negativeswitches

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moregrip

do you recall what size thread chasers you used when cleaning out all the tapped holes in the block?

-Erik

1ImperialSS

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You can always grind your stock bolts with a dremel or something and make your own chaser...I did that with head bolts...

2004SSS

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i have soem questions on your 8 rib, why did you go with an innovaters west over an ati damper? and is there some sort of pin on the crank pulley so it wont slip? did you have the other pulley cusotm sized by metco? im curious as to how all the pulley line up. arent some for a vette or f body? did you get the entire waterpump with the 8 rib pulley or did you just put the pulley on the waterepump? im trying to do this as well so i need all the help i can get. thanks.

WorkTruc

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I'm pretty sure he had his crank keywayed during rebuild to prevent pulley slip and his new damper had keyway provision already.

moregrip

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this what I used to clean up the block threads:

ARP Head thread chaser:


cleaning out all the threads:


for the rest of the threads to be cleaned:

moregrip

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IW made the 8" 8rib. I had a keyway machined in my stock crank which matched the keyway already cut in the IW pulley (You can also use an ATI crank pinning kit) I got the 100mm idlers from Metco and the tensioner, alternator, and power steering pulleys from ATI. The blower pulleys were custom machined and the water pump is an Evans unit and comes with that pulley already installed.

2004SSS

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man youve done your set up right, this thread is so long i missed where you tapped the new holes for the heads. would you mine telling what size bolts you went with? i know it has probably been said but i dont want to go through 65 pages.

moregrip

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what bolts are you referring too?

2004SSS

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the head bolts

moregrip

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I used ARP studs