaced the axel bearings and seals! But that's just my opinion .

GREAT HOW TO VID!

Very cool Caddy. I got given a '76 Valiant sedan a few years back from the original owner, it was parked in the early '80's. We built it for time, distance, speed events; but it can be daily'd, run the "Trail of the Dragon," and used as a normal vehicle. Looks pretty stock, until you really look at it and then little hints pop out at you. Great car you have there, too-

So true self learned 38 now I can weld paint mechanics plumbing license sometimes there’s hard times and the government wants the split family unit type. Set an example for everyone older or younger cause there out to teach them their values and what they believe how they believe

They make reusable gaskets for the 14 bolt rear ends but I don't know if they make them for the 12 bolt rear ends.

Sbc if u want to swich to fuel injection all u have to do is holley sniper or sum other brand or what- knot and bam😂y put an ls in but its all about preference but their both so universal imo is what it is😅 they both gm😂

Mark 4..or gen 6 big block

Fuel delivery is much further down the line… even a cam/heads upgrade doesn’t need a fuel system for a mild set-up.

I have both your right 💯

I just dropped 130 on a trans gauge 😅, but I wanted a mechanical one as I've eliminated 99% of the electronics. Building anything anymore is costing a fortune right now. I bet I've got over 7k in my sbc but it's nice as hell. I wanted something nice for myself for once in my life.

just relaying a comment from a engine rebuilder based in the u.s southwest , his statement , you should never use a thermostat on a engine in hot climate states , look at the ford flathead V8 , those engines do not use thermostats , never have , and they ran just fine in cold climates areas

The only way you go to a lm or ls is if the block is aluminum. This is not even considering over bore turning crank or anything. Junkyard motor don't last long.383 or 406 way better.

I use brass drifts

well done.

Great content

I've been doing this for 30 years...but I use a #30 drill...pretty close to 1/8 inch and they're "free" where I work.

I use a .125 Drill 12 and 6 o'clock

I heard so much wrong with this in the first four and a half minutes, i stopped Watching. I was About to write a novel. Instead let me just share that, All I needed was motor amounts and they were fifty bucks. A brand new gutless 350tbi 180hp is 1,800. I Bought a 2004 2500HD for 2,500 with 250,000 miles. 50lb oil pressure. (The reason the Cylinder walls still look great on an old LS, Is not because more piston to wall Clarence, that my friend is Ridiculous. It's Material, That is easily Verified with Minimal research.) So for me, after Selling departs I didn't need, halling the rest to the scrap. Selling the weak 4l60e and oil Worn out block. I ended up with $ 750 in a 300hp 6.0 4l80e plus the beefy front diff and a 14 bolt full float rear with disk breaks. If I couldn't use those extra parts. I would have $100 in the motor and tranny. It's not expensive to have the vats removed from the computer. You can redo the Factory harness yourself or pay around $100-150 I paid $1,700 for holley terminator x max. Because I'm going to add a turbo in the Future and it's better to tune with. So.. Way better heads, Plus their aluminum, Almost twice the power stock Six bolt main caps. Is capable of supporting 1,000hp with stock crank. stock rods. Piston/with ring gap. Stock heads. Stock intake. Trying to do this with a small block would be like going to l a via omaha And leaving a trail of dollar bills to find your way back .

Great teacher.

The biggest problem with these torquer intakes is that the runners/ flow hit the head ports at a 45* angle and cause fuel condensation on the outer wall. Definitely OLD SCHOOL. 🙄Notice how modern stuff sweep in.

Great tip

The LS engine is great in stock form with a single turbo, maybe a sloppy cam, can be a lot of fun and make great power, a sbc needs a bit more to make the same power as an LS, but once you have to replace internal parts to hold up to high HP, the small block chevy becomes much cheaper to build

Uncle Buck, do you have any books that'd have the specs for SBC heads with casting #14102183? I bought a 86 Chevy Suburban for $100 bucks with supposedly a fairly new 350 crate engine with a TBI, Wiseco flat-top pistons, and a good 700R4 trans, according to what the previous owner said that now lives in Michigan, I presently have the trans in my 88 GMC 4X4, but I'm thinking those 183 heads are TBI swirlport heads and don't want to pull them unless they are the boat anchor swirlport heads. I'm gonna replace the cam with a Summit 1103 hyd flat tappet cam, install a dual plane intake with either a 750 CFM Quadrajet carb or 650 CFM Holley w/vac seconaries carb, HEI distributor, Headman mid-length headers, long tubes would hang down too low for where I take my truck to get to those fishing holes, and if the heads on the engine are the TBI swirlport heads, I'll replace them with whatever I can find that are better, I'd be satisfied with some 882's or about anything that isn't too expensive, as long as they aren't the boat anchor TBI heads.

