Teardown of a Chevy 396/402 Big Block for a 1970 Camaro RS/SS Rebuild - MuscleCar S6, E5
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- The team shows you how to repair old sheet metal damage and rust spots. Take a trip to the sandblast shop to find out what Project Limelight looks like in her birthday suit. Tommy cracks open the donor 396 engine and make some unfortunate discoveries.
PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
Dupli-Color: Weld-Through Cold Galvanized Primer
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Matco Tools: Balancer Puller Kit
Matco Tools: Starter Plus Stud Welder
Strip Masters of Nashville: Plastic Media Blasting
YearOne: Hood Cowl Vent
YearOne: LH/RH Fender Patch Panel Pair - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Nice to see some old fashioned metalworking ! good job guys - looks great
I'm honestly in love with the show guys, keep up the good work!
One day, once I've got that dream job, I'll roll to work with a mullet, and a big ol v8 , smelling like gas, and looking like it's Friday everyday.
Hell yeah! These boys are living the life
Really like your builds......when you put in the fender patch I learned something.....don't cut it off before you see how long it is.....wish they'd have done that when they circumcised me!
I work at body shop been doing it 17 years and most guys on CZcams are doing shit wrong but these guys are truly doing it correctly.
He worked those fenders like a boss!
Why not just weld up the holes. Less work less money. Come on man.
@@greenboyatgafarms2250 all those holes means the metal was structurally compromised.
Plus with all the warping it wouldn't be worth it to finish and smooth, cut and patch always better, and often (but not always) faster.
Why rebuild it with welds when you can just replace it?
@@crabmansteve6844 I don't know maybe y'all do stuff different where y'all are from but the body shops all worked out wouldn't put up with that crap. That's what a TIG machines for course a lot of folks don't know how to run a TIG machine or at least not worth a damn. Being a good body man also means being a damn good welder. A tig machines low heat weld so you won't be warping anything. You're not supposed to stay on the metal continuously welding that's how you get the metal to hot and it changes shape you know Heating and Cooling Contracting and extracting. Thus the reason for using a TIG gun.
Why not new fenders. They are cheap?
The good old days! Acquired a 396" BBC in pieces in 1978. Rebuilt it and stuffed it in a 74 Camaro junker with a Muncie and Ford 9" rear. Pulled the engine and later installed in a 10:90 57 Chevy with a Turbo 400 and 12 bolt rear..sold the rolling Chassis and in 1986 installed the engine in my 56 Chevy 150 utility sedan with a 12 bolt rear and Alston ladder bars...that car is sitting in my garage here in Vegas with a six speed Tremec, same rear suspension, custom built headers installed with tri Y collectors comped to me by flowmasterbefore they were on the market. They started out in Santa Rosa CA. My buddy chromed them in the 80's and three years ago took them to Sanderson Coatings in So. San Francisco and had them redone...they had never seen such a long set of headers...we got a laugh out of that.
Now painted black with blue flames, simple black interior with the package area carpeted, old five spoke mags....396 now has Holley EFI, L-88 valves, heads port pocketed and matched to intake..done by my buddy on his flow bench. He's passed away and helped with all the head and intake work years ago when the engine went in the 10:90 car.
Goes in next week for a tune and once over before hitting the streets of Las Vegas.
I’d love to have a shop like that and all the time in the world to do and learn that kind of body work. I have some A&P sheet metal work under my belt, and some backyard mechanic experience, but some REAL professional type work done myself over time is what I’d like to learn.
Great workmenship….great video….
13:17 always leave a loose headbolt on before you break the cylinder head loose. The cylinder head could fall on your foot!
D'oh!
I’ve never taken one off like that...there are better ways...
A friend of mine fractured his foot with a Chrysler 440 head he dropped on his foot a while back. It required surgery on his foot to repair the fracture.
I wear external metatarsals in my shop so this is an never issue
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Steel toed boots are good; but, does it replace common safety procedures?
Thanks for uploading these episodes. I really like this build.
They're professional they know what they are doing.and have tools to get the job done
I like both these guys, they do great work, and can explain what and why.
Damn! Those holes could've made junk out of the block. Those boys got super lucky.
I really dig your show. Have been for years, too. Keep it up.
Tommy deserves his own show... the dude is great "when tearing somethin down you don't know nuthin bout..." dang straight!
My compliments on saving that front fender.
Can’t wait to hear that 402 run 👍
This is a really old episode. I watched this whole build on the power block, probably at least ten years ago.
Rick Bacon left a long time ago
@@DontCryAboutIt mid2000s = 2500
@@DontCryAboutIt okay when was the mid-1900s?
