Project Cheap Bastard: LEB 70 460

[fatherdoug]

Looks very nice!

 

[cbaker65]

Lookin good!
Can always paint those covers hot pink...

 

[LEB Ben]

Thanks guys...can't wait til it's done. Pretty stoked to see what it will actually be able to do. A lot of planning to make everything work with my cheapass budget.

 

[LEB Ben]

More tear down today. Still can't get over how clean this thing is after sitting for over a decade.

Can still see factory cross hatching...

And this will be sitting on top...

 

[cbaker65]

Lookin good...You doing valve guides or just new seals?

 

[LEB Ben]

Under discussion. Some of these heads have come with valve guides others don't...don't know the rhyme or reason. Considering going with guides...but in the true essence of the cheap bastard build, not sure. Have a couple days to figure it out.

 

[cbaker65]

Under discussion. Some of these heads have come with valve guides others don't...don't know the rhyme or reason. Considering going with guides...but in the true essence of the cheap bastard build, not sure. Have a couple days to figure it out.

Ah,giving the cleaningness of the engine,maybe valves arent sloppy.
maybe just need new seals...

 

[LEB Ben]

Block is in full torque n' teal color. Cylinders were honed. But I am going to need cam bearings.

 

[SuperCab]

You considered having it all apart and not doing cam bearings? I'm cheap too but holy hell Ben

 

[LEB Ben]

Haha...cam bearings were gonna get done...was just saying it needs them. If Kris tells me something won't allow me to drive it across the country, I'll cough up the cash, otherwise it's good enough for now. This is going in the Bronco and as long as I can hit the trail and the drive thru...I'm happy. It's not their typically build, usually they don't do a 'junkyard build' like this. I'm being a terribly tight bastard. Today I got about 80 texts confirming I didn't want to take 30 thou from the cylinders. Told him if a hone would do it, that's all I was paying for. A few years from now when 450hp/525tq isn't cutting it anymore, I'll go all out, but for now this is all I need. Doubt he'll ever build for me again...haha.

 

[LEB Ben]

Realistically though...only thing not being touched is the rotating assembly...but even Kris said it looked like it had 6k on it, not 60.

 

[SuperCab]

What would it cost to bore it?

 

[LEB Ben]

About $50/cyl plus another $3-400 in stock cast Pistons. So another $800 minimum. And it just flat out doesn't need it...would have just been a little peace of mind.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Probably $10 more per cylinder... which is a ton of money in relation to cam bearings... lol.

Just teasing... pistons aren't free. I get it.

Ryan

 

[LEB Ben]

And honestly...I was seriously considering it, but then I figured if I'm going Pistons anyway...may as well do something fun, like flat tops, but then that caused more compression issues. Well some sorta relief, what's that do to the cam. Plus any added premium. If I'm going Pistons, why not grind the crank...well if I'm touching the crank, why not just snag a stroker. Then what about rods. So $800 quickly turned in to another $2500. So just reverted back to the original plan... And stuck to it...no bottom end work.

 

[SuperCab]

Understandable.

 

[LEB Ben]

Things and stuff...

An egg shaped SnapOn sword or something...

More pink...YAAAAAY...

The color matching Teflon tape was supposedly 'missing'...

Not sure what these thingies do...but they're pretty

Told him it didn't get that cold here...but he insisted on plugging the engine up and keeping the cold out.

Getting suspicious that I'm just buying SnapOn tools...

 

[fatherdoug]

Pretty. So, so pretty.

 

[m78]

A little early on the Wix aren't you ? Looking good.

 

[LEB Ben]

I've seen about 8 different oil filters on that think...no idea why he keeps swapping.