Project: Rat Phucker

[BigFrank]

thanks all for the coments  its came along way  from what i started with    i was gonna buy a p glide yesterday at the midland swap meet but it made me nervous to buy a 500 dollar trans from a shifty lookin and actin fellow  id hate to change it and not be what he said it was or be junk and have to wait till spring meet to  throw it thro his truck window    2 weeks till the auto city racetrack swap meet hope to find some parts or somethin there did find out that the 6 cylinder p glides have a lower 1st gear and that happens to be what 2 of the ones i have came of fromso i guess that will be a good start

[D60KING]

That is a cool looking truck ! Good job !

[old school truck dude]

thanks all for the coments  its came along way  from what i started with    i was gonna buy a p glide yesterday at the midland swap meet but it made me nervous to buy a 500 dollar trans from a shifty lookin and actin fellow  id hate to change it and not be what he said it was or be junk and have to wait till spring meet to  throw it thro his truck window    2 weeks till the auto city racetrack swap meet hope to find some parts or somethin there did find out that the 6 cylinder p glides have a lower 1st gear and that happens to be what 2 of the ones i have came of fromso i guess that will be a good start

Take them 2 powerglides that ya have to mudman and have him build ya one and be done with that 

[BigFrank]

went  to ellis road bog yesterday figured out the  shifter cable wasent adjust properly so then it stayed in low  made a couple laps around the pit  till the rad hose popped then so did the engine  let it cool down and got it on the trailer     motor is hashed out and so is the trans time for the big block  and powerglide 

[old school truck dude]

I talked to Ryan yesterday and he said hed be glad to hook ya up on makin 2 powerglides into 1 good one

[MidMichiganMudRun]

Do you have a big block?

[BigFrank]

Do you have a big block?
[/quote   ya  i  have  one but   then id have to change alot of stuff   my dad says hes got a engine  er another  small block for me to put in there     im thinkin if i put the 454that i have ill deff start breaking stuff ??

[BigFrank]

going to get the sbc  monday its a 383  that a guy had in a 57 chevy that a doctor bought and wanted a new crate motor  disc brakes and a bunch of stuff done to it   so threw some horse tradin my dad got it cheap  i just gotta do some work for him to pay it of    i  dont know any specs on it but  i guess its complete top to bottom including headers edelbrock carb and intake  pa  said its kleen enough to eat off from thant wont last hahahaha

[old school truck dude]

Cool beans! 

[BigFrank]

[Blazin40s]

Is that thr caddy motor??  If so I got a brand new never mounted caddy hood orinament fer yer hood when u get it

[BigFrank]

[BigFrank]

Is that thr caddy motor??  If so I got a brand new never mounted caddy hood orinament fer yer hood when u get it

itst  already at home  i  gunna save that for a different project lol

[4x4fun]

i see my sbc sitting in there too! (behind the BB)

[BigFrank]

i see my sbc sitting in there too! (behind the BB)
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gotta get it out the bag man lol  get it together  see what happens more power to turn those tires   still havent figured out this sb i picked up it got a 350 ballancer on it but a weirdo flex plate/ flywheel with a weight on it and some holes drilled half way threw it  i dunno  all about that but one thing i do know is it will either go or blow

[4x4fun]

Its prolly been ballanced as a rotating assemble, would be my guess..
Plans have changed ive gotta free weekend so lets go some stuff put togather!

[old school truck dude]

Yup, Id say 4x4fun is right. I think you can do it that way, use the 350 stuff on the 400 crank and balance the whole rotating assembly - the holes drilled halfway through would be where they balanced it. Instead of addin weights they took some weight off.. Im pretty sure unless you buy some fancy rods, ya gotta grind part of them off or they hit the block or the cam right there in the top inside the motor. Makes for a low-end rumble that turns into a clanking sound and then the whole thing gets pretty quiet after that - I read some on it just now and I guess theyre sellin kits ready to go, we used to just make them in the machine shop.. Cool beans, oughtta rip!

[BigFrank]

got the engine  trans bolted together  ready to go in today    havent had much time to work on it since my wife has been on my but to get   HER house done but got the OK to  put the engine in   woohoo   oh ya got my hood back from my neighbor  looks great just like new if  i can make the rest of the truck look as good    itll bee to nice to get muddy  ya right hahahahahahaha

[BigCountryDRC]

I work in a factory making crankshaft pulleys for gm. The holes are "balance holes" without them it would shake your rig to pieces. Some of the more high performance gm pulleys are hot balanced all the way around the pulley then ballanced on just one side. The LSA's for super charged caddys weight about 18 lbs and theyre blanced under .25 oz.

[BigFrank]

engine and trans is in most everything bolted to the front including a new water pump  gotta build a new trans crossmember  so  sam wont worry about it  lol