502 in a 71 Chevelle

The guy that built this car sure did a damn good job! A 700R puts the power of a 502 to the ground through 3:55 gears. Take a look at the interior of this car:

Ever wonder what a 502 would look like under the hood of a Chevelle? Pretty sharp I'm thinkin! It's obvious that there was a lot of time and effort into this car. It's totally straight and with the power it has it'll help you put your head to the seat when the hammer gets laid down.

96 Chevy Pick Up.

So after numerous attempts at finding an issue that came about after installing aluminum heads on the small block Chevy that's in my 96 Chevy Pick up,the cause of it was found out the hard way. See,what was happening was the truck would start to idle irratically. What it started doing this at hi-way speeds it would backfire through the exhaust and generally run like crap. This problem did not register a trouble code with the ECM nor was it an easy thing to track down. After talking to a lot of gearheads and mechanics and swappin out damn near every sensor on the truck it boiled down to the gear at the bottom of the ignition shaft.

 This is my take on it,the cam sensor and the crank sensor were giving two different readings to the ecm telling it that the timing was out,therefore the ecm was attempting to correct the issue. While this was going on,the truck ran like it have water in the fuel at hi-way speeds and stalled when it was at idle. Unfortunately if not figured out and caught in time,it will leave you stranded on the side of the road. Like what it did to me. I ended up going from the truck running well to running like there was water in the gas to running well...all while I was attempting 120 KPH down the hi-way. Not good! The flex plate came out in two pieces and the engine started running well again I had had my foot in it due to being pissed off about this issue that in my mind didn't need to exist in the first place. So the engine went right up to 7000 rpm and low and behold,took out my bottom end.

 So,that leads us to swapping out the engine,and I finally got it done yesterday,it went from this:

To this:

In the course of just a few hours with very little swearing and a few beers.

After finding a donner truck off the reserve...yes,I said the reserve...lol. I knew I had a decent running engine. We stripped the truck we bought,it was a 96 Yukon. Took all the inner door handles,speakers,drivers and passenger front door panels,side mirrors...etc. Of course I left this engine basically stock due to it being passed down to my daughter when she gets her license after all,she didn't learn to drive with an old hay truck feeding horse when she was 10 like me. I re-installed the headers and spacer plate for a little added power however. It's running great so I'm gonna leave it alone for now. Let's hope that I can make it last a while.