RARE ENGINE Forgotten Under A House?! - Who Would Do Something Like This?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- A pile of once good parts forgotten under the front porch?
Many many years ago my old man collected a pretty hot little small block Chevy with hopes of finding a project for it. Well time went on and motor sunk deeper and deeper into the earth. At one point it was a high compression, 4 bolt main 370 horse LT1. Today, it's a bunch of possible scrap metal.
I'm looking to add a little more power to my 1955 Chevy Nomad. It currently has a fairly tame small block and I would like to go from MILD to WILD. This standard bore 4 bolt main, forged crank should be the perfect starting point!
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How to get your son to clean out from underneath your deck 101:
Mur: I'm pretty sure there's an Isky cam shaft and built camel hump heads under there.
Dan: * Shakes head and goes treasure hunting*
Mur: "pretty sure I have some Wiseco pistons in the attic too"
Lol this should be a pretty fun build. Thanks for the content Dan.
He got me good....
Hopefully no brown recluse spider bites from under the deck and crawl space but a 4 bolt stock bore block might be worth some rotting flesh lol.
I personally love engine building content, cant imagine an enthusiast who isnt at some level, its the heart and soul of what keeps our passions and dreams of helping rotate the earth and turnin rubber into smoke alive!
I do as well. I have built a few motors over the years but I'm never doing it again.
Holy crap. So that's your Dad? He was my power mechanics teacher in high school. As I recall, he stuffed a Chevy V8 in a Volvo wagon at the time. What ever happened to that?
that would make a great video
@@patcaza6166 I agree. Guessing from the plate that was in the garage it was a 1972. I also remember that it had no exhaust, open heads/manifolds. It got everyone's attention when it was brought into the shop at the end of the day.
I drove it for a bit but it was completely rotten. I kept all the mounts to redo at some point
Koool 👍👍
Nice dad BTW.
LTl had 11:1 pistons and a solid cam. If those pistons are forged, they can be saved!
As I recall they were rated at 370HP. I had one in stock trim in a 70 Chevelle. It was definitely s ripper.
Saved for what???? what's the trick to getting off the pins???
Dan try soaking the pistons and rods in a plastic pail filled with cleaning vinegar and Dawn dish soap. A couple of days soaking should remove the corrosion without damaging the aluminum pistons.
That’s my thoughts too
i did that did not like how the pistons came out
Careful with vinegar. You gotta monitor the soak---I destroyed a set of heads soaking them for 3 days. They were bubbling away. I thought it was getting good and clean, lol. It was getting eaten!
Now I check the vinegar bath and rinse and see how things are going. No more than 12 hours is my rule.
Boil them the aluminum will expand faster then the steel pins
Can't use then anyway, the block will not stay standard unless it had really low use and the cylinders are barely flash rusted. The rods look stock, which all sbc rods were forged. Even if they are the pink rods you can buy decent aftermarket 4340 rods for a few hundred bucks.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but soda blasting can get the corrosion off aluminum without putting it more. Just a thought.
It's amazing what you can find when you have lived in the same place for 30 to 40 years.
That's a rare and hard to find motor, built one year, solid lifter cam, factory, good find Dan
My 71 Z28 had double hump angle plug heads. I heard someone mention shifter parts, is there an M22 under there somewhere ??
You have the best dad, a free motor under the house, now that is cool. Excellent pack rat instincts, I see where you get it. I have had motors in the house and motor cycles in the house years ago but not a motor under a house. Enjoy him while he is here, I miss my dad every day.
Great time with your dad not replaceable very cool you should spend time with parents will miss them some day
Bonus points for the Von Dutch T shirt!
LOL, us old guys gotta stick together!
Unfortunately ruined by the explosion of clueless kids in the 2000s who wore Von Dutch without any idea who he was.
Building motors is what Speed Shop's do??? I am sure YT fans would be into it. They are not here for your expert bodywork😁
😂🤣😅
Lol ❤❤
I laughed so hard during this😂😂😂
At 14 years old my best friends dad had a junk yard that I bought a 283 and power glide from for my first project. At one time in my first garage I had 13 small blocks , cranks and heads , would have guys over looking for parts all the time.