Very interesting and insightful.
Love your show!!!! Some of the best content on youtube!!
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Mr. Blue me too!!
Sweet! A DVD of the thing I just watched for free for only six bucks?! If only I still had a DVD player...
Awesome series. Thanks
Only people with southern accents should be working on Camaros
He needs a mullet to complete it!
i reckon they do.
Damn right! With sleeveless shirts.
I've never seen holes like that in a cylinder wall
Unfortunately I've seen much worse. It's really not that unusual.
Yea had a wrist pin walk out on a 428 scj. It lived to run
That’s nothing compared to what I’ve seen lol 😂
Back in the day. We would just toss it, and get another. A dime a dozen.
@SGT DOUG pfffftttt.... 😂😂😂😂 lol...
Super lucky with that block...
What an art I love it!
Not sure I'd use that block. Those are big holes, and might give you "hot spot" issues in that cylinder. Broke is broke sometimes. 🤔
@Lassi Kinnunen sounds good but sometimes just not that easy with the old 396/400/402 big blocks
That's something people should remember. Broke is broke sometimes. I second that 100%
Spoiler alert! It turns out just fine with a sleeve
Nope. Sleeve it. Works great.
And where those holes are is the thin part of the casting,..going to make boring for the sleeve kinda tricky. Pretty sure it will need to be bored 4.25 for the sleeve to fit..,.had a 402 that I bought that was bored to 4.25...lasted 2 hours in a boat before it cracked.
Been running this motor in my '71 F-250 4x4 since 1979.
Appreciate the love
Love your videos
That narrator was having a blast with this one
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That's all antique dinosaur stuff these days. Now you can buy blocks, pistons, cams, heads, intakes, etc., that will produce twice the horsepower as that old shit, and for not a whole lot more money. About twenty years ago a rich buddy of mine sold an LS6 motor that was in really good shape. I thought he was crazy for selling it and I asked him why he did it, and he said because he could go to the Cadillac dealership and buy a brand new 500 cu. in. fire breathing monster engine for the same price he got for that LS6, and that it would have 25% more horsepower than the LS6.
Went right to the comments area to see all the “experts” pick this video apart....
I love the way that dude says panels
outstanding!!!
FYI A L78 is a 4 bolt main motor not a 2 bolt main!
Very clearly stated it was a truck motor.......
What I want you guys start doing is give us the full built in one episode.... please
They won’t make as much money. It’s better for them to divide the whole video into pieces so you’d have to watch a new ad in every episode
Understood!
nice job
Hello dears, your garage is awesome, very clean all tools are their, great technicians. Hope can i get a chance to work with you and have some of your experience.
Thank you
15:21 the "oh sh*t" moment
A core's a core!
The block is worthless in its present condition. I would not trust machining that block. They need to start over.
At 7:51... who knows how long ago this episode aired but I do body work as well (because I'm working on a datsun 280z) and I've been told after tacking that you should NEVER immediately cool the tacks with an air compressor as it'll warp the panels
Bet Tommy will have those heads magged as well to see if any cracks on those cylinders
Like your 65 falcon had one 289 clock out at 200 on radar
Me and my buddy are doin a 80 rs Camaro. We got it from his old family farm and it was sittin for several years and we dont know if we should stay with the v6 or go v8 and if v8 we dont know what to go with like small block or big block or carb or efi we want to re do everything on the we are from mn so the rust is definitely there any help or suggestions is muchly appropriated.
Legend has whistlin diesel owned the truck that motor came out of ..
Tommy Boshers is my working class hero.
Sleeve it and off you go... This happens to 351w more often than I'd like to admit (thin walls at .030 over)... Specially when a valve bounces around in the cylinders ... Or melting a piston and lifting a land... After they are sleeved they're just about bullet proof...
i heard clevelands were common for this to correct?
@@kylepett1 That I don't know..... I've stayed away from those. They are hard to find parts for and are more money.... Windsor engines are still pretty cheap... Although 351's are getting harder to come by.
You should have clearance Ted block and put a 454 crank in there and made it a stroker
those blocks are getting harder to find but that is some damage
Thank you for this video I’m making use of Coronavirus Quarantine time. I know these videos are slightly aged.
Just use some of that Flex Seal on the cylinder wall
JB Weld on Cyl walls, Flex seal on water pump and muffler leaks. Everybody knows that. LoL
Used to watch this back in the day, what I don't get is have it blasted just to "make sure" it's right then sleeve a bad block?
Always feel like I’m missing most money of the build here. But at least I know everything there is to know about the new steering wheel puller from summit racing. Also, how’d y’all get James Hetfield to sand and paint that Camaro?
