327 V8 Pulled Out!!

 I have finally found the time to pull the 327 and turbo 400 tranny out of the 70 GMC. 

Now to clean it up and figure out what it needs to get that #7 compression back where it needs to be.

MY LUCKY FIND!!

 I call this a lucky find!!  Robin (my wife) calls it a curse.  I say its a lucky find beacause I purchased this 1970 GMC (which of course is made by GM who also makes Chevy and puts all the same engines in both lines) for $500.  The great part is this rust bucket not only has alot of useable body parts(Hood Fenders, glass ect) I can part out to someone working on a 70 GMC but under the hood it has a good 327 V8 and a good Turbo 400 Auto Transmission that will be perfect for my 66.  I will also be able to use the steering column, driveline and several other parts.....more on that later.

Robin says its a curse because she feels like a white trash family with a bunch of old, broke down trucks in the driveway while she has to park her van on the street....Pretty funny.....I told her until I start parking on the lawn and blocking the vehicles on cyndar blocks we cant be true white-trash....as she calls it. 

I also used this opportunity to promote the idea of building my shop in the back....it think this is helping my cause.  Hee Hee Hee!

This 327 V8 will need a few things to get it running up to par again.  First of all.....I tested the compression and found only my #7 Cylinder was a bit low.  Since this is at the back of the engine there is a good chance this is due to a leaky head gasket since the gasket seal there is thin, but worst case senario it might need a valve adjustment or valve job.  I won't know until I get it out and opened up.

It will also get a new intake manifold and new carb something in the 650-700 CFM range as well and a master gasket kit installed.

In order to use the tranmission I will be converting the 66 from Manual to Automatic, which overall is a pretty simple trick.....more on that later.

ONE TOO MANY ENGINES!!

Well...as I mentioned before, the engine I pulled out of the 66 was not the orginal 283 V8 but is the 267 V8.  I really didn't want to keep this engine for the following reasons.....#1 it is a much less common engine so harder to get parts for (not impossible though) #2 I really like the track record of the 283, 350, 327 etc but the 267 has a much shorter and less distinguished track record #3 I really wanted more of a performance engine.

The solution.....I need a new engine.

I had the 267 tore down to the block so I decided to finish the block out and sell it to someone not looking for a performance engine.

Note:  A good feature of the 267 is it is cast in the same block as the 350 so it's very easy to use in any GM vehicle and, overall, it is a reliable engine.

A little degreaser and paint and this block is looking halfway decent again.