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aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
8/27/14 12:11 p.m.

First the rust repair is done

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Nice result too if I may add

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
8/27/14 12:13 p.m.

Brokeded 5.0 is out, replaced with Vince power

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So far the engine bay has in excess of 150 less wires

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and Vince apparently quit...

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
9/1/14 8:05 p.m.

Roadtrip to get another short block, drove 850 miles to Massachusetts, and picked up a couple of great deals on short blocks, the one for the RX5.0 is a 306 with forged crank, quality rods and pistons, arp bolts and more.

The gang

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Jack called shotgun

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This is the 306

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Meanwhile Vince buttoned up the engine bay

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aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
9/1/14 8:12 p.m.

Also scored this 331 as well

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You have to grab deals like this..

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
9/2/14 7:36 p.m.

Found in the pan of the 5.0 before installing it onto the 306

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the damage may have tweaked the pan under the balancer, some massaging and fingers crossed

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Ordered new pushrods today

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
10/28/14 6:55 p.m.

$2014 is completed so we are back on track

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Clutch is out to get upgraded by Ft Wayne Clutch and Drivetrain.

Clutch guy said the button clutch was good to go as it is, so we put it all back in and remounted the transmission with a new tail housing to replace the leaking old one.

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
11/2/14 11:26 p.m.

Upskirt shot

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aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
11/2/14 11:34 p.m.

185 AFR heads on a 306 short block, a wild cam with 12:1 compression and all the good pieces inside should shake up the RX5.0. I am thinking an additional 50 hp should be available, or more, bringing it up to at least 425 crank hp. A little over the old stock short block with Trick Flow heads

Then we added a bottle of go juice...

The_Jed
The_Jed UltraDork
11/3/14 7:58 a.m.

That's the first time I've seen RTV exhaust gaskets.

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
11/4/14 6:58 a.m.

In reply to The_Jed: Rest assured we are going a different route on that.

Discovered the upper intake manifold has a cracked corner, stopped us starting it up yesterday, but we should weld it today, our new Plasma cutter is also a TIG welder

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