Outback Jack

i bought a heap of parts from america to finish off the engine ,now just a waiting game until everything arrives,good thing is i made a friend over there who has a mountain of 400s and 429/460s,we video on messenger and he is dying for a set of 302c closed heads (lol),he finds aussie clevo stuff a real goldmine,and giving him the rundown on info about how we got the tooling from the states then started pouring our own clevo stuff was a real eye opener for him,he did not even no about the D1AE high nickel 400 block i had,he has gone on a rampage looking one in the states.amazing when you find someone on the other side of the world that is right into all the stuff you love yourself,we have already got an idea about loading his container full of $200 complete 460s and 400s as where he is there is a abundance of them,a once a year shipment should be plenty to muck around with and sell,well thats the idea at this stage ,from the info i have dug up so far its double the price of a container ATM,from what it used to be,and our dollar is poor as well,but will keep it on the backburner for the moment,probly one of the reasons its very hard to find a 460 engine latley.if the deal works out i would love a few 429s just for info sake,you no,usual strip and rebuild while photos and description.

Nice new timing cover came,has acc with it including dip stick cover

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Yes bear I just bought it cause I never seen a Morse type with a multi Index sprocket on e bay says sold heaps of them ? Seem popular with a stocker,that big cork is a lot bigger than a rocker cover oil cap its about 5 inches

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That timing chain is a standard Morse chain. Multi link for maximum quiet. Multi keyed sprocket is for advancing/retarding the cam. 
Reckon that round corky is for under the oil filler cap. ??

Finished the back of the block,now get it back to the mill,also heaps of parts have come including this nice oil slinger from America,also a juicy big single row chain set that has multiple keyways I never seen one of these so I thought to give it a go

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The 460 gasket set is huge I guess that's why it's soooo expensive,it don't come with the factory steel manifold tray that's why I bought one cheap as I'm using the cast iron manifold,gerg what the hell are all these other gaskets and round cork thing.could be later efi stuff ? As 1 gasket set does both engines

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You can paint over chrome, you will only see the outer edge right?
Get some rough as guts sandpaper, tear the chrome finish up so the paint has something to bond to, then cross sand with 80 grit, that will hold colour.
Smooth surface can also be sprayed over with etching spray and then sprayed with black also.


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Could you run the chrome base and black top.?? Sort of mix and match....

That looks nice, it didn't make 795hp at the tyres by itself though. There was obviously some extra lung capacity shoved down it to make that number.

I think your heads will be the limitation on your 302. They'll be the E7TEs with tiny ports and even worse exhausts. It wouldn't matter what intake you put on, they're good for about 300hp with a reasonable street cam. There's a reason why Ford went to the GT40P heads for their performance versions. You could tidy up your stockers if you're feeling sporty with the die grinder, you can make them ok I guess.

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Just used $100 Clevo ones mate, really nothing flash. Yours should take XR-XY Windsor ones if the engine mounts are similar, also depending on your bellhousing being a left or right hand starter mount.

Clutch cable might be an issue too, I remember my 6 cyl Cortina eating clutch cables because they ran too close to the extractors. I ended up getting a custom longer one made that I could route away from the heat, solved it from then on.

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Yeah, different manufacturers had different sizes of hex head. They used to sell a plug stamped OS, for "oversize", but haven't seen one for ages. Yours may have well been drilled and tapped the next size up, 'cos the thread was stripped, look up the sizes for Commodore/Kingswood or maybe British cars. Easy fix would be either a new sump or a helicoil. 
 
Cheaper to scrounge the wreckers for the next sized sump plug, I reckon. 

this one must have been tapped out already then as it is bigger
thanks

Yes dale it's only the bolt head that is different I have come across that same thing,thread should be the same

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After spending a lot of time cleaning this block it's come up quite nice and all it needs now is a bore and hone and 1 more hot wash,I would say 95%of the rust has been removed and well worth it

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They're a big friggin lump of an engine in the flesh...
Just like a Cleveland, only bigger and chunkier in every way.

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Like I said people are boring them even 4.500 for stroker set ups of coarse getting it sonic tested

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Wow even standard, that's a massive bore size!
I never knew 460 specs before.
 
 

Std bore is 4.360 so 60 over is 4.420

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A type of citrus tank,460s are very hard to find ATM not many bringing them in anymore as costs are sky-rocketing,and our dollar as well.

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Since the heads had a shave I estimated 90cc ,I also bought a std cam and lifters kit ,this big block stuff is really interesting,I'm not using the factory 429cj sump ,if I can find some other cj stuff that will be the next build.

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I bought the flat tops by silver lite and ring kit from usa

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Yeah, mate.!   9.5 to 1.

It's 50 bucks bro, go for the higher comp ones

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Block is back too,still ain't finished need to buy pistons just deciding on factory dish at 21 cc gives 8.5.1 and flat tops for 50 bucks more at 4cc and 9.5.1 still undecided.

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