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Well that is progress. I have those rollers fall out all the time. Oh well, you had what you needed. FORWARD!!!

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Wade Williams
Master Ferrari Tech
Restoration Tech
Engine Machinist
Fabricator
Racecar Driver

I guess that has to be what happened, roller fell out and then got wedged between the races which broke it, ting! I'm still surprised though as it seems hard to break.

Well that's not bad... IIRC the number includes the pallet, but my 348 powertrain weighed ~694#.







Do we need to use the new raft of red flag laws to get a mechanical violence protection order sworn out so we can temporarily place all your hammers with Wade?

That's what I thought. I've seen stock 308 setups weight in right around 800 as pulled...I'm missing headers and alternator for a direct comparison but it was a pleasant surprise.

Did a little.
The bearing is replaced and gear drop gear cover installed and cover straightened out, it on easy as normal. The coolant manifold is on. The oil pres senor is back on.


I cleaned up the TBs and intakes so they are ready to install...but that is not an easy job with the fuel rail in-between them so I decided to do that first thing in the morning rat5her than rush it at night after a couple drinks. The Vacuum hoses have fallen apart which I saw and ordered replacement silicone hose but amazon kind of let me down here, I got 2 or the 3 packs I ordered but #s now shows as lost....so I just did the math and I have enough to do the center 8 cylinders meaning I can proceed and add the 4 outer Sunday when the reordered pack arrives as those I can reach.


Last I opened all the other boxes which had 10 quarts of high zinc straight 30wt break-in oil, 2 (not fram) oil filters, a gallon of redline transmission oil, and 6 gallons of water free coolant. It5 looks to me like sunday will be the day the engine goes in and quite possibly next week end I will be ready to roll it out of the shop and start it up (notice I didn't say fir it up).

WONDERFUL. CONGRATULATIONS!

This morning did not go exactly to plan. First, I had calculated my vacuum hose lengths to work out perfect with 10ft rolls, but after I started cutting I realize they are called 10ft, but are actually 3m, so 2" short....delay to figure how to get things sorted.

ok, time to...wait... 2 injector to intake are o-rings missing


A search commenced. I found 1 on the bench which gave me hope but after an hour or so of looking plus looing to see if by chance I has a spare hiding any where, nope. think...think....I can install the intake in the car, I'll install today and get to the intake in a few days when I have the o-rings. plan!

Car on jack stands, engine off the bench. I'm thinking the front headers maybe can go on before the engine is full in so I can reach all the nuts so I grab the headers, chucks of valve seat fell out of 1. Grab the other 2...what the???


yes it is, the missing o-ring!



Ok, back to intakes. then but its getting later and I'm going to be missed but...goop on


stage the intakes


the fuel rail must tuck under linkage


kind of line stuff up



Sacrifice a large male goat then push


inspect in the ports to see if each still has and injector cuz that is the best you can do at inspecting what just happened


now its time for the bolts and some would argue a large female goat should now also be sacrifices but if you grease the bolts to kind of hold them in place when you are staging you can install them without a sacrifice


and can reach them sort of although the new thicker silicone vacuum hose makes it harder


and that's it, intakes and TBs installed!

here we go!



I figured out I could install the headers once its part way in WAAAAY easier than once its actually in



and in the the car, not bolted but in at least.

670lb with everything that attaches to the engine included and trans full of oil

Never thought that could happen but it seems you‘re going to beat @darksideofwill to first run! Congrats on the great progress, can‘t wait to see the car driving!