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    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    yes they are new pistons as far as the rings go I followed the instructions in the box for the rings. But I could have put some in the wrong way somehow. And the tarp and heater idea is a good one I’ll remember that for next time something breaks and it’s -20 outside.
  2. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    I will probably check into that tomorrow. It’s dark now and getting kinda chilly out. I think I might just have to put it together, and try and hold out till spring. Or till I win the lottery, and can build a huge heated shop, so I don’t have to work on a cold open sloped driveway. Lol
  3. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    There are no oil leaks to the outside of the engine. The more I dig in the more I’m thinking it’s a combination of rings and valve seals.
  4. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    The rings were all gapped by myself to .017-019 in accordance with the manufacturer’s specs. Not saying I didn’t manage to miss something, or put one in upside down or something. and when the engine was broke in I was using a qjet carb, with stock cast manifold. I switched to the EPS at around...
  5. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    Oh also I never did notice any smoke at any time. Which seems strange considering how much oil is being burnt up. And I’ve been keeping a close eye on it recently. Also the cylinders with the highest compression, are the ones with the worst looking plugs
  6. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    Ok so the short block is a 010 70s gm block, and the rotating assembly is an eagle specialty products stroker kit. that came with pistons, piston rings, 5.7 rods, crankshaft, balancer, and flexplate. These are the compression numbers dry and cold. But something must be wrong for split numbers...
  7. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    I will get a compression test done as soon as possible here. and I’ll try and upload pictures of the plugs too.
  8. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    Yes I am running a PCV system on stock gm baffled valve covers. And the plugs that are getting fouled are 5-7 on drivers side and 2-4 on passenger side. The other 4 plugs have a darker color to them, but definitely are not fouled.
  9. 76-77-78

    Burning excessive oil!! Need advice.

    So let’s start with the engine specs. It’s a 383 stroker bored 040 with roughly 10,000 miles on it. The cam is a lunati with .443/.465 lift. it has an edelbrock EPS manifold, edelbrock 1406 carb, on top of it. It has dart iron eagle heads, with 72cc combustion chambers. It has headers with true...
  10. 76-77-78

    A/C Compressor Mounting

    I’m gonna bump this because I also could use some pictures of a working A/C system and all the brackets that go into it.
  11. 76-77-78

    Need help with Qjet identification

    I was digging through an old Chevy van the other day with a buddy. And we found an old qjet carb in a box and it’s in pretty nice condition but it’s missing the little round number plate. So I’m not able to tell what make or model it’s from. so I thought I’d throw some pictures up on here and...
  12. 76-77-78

    Aluminum or Trimetal Rod and Crank Bearings - 4-Bolt Main 350 Small Block

    I would also like to know the answer to this as I have a rebuild coming in the near future also.
  13. 76-77-78

    New guy with first square body

    Welcome from ND
  14. 76-77-78

    New to Forum-1985 Chevy K20

    Welcome from ND
  15. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    I was not in the water I was stuck in the 2 feet of snow on top of the ice. But yeah I would have a whole bunch more issues if water would have been involved
  16. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    Yeah I know what you mean I know some people that just sent 2 squares to the junk yard!! one was a 79 k20 with the original 400 abc that still ran and was almost rust free. And the other one was an 80 something k30 dually with a 454 also running this one had some rust and dents but still what a...
  17. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    The truck in the vid is not mine just a vid I found with the exact same sound my pickup is making my truck was an original 350 4bbl truck with a manual and is still a manual but I’ve had enough suggestions to check that so I guess I’ll man up and lay in the melting snow for awhile and look the...
  18. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    Lol yeah it’s definitely not the best option for a spare but it been with the car since the beginning and I just can’t bring myself to separate the two :) but that 43 year old tire as far as I know nobody has put air in it and it still has like 45 pounds in there
  19. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    Well a few days prior to the knock starting I did get stuck on the lake while ice fishing and did some revving for a bit but probably never went over 4000 rpms in first/second gear it has a sm465 so I was in the first gear that’s not granny gear so maybe that had something to with the knock I...
  20. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    It is a 1976 chevy Malibu classic with 72k on it a 250 L6 engine th350 trans and is almost completely stock other than shocks wheels tires and audio system. The 250 isn’t much for power but the car cruises great and rides like a caddy so I just use it as a daily driver and don’t really try and...
  21. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    Well you’re about the 50th person to ask to buy it so you’d have to wait in line. but I wouldn’t sell it if I was dying and needed surgery money. it has a long history in my family I’m the third generation owner of it and love it. I will probably start a build thread for it if I ever get some...
  22. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    Ok I’ll try all those suggestions tomorrow it’s supposed up in the 40s so I shouldn’t freeze my fingers off. Still won’t be fun though :(
  23. 76-77-78

    350 Chevy knocking noise!

    I have a 350 L31 carbed vortec engine in my 77/83 Chevy k20 that developed a very loud knock that sounds identical to the one in this vid I fired it up one afternoon to fill gas in town and shut the motor off at the pump and it hadn’t made a sound. but when I had finished filling gas and fired...
  24. 76-77-78

    Q-jet running lean?!?!

    Today’s update So I fired her up this morning and let her warm for a few minutes. then took the truck for a few minute drive around town to make sure the choke was off and the engine was up to temp. But I could almost immediately tell some thing was different this morning. It was idling around...
  25. 76-77-78

    Q-jet running lean?!?!

    Ok I will try and hook the vacuum gauge up tomorrow and see what I’ve got. It always was around 20” of vacuum with my Edelbrock 1406 so I’ll use that as my base line for troubleshooting.

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