More SBC Build SECRETS and a "GIFT" Engine Test - Chris and Ed Smith
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Ed Smith Shows and Tells us Some of his Tricks of the Trade building a Small Block Vintage Chevy (Chevrolet) Motor. BONUS - Special occasion engine build reveal and start.
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This guy is something else. Just a plethora of knowledge. Reminds me of my old man when I was a kid. Always had little tricks or making due with stuff because we had no money. And always constructed better and worked better than what you can buy at a part store. Ed never fails at bringing back memories from long ago. Happy I found this cat doing his old school thing on here. Just so much experience that kids and most mechanics today sadly know nothing about.
Thanks so much for taking your time and writing out a comment for Ed 👍🙏
@@BarryTsGarage Can you ask Ed if he might be willing to adopt a not young, feral, mechanic minded, fairly decent human, that still loves old machines and still bends a wrench when I can?😁☕
I'm housebroke, too😂😂😂
Ed's the man. He knows his business and i'm glad he's sharing his experiences, He got an excess amount of common sence
Absolutely the best video to pop up and watch with my morning coffee. I could listen to him all day. It’s so nice listening to the old school guys talk. Thanks for another great video. Happy 4th of July weekend!!!!
Thank you so much! I’m glad Ed is willing to share and it’s my pleasure to put it together for you
@@BarryTsGarage I built a motor for a 1977 CJ5 Jeep. It was a 343typhoon v8 amc. I never knew what the difference was between a regular 343 and the Typhoon. The motor came out of an amc car but I don’t know what model car? That typhoon had some wicked power. I didn’t really “build” it just put new intake and took the 2bbl off and put a Holly 4bbl on it with headers and dual exhaust. I know your very busy but I’d love to here what ed thinks of the old amc 343 motors. That would be very cool. Thanks. Pete from up in Maine.
@@BarryTsGarage the car was a model year 1967
Great question- I’ll ask Ed!
Ok
I know that the opening scene combined with a bad plug wire makes the carb steam interesting.
Brilliant on the vapor out of the carburetor!
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Love this guy. So many facts and little tricks to make an engine better. Thanks for sharing your journey and saving all this great information. Best of luck. Take Care!!!
Thank you - I’ll pass on to Ed. We will be doing more 👍
Dam I learn something evertime he opens his mouth x geeze smart engine man I want to come and mentor for about 3 months very smart man
We used to use stainless shim stock from grainier back in the 80’s
So many interesting stuf. I have to start to write it down😂😂
Great stuff. So when I put the silicone on that narrow edge, I wait a moment and let the silicone start to “skin over” . Meaning wait just long enough to place the intake that the silicone has some rigidity. It’s tricky. If you put the intake on immediately the silicone does not have enough “bounce” to act like a gasket, if you wait too long it’s not going to stick to the intake and crush properly. Too early and you get leaks.
Sounds very good 👍
Love the information
Glad it was helpful!
He looks like the old black guy revving up his old 327 but he got shocked by something on the motor, you gotta find that video it's hilarious 😆
What a great engine; thanks for the bonus!
Thank you!🙏
If those are aftermarket valve cover gaskets with no baffle that PCV valve is going to suck the oil out of the motor. I had a young guy do that on a motor I built for him he changed the valve covers. I knew what happened before I brought it over sure enough open the hood it had aftermarket valve covers with no baffles in them, the motor was well lubricated while braking in. Quart and a half low on oil.
I’ll ask Ed to address this in a future video
Just a curious observation, but I'm not aware of ANY valve cover GASKETS, with baffles...😁
I DO understand the point made, about VC (s) not having baffles,,,no barrier to slow the oil consumption through the PCV line🎯
Drinking game- take a shot every time Barry says "right" Lol
Yes, I’m too agreeable, right?
Need Ed in my pit crew.
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Barry T , if you had a GM that had a "hot soak" hard start, half of the time it would be the bottom of the float bowl plugs seeping fuel downward
We mix 2 part epoxy on the after they're gently peened.
That'll work for a few years without a hitch.
Awesome - I’ll probably ask Ed for his comment on this 👍
Manifold end gaskets we used to use 3m super weather adhesive to glue it on the block side only. Late 70,s rtv sealer came out and we took out the rubber seals and used only rtv. If a motor was worn with a lot of blow BY that is where leaking would show up usualy first.
