1967 Dodge D100

[RedneckWithPaychecks]

5.3 confirmed.

If only I was that lucky...

 

[letitsnow]

If only I was that lucky...

Nothing is ever truly free. He will end up bailing somebody out of jail, helping out in a bar fight, or something to pay the bill...

 

[Erik the Awful]

...or maybe he's been living right, and this is karma rewarding him? I'm not gonna judge.

Good score, 0xDEADBEEF!

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Dude was just trying to get rid of stuff from his storage unit and needed stuff gone ASAP. Looking back on it, I probably should have thrown him some cash.

My question now is assuming the bottom end looks as good as the top end, do I open it up to put ring gap in it? I'm leaning against it. It's more for show than for go, and opening it up has its own risks. I will give the rods the wiggle test and check crank end play before making a decision.

 

[stutaeng]

Do you think you will throw a blower on it at some point down the road? How do the cylinder bores look?

I'd say just pull a few rod caps for a quick visual, then go from there?

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Do you think you will throw a blower on it at some point down the road? How do the cylinder bores look?

I'd say just pull a few rod caps for a quick visual, then go from there?

No blower, but I do have a cheapie eBay turbo I plan to put on.

I've had 3-4 junkyard LS motors and these bores look the best of all the ones I've had, which I would assume means the ring gaps are going to be on the tight side.

The problem with pulling rod caps is that they don't go back on the exact same dimension, and I think technically you shouldn't re-use the rod bolts.

 

[stutaeng]

Oh, I forgot those bolts were TTY...

 

[618 Syndicate]

How much boost you gonna run through it?
You can probably get by with 5 or 6 lbs from a small turbo without opening up the ring gap. Probably.

 

[MrPink]

I'd leave it. If you take it down to a short block just to check things over, just do gaskets, timing set, head studs(ease of maintenance later), and just put it back together.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

How much boost you gonna run through it?
You can probably get by with 5 or 6 lbs from a small turbo without opening up the ring gap. Probably.

I'd like to get about 500 rwhp. I think that will be more than a handful in this old truck.