You got lucky on that dead cylinder.
If I was the owner of that car I'd slap y'all for repering that block.
I’m still learning and pretty new to automotive work. If you resleeve an engine because broken piston pieces flew- isn’t that block now weaker and more prone to overheating?
No.
assuming the sleeve repair is done correctly... it is just as strong if not stronger than a factory bore. The process (if you're not aware since you state you are new) is to grossly overbore the offended cylinder and then press fit a sleeve into the block - then bore that sleeve to the same bore size that you refinish the other 7 cylinders. It is an older style repair that is not as common in hot rodding with the introduction of aftermarket blocks
Im still surprise the machine shop was able to fix that
They should let me paint it. 🎨
Excellent job guys. I watch your videos and I'm a fan of your show. I'm sure you love off what you're doing and you know how to do it write anyway. I live in Cyprus in Mediterranean sea. Is it possible to give me a number of how much it cost? Thanks. 🤩
Just weld up the holes. Less work less money too. Rotten metal has to be cut out but not clean drill holes.
I know he’s in a rush but those welds man needs a grinder for Christmas
2011!!
Had a ls 5.3 block crack the cylinder wall at 330k
Longest commercial I’ve seen in a while
I’m looking for a alternator bracket for the 402 1975 cutlass salon
I mean 403
1:14 Acura Vigor?
That block is trashed, go ahead and try another!
Novice question.... why not buy new panels on areas that are bolt on bolt off parts?
Rick Bacon, bet he knows how to make bacon best.
When was this recorded? seems like Rick was around about 10 years ago he has been long gone Where is Rick now?
2011
BIGMANJB MOPAR my guess is that Rick went back to exclusively doing paintwork on cars as that is his specialty
Especially if he's doing realistic looking flame, thus his nickname "The Arsonist"
Rick went back to his own hot rod shop. I think this is from 2008 at least
Teardown starts at 11:50
Good.
Bruh that busted cylinder looks like it came from Krazy driving
He touched bare metal with his hand big no no 🤣
When are you working that calliente
I can't believe they reused that engine. Even if properly fixed with fluxing and sleeving its still extremely weak. Years of corrosion, wear & tear, etc.
I also have a rs ss they are very rare.
Same thing happened with a 350 4 bolt main i had picked up. the rod broke and destroyed the cam all the pistons were screwed i havent looked at it sense. I was just thinking i could just put new bearings in and new rings and call it good. But nope. No motor now andto much money to fix... Sad situation....
350 chevies grow on trees. turn that one into a table and move on.
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The car is cool but I'd replace that heavy boat anchor with an LS engine
That's not the look they were going for. It's a recreation of a pretty rare car. Now for daily driver status an LS would be more practical. For a weekend toy I will take the big block and the Muncie.
the amount of work they are doing on the panels, its might be cheaper to purchase a new one, and easier...
Seen several 396 engine with holes in the cylinders.
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3:35 got a little too close with that cut off wheel
I noticed that too, I probably would have welded it and grinded out so that people wouldn't see it, but the little things like this make the show more interesting.
@@brianpostlethwaite yep or just try harder to not hit the car lol
all 375 hp 396 engines had 4 bolt blocks , do it's not exactly the same but it'll do the job.
Just buy another block, weren't L78s four bolt mains anyway? And while you're at it get a pair of Winters aluminum heads and manifold and make it an L89.
If you are going to build a L78 that motor has the wrong heads, wrong pistons, wrong connecting rods, wrong mains, wrong intake, block has holes, you better start with the correct motor.
I'm no mechanic, but I've never seen holes in the cylinder wall.
2 stokes have holes in the cylinders
Well at least the piston wasn't sideways
I'd toss it for a 454 personally
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Why not use biodegradable nut shells instead of plastic?
Do shells leave residue ?
Nut media can be pretty aggressive. The plastic probably easier on the metal.
Donald Burkhard because then people will bitch about deforestation...
15:21...Pikachu Face..."woah dude."
LS engine swap time. Not worried about matching numbers so why not? Fuel efficient, powerful, reliable, turn key, wiring kits, resale value and just cool to have.
Wonder how that engine got messed up so bad
Do you have no external nervous system? DUDE WHY ARE YOU WELDING WITHOUT GLOVES AND TOUCHING THE PIECE WITH YOUR BARE HANDS
why didn't you massage the dents from the back side and that would be manual labor in the trunk.... working the metal from the backside is always better but not faster... ????
wheel well was in the way
Anyone else notice that the guy nearly cut his finger of at 7:10?