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I personally never liked Elderbrock carbs. But that small block sounds good opened up .
👍 thank you for sharing 🙏
Sounded like they either have a weak battery or its too far advanced timing wise or maybe its locked out to my ear but the engine sounded good i like to run them with an exhaust as it would be in the car its better for fine tuning etc and my ears like me for it lol
Awesome
Turned out the starter needed a rebuild..
Thanks!
If you have a hot air choke you have to have that center port open. In cold weather you need that heat flowing under the manifold so you dont have fuel icing in the manifold.. on the race track its beneficial to block that port
Right on
I have a amc 360 and i had to plug my intake or it would stop running after 20 min i had to screw with that thing for months to figure out what was going on i thought the gas tank was clogged but no vapor lock because intake got way to hot
Ah-ha!
I like the way that engine sounds but I am very curious to know why the headers are pointing out to the front of the engine?😀🇨🇦
Thanks! It’s just more convenient for the test stand. 👍🙏
Where is this speed shop located. I would like to call them about doing some engine work.
Call Chris at five star engines in Phoenix AZ
@@BarryTsGarage I wish they were closer...😁☕
I found the video it's called hilarious first time engine start
I want to put that motor in my Vega,nice
Need a way to pump freon through that intake passage. To cool the carburetor platform.
Hmmmmm…..
And tell him that the 289 hi-po came from a 1963 Ford tiger ok thanks
Ask him about the 340 Dodge higher rpm engine as well the 289 hi-po I have both of them jjjjj 😁 a old man give them to me for free long ago I kp them nice in the garage as well a ford straight 6 300 1965 around 170 hp stock jjj ask him thanks
you have a really nice set there!
@@BarryTsGarage yeah I do have nice engines in my garage like I said a old man give them to me a backyard mechanic from west Virginia old school . Supposedly he have them from when he was young and kp them oil up they do turn nicely and a lot of compression low mileage but the 289 Hi po was from 1963 Ford tiger the 300 Ford from a old garbage truck in the early 60s heavy duty around 170 hp and i forgot the 340 engine i know was the. early one 4 barrel carb .He give history in my opinion muscle car pride and still today really small block but powerful from factory I know he tell me the Ford tiger was by factory stock a 13 second car that what he tell me.And he tell the 340 Dodge was a monster of a engine both of them higher rpm engines.But his favorite was the straight six 300 engine probably because he grow up in the hills of the Appalachian mountains probably such engine was used more and work more for the hills and he say the right combo for the straight six 300 Ford engine was the 4 sp transmission with the 4 sp with granny gears first gear and reverse gear and like I said he was a west Virginia hill boy breed and born in the Appalachian mountains imagen jjjjj 😁 He used to know everything and combos in engines and transmission and differential gears out there take care gd video ed sounds like him in lots of ways
@@salrivera7578 nice collection.
Thank you, for continuing to care for them.
I bet the old guy that gave them to you, likely helped with a power modification, as well as vehicle mods, that were possibly instrumental in delivering liquefied corn products😁☕
I have always loved old cars, trucks and other machines😎
@@invisibilianone6288 well he was from up the mountains of west Virginia what people call a hillbilly.He grow up poor and probably in the corn 🌽 business and probably in the knight rider falcons call the ghost 👻 .He was a simple man but he was a professor special in cars engine combos and homemade porting and everything else he will change gears in transmission or build gears homemade he love mathematics I know that.He knew about metals a lots etc Yeah I missed my old friend .He give me some gift to play with.But he always said the Ford 300 straight 6 will be the future motor and he was right people in this days building them up and upgrading them with turbos and. Asking Ford to building them back .He always said the straight six 300 will be in muscle cars one day putting a lot horsepower and torque that nothing will stop them because people will love them so much that they will not want nothing else.He say that no motor in earth will touch his perfection in balance and endurance.But he always said that the perfect combo was the straight six 300 with the 4 sp granny transmission.He call it all seasons combo hills trails roads highway he say best mule in earth
that's a nasty little thing.
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My next old school engine is getting the coke cans