CHESTNUTXE

i have the ultimas all round perform good 4 the money at $200 for 4 shocks,just stick to s pack ride height at about -25mm than stock.

nice,good work going on here.

yep it did it again,it could be boiling the fuel after the engine is turned off lowering the bowl level but it doesnt run hot,i checked the needle and seat all seems good but i am going to sought this crap out !

should come up good

They are ready to be painted tomorrow

I am going to keep this pair for the std bore block and have them worked up with high quality stainless valves and all the rest of it,and porting of coarse,i have another set of 302 heads here i will use for this 302 build ,today i assembled the pair with all the valves and springs and new stem seal's.

very generous size ports

Just had a acid bath and they are a really good set

So what are we going to do with these nice closed chamber 2v's

May the fords be with you

also cleaned the head bolts and ready for use.

your memory serves you well my young apprentice,just cleaned the springs ect after tanking.

ok lets get back to the basic home hot-rodder rebuild i picked up the heads and manifold ect from the bath and im stoked they are all clean and ready for painting,my manifold is under the one you see there.

Stacks of f trucks were made with 302 clevelands,they even came with 250 inline 6's,the cleveland design produces very good torque weather it be a 351 or 302,in the states they were even fitted with a 289w in the early bronco's,i would rather a fresh 302 cleveland than a 302w in a f truck.

also cleaned and re-used the dizzy leads.

i got all the valves clean and coated them in oil until going back in the heads

looks good and i heard it run,that was the first motor i ever rebuilt !

Even a 302 is very popular around here because many have f trucks that pull horse floats ect ect,,,,and finding anything around here is near impossible,the last one i did i got$2000 for it and its no different to what i have done this time,but im targeting a market like if some one wants a complete replacement for there xa xb fairmont ect or f truck it will come with a rebuilt holley and ready to start,here is a picture of the last one.

i have found another one at 030 that i could bring out to o4o because i already have the pistons on the rods and hours of labour cleaning the ring slots,the machine shop wants $300 to bore it to 060 with a hone,then i will need some cam bearings and 060 pistons at around $300 plus rings $70,so after spending $750 you can see why im looking for another way out of this,all the virgin block needs is a hone and a set of rings and some cam bearings,around $300,or buy the 030 block for $100 and take it out to 040 and the rest of it for approx $400 ? or just wait until a 040 block comes up for sale ?

im in 2 minds weather or not to use this very nice std bore block just to re-ring a 302.

while on the subject of machining how much do you think to mill a set of clevo heads to suit screw in studs and tap the 7/16th thread ?

in the states they love boring the clevo out to 060 ,from the research ive done they dont run hot and one guy even runs a serious engine at the drags with a 060 he said as long as you get it sonic tested you should be fine with 060,at the machine shop there was 1 clevo block there that had 8 sleeves in it,he wanted $1000 for it,is that the norm for a fully sleeved block ? does it make them even stronger ?

The machine shop says that block needs an 060 bore and new pistons so um errrr well forget that ,so im going to use the std bore block i picked up last week,i just pulled it down and it is in very good cond,so i will get it honed and new welsh plugs fitted,and fresh rings on std size pistons.

wd40

I scored another clevo today,i fluked it,just went to the local wreckers and up on the rack there has been this 302c that has been sitting there for some time ,everybody including myself was convinced it was a 040 unusable block and even the owner told me it came out of his ute or van,so just for nowing what it actualy was blew me away when i measured the bore at just under 4.000,the reason everyone thought it was 040 was on the piston it is stamped with a 4 ,my pillowblock also came with pistons like this,so i offerd the yard just a couple of bucks for it and he said its yours,so the xg was launched into loading positon,and the forklift dropped it straight in and i was out of there b4 anyone clicked on it was actualy a gem,it also has the lip for the 4v valves and is a D2AE cast will put more pictures tomorrow.