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Oil pump pickup is installed, added two tack welds to keep it from falling out of the pump ... Waiting on a baffle that keeps oil from climbing up the back of the pan under hard acceleration .. Be here at the end of the week along with a few other items ...

Been busy on the 496" Sat the crank in and checked the clearances on the mains .. Got a little over 0.002" ... Main cap bolts torqued to 110, crank spins real nice .. Crank oil scraper was a PITA to fit .. Mounted the windage tray, some fitting was needed to get the oil pan sitting flush on...

Assembly is going pretty dang good on the C-10 496" engine build ... Installed the cam & bearings .. Rotating assembly been balanced .. Got the crank sitting in the block .. May be seeing a problem with the Milodon's windage tray studs being too long, their keeping the oil pan from...

Much better ...

Oil cooler is almost to wide ... Going to try some different fittings ...

The shorty filter will be used only for doing the break-in ... After that's done and over the High in Zinc break-in oil will be drained out, fresh oil and the 2 qt filter will be in play ... Since the truck has been lifted, got all kinds of room for that monster oil filter ..

Had to go to a AN-10 hose cause that's what the cooler comes with ... Just a little backing up ..

Been looking for a motor oil cooler for the Binder ... Tried to buy a used one off of Facebook Marketplace ... Three coolers that I liked was there .. After trying to pay using PayPal, none of the three could be nailed down .. So I gave up on finding a used cooler .. Got a new one...

Head number two ...

Hogging out the intake bowls is next to do .. Three to go ...

Thanks ... Very time consuming work ..

C-10 496" owner wanted O.S. SS valves. Heads was petty clean, but now that I'll be all over them ... PP heads are being worked for the oversize valves .. Some burr action will take place in the bowls for blending ...

Maybe I should have used a 10L90E transmission instead of the 4L85E ??

Alright, decided to bore a little more meat outta my block .. Will net 500.66 cubies ... Last Rodeo is going to be a good one ..

Washup is on the menu ... And a mockup since it getting a 1/4" more stroke, might find parts playing tag .. ?

Slick as a minnow's peter !!

Ran up on a set of BBC 14092360 PP heads, 86 to 90 truck stuff ... They're buildable, I don't have a need for them at the moment .. Will do a valve job on em and later on find a home for the critters ... The Gen VI block looks like it might be buildable ... A .030" overbore is needed ...

Wild chambers .. Here's the game plan for these heads ... I sold the 88 motorhome 454 as a long block, these heads are going on that Mark IV block ... Kind of a bolt-on Hot-Rod head for Mark IV's cause of having 18 more cc's of meat in the chambers over the og PP heads that was on it and much...

Soon to be .060 over ...

Love the 55's ... The Fellow that I bought the Mark IV 4-bolt main block from has a 55 Bel-Air Gasser sitting in his backyard .. It has a 427" in it ..

Back to the 496 cid build that will be breathing fire in a 62 C-10 ... Ordered parts are showing up .. Nailed down a pump to match the shine on the oil pan, timing cover will follow suit ... He's doing a mighty fine job on the oldie ... Got a 2-1/2" drop kit for it ...

Fellow wants to put it in a 57 Bel Air .. Yup sold it ... Fellow wants me to finish building it .. That makes three Big Blocks to put together ...