Also many transmissions, manual and auto and rear ends , I learned to build them all , making my own fixtures and tools along the way. My dad wouldn’t allow anything at home.
The 350-370hp heads are worth finding!
Man, your Dad's house 🏡 is cool, you grew up lucky!!! Thanks for the video Dan & Dan's Dad!!!
Murr must be loving this!!! Keep going, it's just a little further back! 😆
Why would building a motor be bad content? I’m sure your viewers would love to see you do another one!
Watching people do math isn’t exciting content for the majority of the population
@@Iamthestig42069 Because the “doing math” part isn’t the only part of building an engine…it’s more about the way Dan would go about it, problem solving and entertainment value
I agree with Dan to an extent. Bu I believe it’s possible to show the broad strokes- don’t get too much into the weeds and people will tune in.
@@Iamthestig42069watching Dan struggle with math is good content
Unfortunately it would be a slow process due to machine work and waiting on parts. Kills the flow
DUDE DAN, I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD WHEN YOUR DAD CAME IN WITH THE LEAF 🌿 BLOWER RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, SO FRIGGIN HILARIOUS 😂 😅 🤣 😆!!! Um, excuse me......brrrr next to your ear 👂, so funny! Plus, he thinks he's helping out, God bless him. I was rollin for sure gasping for air. Thanks for the fun 👍.
That's treasure you got to spend some time with your dad talk about a well seasoned block
Those engine parts looked "Mint"! lol That was a fun video. Thanks Dan and Danni, oh and Murr!
Mur has a nice place there. It's fun to watch the two of you together. See if you can get some pics of Mur when he was your age. That might be fun to see.
I thought Dan was the King Hoarder, now we know where he gets it! 😂😂😂 Love you guys. Mur… you’re priceless. Good move to have Dan clean out under the deck for you.
Your best bet for those valve covers and the intake is to get them vapor honed, that way they won't be ruined as happens with sand blasting.
I love how the time lapse of the bobcat shows a bicycle passing you! Good stuff.
Mur is the type of guy that every hotrodder wants to find... just has good shit hidden all over the place in plain sight.... now that is mint!
Edit if a feller was closer I'd make them valve covers look real nice with one of them fancy powder coat jobs
LOL I love it guys! Last time I went over to my Dad's I was in the old shed and found all sorts of things of mine I'd forgotten about! And it was all well cared for by the mice, spiders and other caretakers LOL!
Be sure all the oil passages and gallies are derusted very well.
You'd make Red-Green proud w/that on-the-spot jean repair Dan !
Dani: "The crawl space of death." Lol!
Just so I got this straight, Dan did you wreck a Lemans? 😂
Just once...
There was a tree ?
A pole ?😂
Thanks for taking us on this adventure!!
3/4 race cam😂. I haven’t heard that in many years. Thanks for the video.
That guy never stopped talking, amazing ...
Back in the day we used to throw rusty cranks in the shotblaster. 10 mins and they were ready for rifle wire brushed, grind, polish and cleaned:)
Definitely worth checking it out to see what’s good. Could make a good engine out of it. 👍😎✌️
The best part is, I'm probably close to Mur's age, and my Dad was STILL doing that stuff to me into his 90s.
LOL, I'm from a long line of pack.rats too
Yes, build more motors👍good content💯
so cool your dad gave you your inheritance early, my dad is leaving me golf clubs, I don't do golf, hurray,
I hope you can save it. It is a good find..
I’ve built a few motors, and hope to do more soon. But they do create good content. It’s all in the presenter! You got this.
GREAT CONTENT!! PORCH FINDS LOL!!! BRING THAT CHEVY BACK TO LIFE BROTHER ✌️
It was like watching Indiana Jones looking for the Chevy cylinder head artifact
Mur has a lot of space to store project cars 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎
Another Dan original catch phrase. “Good as used “. ❤
Lucky guy, having a Dad like that.