I just subscribed to your channel I lost my dad 12 years ago he was a master mechanic now I lost him 😢 I'm doing it all in my own I'm in the process of building a altered dragster reminds me alot of him

Probably the biggest difference in comparison is how good are your fabrication skills. If doing stock late gen conversions can you build your own mounts, use factory ecm and harness, modify the original gas tank, fabricate your own exhaust system....

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WTF.... Why does that engine look SOOOOO tiny. I'm very very confused

Yeah. Ok. Go ahead and pop that radiator cap while the motor is hot, I dare you. Even with that hole you're going to take a very uncomfortable bath. Every thermostat I've ever installed already had a steam hole. You must be buying the cheapest Chinese parts available. Good luck on that "new build"..

Hey, I do really like your style. Keep it up buddy, but I am cracking up laughing at you using spark plug socket to tighten down the head bolts. Lol

Uncle Buck, I just figured out that I could practically throw a rod and hit you from where I live in Leflore county about eleven miles south of Wister, OK, lol. Those Summit headers almost look like the Headman headers, except for that extra thick 1/4" mounting flange. Headman headers is all I ever used on every vehicle I ever installed headers on, including my 70 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 402ci Big Block w/4 spd Muncie and my Chevy/GMC 4X4 trucks. I'm in the process of building a stronger engine for my 88 GMC 4X4 truck, I'm presently stuck on finding a set of descent heads, (new or used), for a 350 engine w/hyd flat tappet cam that doesn't cost an arm & leg, that's better than the 193 TBI swirlport heads. I have two sets of the TBI swirlport heads but I want something that can actually breath more air for more power, I'd be happy with 350 to 425 HP in my build.

I wanna know why you couldn’t put the base of the pump and a toaster oven. Then put the pick up tube in the freezer for 24 hours and they would’ve mate it together perfectly without putting it in a vice hammering them?

Also I was wondering which intake manifold you are using? I don’t think the engine assembly video got that far. I look forward to your response.

I’m really enjoying your channel since I found it. It looks like it is growing pretty well! I also like it that you actually take the time to read and respond to the comments.

That was awesome. We'll done. I have to pass this on. Thank you

I just brought back a 75 GMC Sierra grande 4x4 from Arkansas a week ago. Was a ranch truck in driving condition with a clean Arkansas title for not much $.

Its called "a wimp hole", for those not able to take a little radiator cap steam 😸

Thanks

VERY GOOD ENGINE 4BOLT MAIN I WOULD HONE CYLINDERS AND RERING AND NEWOIL PUMP NEW RINGS BEARINGS VALVE JOB TIMING CHAIN NEW CAM AND LIFTERS DO IT RIGHT NOT HALF ASS, GOOD THINGS IN THE WRONG HANDS GET DESTROYED GET A REGULAR SMALL BLOCK TO F WITH

Heck in my area just a shitty SBC 350 would be $800 before you started rebuilding it. Living in canada as a hotrod enthusiast is terrible.

I stayed with sbc on my Square Burb, 355 10:1 ,Brodix heads, Eagle rotating assembly, comp roller, 700r4. Love it as my daily driver. Machine work was 1200.

I've needed this so bad 😅

The only way a LS swap on a budget is realistic and worth it ,is if you can find a complete,running donor truck thats either been wrecked or has title problems for 800-1,000$, that way you hage just abiut everything other than motor mounts,and then can sell odds and ends off the donor and possibly mske back all your money , but if you cant do all the work yourself,then theres no way id even begin to consider it

Had both old school because you run old school hot it still run and parts are way cheaper l.s looks like a alien in o.s keep 💯

I have a 72 chevelle without tilt and I’m about to replace that sector gear it should be the same right? And to get that gear out you just pulled it out with pliers?