68' Chevy II build thread

[ban617]

Very nice work, could you post some pics of the thin rocker molding clips that goes above the wide ones at the bottom…

[dykstra]

Any updates on the car?

[Crossbreed383]

Been a long time since I've added any updates .
Between life, and work, didn't have the time to work on it much
Then I recently was sidetracked as I helped our son Alex with his new project.
He saved up and bought a 68k mile original 05" Silverado RCSB as his 1st Hot Rod project .
It is an ALL original 5.3/4L60 truck .
Couldn't pass up the opportunity to help him do the things he wanted to it of course .

[Crossbreed383]

Of course like most of us, he craved more power ha ha ..
The goal was something he could daily drive ,yet make 500+ crank HP on a budget.
So I helped him build a new engine for it.
We sourced a 6.0 LY6 builder from an employee here at BTR and gave it a typical budget
rebuild like so many of us have done when we were younger and less financially fortunate .
Luckily the engine was in great shape so we were able to use all the hard parts .
He is lucky his Dad has access to some great equipment as well so that made things easier for sure when it cam time to freshened things up .
Here he is unloading the engine after we brought it home and before assessing the parts .

[Crossbreed383]

The next line of business was to clean the block and give it a quick hone along with some new cam bearings.
We could have use the Sunnen to hone the block but I wanted him to get the real hot rodders low budget experience like I did back when I was 18 and had no money ...
So a brush hone and some cylinder lube and here we go ....

[Crossbreed383]

Next up we added some true Hollow stem LS3 intake valves and Ferrea Exhaust valves as wel as a quick lap in to make sure everything seats well.
Then the heads were CC'd to check chamber size, and consequently milled .040" .
Along with a .045 gasket and 61.5 CC chamber we set the compression at 10.75-1
Perfect for pump 93 gas..

[dykstra]

Originally Posted by Crossbreed383

The next line of business was to clean the block and give it a quick hone along with some new cam bearings.
We could have use the Sunnen to hone the block but I wanted him to get the real hot rodders low budget experience like I did back when I was 18 and had no money ...
So a brush hone and some cylinder lube and here we go ....

The ol “dingle ball hone”.

[oldstv]

I want to know what the Nova is looking like.

[MarcDant]

All good looks like your boy is in tune on his project. gonna be nice little ripper, thanks for sharing.

[oldstv]

Thank you for the update.