👍My Dads place in PA is almost same thing. Old GOOD stuff stored everywhere. Tons of NOS everything. Mostly wrapped up in protective blankets & thick furniture moving pads. From switches, relays, engines to NOS 1955 Chevy, OLDS, Ford & NASH stuff. Along w/ the covered cars. He won’t sell a thing & I don’t blame him. He’s 82 now & time is catching up w/ him. I’m not looking forward to the day I’m forced to go through it all but lots of folks out there in the Hot Rod world are gonna have fits over it. 👍
Little fun factoid: In the 1980's BMW sourced and used old RUSTY M10 shortblocks for building their F1 racing engines: 1.5Liter, inline4 16valve, huge turbo, 1200hp in qualifying trim.
Those old rusted M10 blocks were said to have no residual stress in the castings and that's why they were supposed to be better as a basis for building a new engine.
Or so the old lore goes.
Moral of the story: if that block is not cracked it might still make a great engine.
That engine would be better suited for one of the Camaro's that you have been neglecting.
U wanna buy em and save em?
If they were 69's I'd buy them!
You got good bones to start with. That motor is no joke. They got a lot more nickel the old blocks than they have today. I think it would be a great idea for you to build that motor on one of your shows.
The Hunt for Mur's Red Motor!! Too funny. It will be interesting to see what can be saved!! Cheers!! 😎
If the block and crank are good build it with aftermarket 6.00” connecting rods and forged pistons; add a spin balance.
Remember when you cam the engine to actually make power at 7000 rpms it’s going to be more challenging to drive for normal street use.
Hello Dan... I hope y'all made it home safe and sound... From Mississippi
Cruisin the coast event... It was nice meeting you guy's... Don. With Rat Rod Bob...
"I want more jam!" Now, if that isn't a DD Speed Shop t-shirt, I don't know what is.
always nice to see stuff hidden away getting it's chance to shine hopefully it's a great foundation with it's 4 bolt mains
Dan,Mur and Dani y'all rock! Peace
Murs magical treasure hunt! Never know what amazing parts and surprises you will find!
Reminds me of my uncle storing all kinds of old car parts “ stuff they don’t make anymore” as he would say
Dan if that block is good you have scoured a diamond in the rough. A std. bore 4 bolt 350 with a steel crank. Most people would say junk ....but no "Old School Gold." If it was mine I would put that sucker back together with new Aluminum heads. And make a killer street engine.
I sure hope you find the heads man. I am thinking that block is good. Your dad is cool.
"Some may call this junk. Me, I call them treasures."
Dan I applaud your love for old school tech and hot rods…but if you want more jam…6L LS, cam/springs, gap the rings and slap on a turbo…you will love it and will never look back.
I've got an old hot rod 69 Camaro engine that's got .100 dome TRW forged pistons , an Isky cam with a flat lobe and heads that dirt track guys are required to use . 4-bolt block thats .030 over . Good engine to build . Old style hot rod stuff that's worth using . Hope all of your stuff cleans up good enough to use . High winding small blocks are Killers . Great video .
That Bobcat has an amazing road gear !!!
Run a hone down the bores, soak the pistons in hot tranny fluid, wire wheel the bolts, etc, and put it together!
The Nomad is done! Build it for the Camaro!
I hope you keep on growing Hit 1 million ++ soon. You got great content. Thank you
Thanks so much!
I have a 96 LT1. Its in my 96 Cadillac Fleetwood. It runs & it drives, great. White on white on white. Aluminum wheels. It's a GREAT DONOR, car.
Vary awesome indeed. I hope you can rebuild it. Keep up the great work.
Find yourself a large journal 66 327 engine. You know, the ones that came with flat top 10½to1 comp. Put yourself a set of Edelbrock aluminum heads on there. Port match the heads to your intake of choosing, run a 780 cfm Holley carb, get a cam with 495 lift and a 292 duration. On your headers, run a 12 to 14 inch collector extensions and a 3 inch exhaust with free flow mufflers. Oh, if you remember, get a 2 inch carb spacer. New, heavy duty valve springs, because y'all want a high reving engine, make sure to balance everything that bolts to the crankshaft, even the flywheel. If you want even higher revs, roller tip rockers-1.5 ratio
AWW, SCREW IT!
Get a 6.0 LS and stick a cam in it!😮😂😅
Those from stock from factory had 350 to 370hp good motor to build 👍
It'll be interesting to see what comes next.
