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I got a few 264 and 322 Nailheads I'll let you have real cheap. Be a good excuse for you and Shane B to come down and visit;)
Good going on buy cheap and sell reasonable on those engines:thumbup:
 
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Yes, guys I am finding the engines on the local classifieds for low cost where people want to get rid of them and finding good buyers and doing fair deals. I made a wanted add for engines and I am getting lots of people who want to get rid of them to make room. I have sold 7 engines in the last few weeks averaging about $250 profit on each.
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find me a cheap ls L33
 
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Got the old Chevy running well and loaned it to my friend to use to make some money with... Adding air bags in the rear to help support the load.





Got a 460 as a spare for my tow truck, 720 pounds!!!:



 
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To answer your question bluntly, IMO, YES! Lots of comments on other forums against this stuff. I prefer an AC/DC TIG just in case you want to weld aluminum, a good MIG running on 220V as well as a plasma cutter of at least 50A. Unless you plan on doing a bunch of heavy metal fab work {over 3/8"}, there really isn't much need in a hobbyist shop for a stick welder when you have the other two. Don't know what they sell for in Canada, but Eastwood has some great deals on all the above here, unless you want to spend thousands on name brand/ quality equipment. I've used both, and the Eastwood stuff is pretty good. and appears to either be a clone of Lincoln, or made by Lincoln for Eastwood. Comes with a three year guarantee, too.

The ad doesn't even have correct spelling of the various parts!? To me, that doesn't say much about quality, either
 
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To answer your question bluntly, IMO, YES! Lots of comments on a lot of other forums against this stuff. I prefer an AC/DC TIG just in case you want to weld aluminum, a good MIG running on 220V as well as a plasma cutter of at least 50A. Unless you plan on doing a bunch of heavy metal fab work {over 3/8"}, there really isn't much need in a hobbyist shop for a stick welder when you have the other two. Don't know what they sell for in Canada, but Eastwood has some great deals on all the above, unless you want to spend thousands on name brand/ quality equipment. I've used both, and the Eastwood stuff is pretty good. and appears to either be a clone of Lincoln, or made by Lincoln for Eastwood.
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Thanks, yes I am going to be hiring out all major fabrication work, but it would be nice to be able to do some repairs and or minor projects. Thanks again will look into Eastwood.
 
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rixtrix1 said:
To answer your question bluntly, IMO, YES! Lots of comments on other forums against this stuff. I prefer an AC/DC TIG just in case you want to weld aluminum, a good MIG running on 220V as well as a plasma cutter of at least 50A. Unless you plan on doing a bunch of heavy metal fab work {over 3/8"}, there really isn't much need in a hobbyist shop for a stick welder when you have the other two. Don't know what they sell for in Canada, but Eastwood has some great deals on all the above here, unless you want to spend thousands on name brand/ quality equipment. I've used both, and the Eastwood stuff is pretty good. and appears to either be a clone of Lincoln, or made by Lincoln for Eastwood. Comes with a three year guarantee, too.

The ad doesn't even have correct spelling of the various parts!? To me, that doesn't say much about quality, either
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As above.:thumbup:

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With all the kids stuff starting to pile up in the garage I needed to set up another space to store my stuff! Adding a 4x8 lean to behind my shed to store things...

I wanted it to be easily removed in the future, so it is modular, and just a few screws to remove if needed. I used the fence posts as support on the lower side, hence the little section of wood exposed on the side, but no big deal.

Still need to build the doors, and not sure what to use for the floor but pallets for now and maybe 2'x2' cement blocks? Ideas?















 
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Very innovative on the lean to. Nice dry storage for minimum cost. Your shop is really doing a lot!!! I feel like I need to wear overalls and start smoking a stubby cigar to visit you!! Big motors and trucks!! YEAH!!

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My first reaction is, egads! More screws! A wind will catch that and take it away! But then I reread and saw you mentioned doors, so I'm sure there will be sides and doors, that will help out with the aerodynamics.

In my balmy part of the continent, that little roof is all a lot of people would use for their compressor, spare engine, etc etc. I think they're silly, because of humidty/condensation. (I hate entropy and erosion and will fight them until my dying day!) But the weather is mild enough - and sunny enough -- that it's an option for sure.

And speaking of moisture, for a floor, I'd prefer pallets with a sheet of plywood on top of 'em.
 
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I typed that this morning, and then later in the day I went to see my machinist, and on the way out of that little industrial park I saw this collection of compressors and lean-tos.:lol:
 

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Well some cool news! My old car that my friend Blake now owns has been driving awesome!

He has been driving it a lot on the street, and having no issues with it.... He is starting low on the boost levels and currently at 10 PSI out of a possible 25 PSI the turbos can give.

The car is making 460 HP and 460 Ft or TQ at the tires on 10 PSI of boost. The engine is about 280 HP at the crankshaft before boost so it is double the HP on low boost. He had the car on the track and it ran 11.76 in the quarter at 119 MPH at high elevation and 3900 pounds race weight...

My car being 1000 pounds lighter should be fun as my engine will be about 450 HP before boost. :3gears:

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Had to attack some rust that started on my bumper after the last deer incident... YUK I hate rust!!





Fitted sheet is perfect to keep overspray off the truck:



New car engine coming along..





 
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That's one heck of a main girdle, Sean! What rods and pistons in this one?
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I ended up using the same Herche rods and Diamond pistons as the other good engine that is still fresh on the stand ready to fire up. This way I can interchange parts from one engine to the other if need be. All custom parts but all 16 rods and pistons are identical. Billet crank was internally balanced for 1774 gram bob weight I think it was.





 
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Dragged home another cool chevy truck... 383 stroker, 5 speed, swapped the starter out and now it runs great!







Much lower than my daily driver truck:





Pulled my friends vette out of my trailer so I can put my stepside in there...






 
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Nothing too exciting here but I now have a 12 foot long, 4 foot wide, enclosed lean to setup.

I have a sturdy shelf made with a pallet, and its ready to load up with stuff.

I still need to get some sand and put it under the concrete blocks to level them out but no rush. Adding padlocks with the same key for the shed and lean to.

It is not perfect, but it will do the job:

Flip up door so I can store tires in the back corner without pulling everything out of the front area.



Friction fit so no need for a latch to hold it up:





Barely visible from the house:

 
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New car engine coming along..





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Ooh! This is relevant to my interests!

Between the girdle and the windage tray with the slots, is your oil scraping taken care of? What's the clearance between crank and rods and those scraper tabs in the windage tray? And the girdle?

Are those oil pan studs standard diameter, and going through to the standard female holes in the block?

Also, I like the look of freeze plugs that haven't been painted. :thumbup:

I like the shed addition! I could live in that! We can now call you Sean... "Two Sheds"... Gaskin.


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Some look at that picture and see bright yellow Corvette. I look at it and see a W126 chassis Mercedes that needs a good home before the Bosch CIS injection system gums up. (OK, maybe it's a diesel, but I'd like to think it's a 560SEL.)


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