I got a 1971 LT1 350 four-bolt main sitting in my garage short block with crank!
When you said squirrel I lost it lol my thought reflected back when you tore your pants at your dad's place I thought maybe that squirrel was collecting nuts for winter storage 😂
Let the build begin for the "Porch Motor"! driving down the road with the skid loader and engine block....priceless!
30 years ago I found a pair of 15 inch hubcaps in the crawlspace of a house I ha rented. 1953 mercury. I still have them hanging in my garage now
LOL those are Chevy Forged TRW 11 to 1 TRW 1970 LT-1 rated at 360 horsepower: Factory Dome Pistons . I need 2 of those to make a complete set for my motor lol
Murr! The Man, the Myth, the Legend
I heard a story about a 70 or 71 Hemi Challenger that was wrecked in the 70s & sat in a backyard in western Washington until it was a completely rusted out pile of junk. The drivetrain was pulled shortly after the accident & the complete low mile 426 Hemi engine was dunked in a 55 gallon barrel of oil. Legend is its still out there somewhere inside that barrel, in perfect condition.
Or was it a 'Cuda? Can't remember...
it HAS to be " urban legend..Theres NO WAY- A 426 HEMI, would fit in a 55 gallon barrel...
Dan just hacked his 47 out of the amazon jungle in his backyard, but he's giving Mur grief about his storage methods. Love it.
Is there anyway we can hear more about the lemans you wrecked , would be great if mer could tell it 😅 please
I like how dad kept mentioning the wrecked LeMans. 😂 Did you wreck a car Dan?
Hey All
Fun family adventure. 🙂
Take care😊
Same pistons in my car- pings a bit but once it gets past that it gets along pretty well.
Hey Dan,,i had a new 1970 Z28, on the air cleaner top it had 350ci --370hp. It has all the Good stuff GM had back in the day. 11.5 to one compression & i ran it on reg gas, if it pinged i just set the timing back a little, didnt seem to hurt it cause i had it for 6yrs & foolishly sold it running & driving. Maybe reg gas was better back then?
Gas back then had lead in it, try that on today sh*t gas and you will bust a piston skirt in veery short order even with the timing backed way down. I still got my LT-1 and run it on low lead 101 octain Avgas with zero issues. (smells nice to !)
Looking forward to see what goes on with that engine.
Good luck Danni you have seen your future, Mur you definitely put your mark on Dan , two peas in a pod. You both see the value in stuff, DD Speed shop has become my favorite channel. Please don't judge me 😂
Those are forged trw pistons. I had a few of these engines growing up and they all made great power with the old fuelie heads.
that block is seasoned my friend!! people pay good money for that stuff!!!thanks for the videos!
Love dad's Von Dutch shirt! Memories.
If that is a true LT-1 350, you need to find those heads! I had a 70 Chevelle Malibu back in 1980-81 that I dropped a legit 350/370HP Corvette motor in. Factory specifications were steel crank, 11 to 1 pistons, four bolt main, 2.02/1.60 heads with screw in studs and guide plates and the camshaft from the factory was about a .465 lift solid lifter. The motor was wore out when I got it, but it ran. I just had to keep some extra spark plugs as the number one cylinder would occasionally oil fail the plug. Good luck! If nothing else, research the casting number, and if the serial number is still stamped on the block, it might be worth something to a restoration expert.
Submerge the parts in white vinegar, it will clean all the rust off
Don't do the pistons or the manifold...get them vapour done...the vinegar can sometimes make them bit waaah
What is the Block casting # 4 inch bore you can bore it 40 over scat crank, you said 64 cc heads, port them, it could turn out 500hp, or more
Just now realized that Mur was your Dad. How neat.
Shopping at dad's house. Yup, those are the days.❤😂😂😂😂
That was a good engine back in the day. You can save it
The block & rods yes (if the block is not cracked, remember we are talking Canada winters.)
I noticed dad put on glasses while son was working a piston on the wire wheel
I love engine build videos
Nice grinder for cleaning up stuff like that.
Build it. Nothing like building an old school small block.
Back in my youth days.
I could pick up a small block 327, stripped down and carry it. They arent that heavy..