@@MattsRageFitGarage I honestly don't know just yet. It will depend on what we find when we get it pulled completely apart! The clutch was going and it was using a quart of oil every 100 miles because it had sat so long. More than likely it will be a very mild rebuild just to get it back reliable because it was so dang smooth even though it has been junk lol
@@shift_points I typed a long comment and it didn't look like it submitted so I'll try again. I'd say stay away from as much aftermarket BS as you can, most everything we bought for the first car (my dads) we either had to make work or buy it twice. That one is a 445 FE stroker, Edelbrock aluminum heads, intake, sanderson shorty headers, Comp 294S cam, rollerized C6 with gearvendors overdrive. It all turned out pretty well but it was a lot of BS. The second one I bought I built a zero decked 390, kept the stock 4 barrel cast iron intake, stock exhaust manifolds, spent the money on good machine work, small XE262H comp cam, rebuilt the FX cruise o matic myself and had the torque converter cut open and stall raised to 2000-2200, big trans cooler, shift kit and that thing is my best shifting automatic I have. I put a yukon duragrip and 3.70's in the rear end and with a 500 CFM 4 barrel to boot that thing rips pretty good, it has surprised everybody I ever took for a ride in it. It is dust in the wind compared to the first car but for something that appears stock with "352" on the air cleaner it's pretty good and makes a great daily driver/cruiser. If you don't have a camshaft yet get a hold of Oregon cam grinding, in Vancouver WA. They are FE people to the core and can grind you a cam way better than anything you can get off the shelf and for a good price as well. If you're gonna rebuild that 390, have it bored, get a set of L2291F pistons, HAVE IT ZERO DECKED and that will help a ton with power without throwing a bunch of bolt on bull at it to make it perform better and have the heads completely rebuilt or buy a set of aluminum heads or whatever is cost effective.
@@MattsRageFitGarage that is some awesome info! That's what I have been looking for! Thanks so much. I'll be putting up more videos as we take it apart and see what we find! Thank you again.
@@shift_points Here is a video I made of a lot of the stuff I did for my 390 when I was building it. th-cam.com/video/eDeIqoEZHGw/w-d-xo.html If you haven't bought an aftermarket intake, there really is nothing wrong at all with that stock 4 barrel cast iron intakes performance. I've ran it to 6000 RPM with both the 352 and 390 and it wanted to keep going and makes good low end torque as well.
What all is the plan for the engine? I've got two of these cars, been around the block with both of them lol.
@@MattsRageFitGarage I honestly don't know just yet. It will depend on what we find when we get it pulled completely apart! The clutch was going and it was using a quart of oil every 100 miles because it had sat so long. More than likely it will be a very mild rebuild just to get it back reliable because it was so dang smooth even though it has been junk lol
@@MattsRageFitGarage any suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
@@shift_points I typed a long comment and it didn't look like it submitted so I'll try again. I'd say stay away from as much aftermarket BS as you can, most everything we bought for the first car (my dads) we either had to make work or buy it twice. That one is a 445 FE stroker, Edelbrock aluminum heads, intake, sanderson shorty headers, Comp 294S cam, rollerized C6 with gearvendors overdrive. It all turned out pretty well but it was a lot of BS. The second one I bought I built a zero decked 390, kept the stock 4 barrel cast iron intake, stock exhaust manifolds, spent the money on good machine work, small XE262H comp cam, rebuilt the FX cruise o matic myself and had the torque converter cut open and stall raised to 2000-2200, big trans cooler, shift kit and that thing is my best shifting automatic I have. I put a yukon duragrip and 3.70's in the rear end and with a 500 CFM 4 barrel to boot that thing rips pretty good, it has surprised everybody I ever took for a ride in it. It is dust in the wind compared to the first car but for something that appears stock with "352" on the air cleaner it's pretty good and makes a great daily driver/cruiser. If you don't have a camshaft yet get a hold of Oregon cam grinding, in Vancouver WA. They are FE people to the core and can grind you a cam way better than anything you can get off the shelf and for a good price as well. If you're gonna rebuild that 390, have it bored, get a set of L2291F pistons, HAVE IT ZERO DECKED and that will help a ton with power without throwing a bunch of bolt on bull at it to make it perform better and have the heads completely rebuilt or buy a set of aluminum heads or whatever is cost effective.
@@MattsRageFitGarage that is some awesome info! That's what I have been looking for! Thanks so much. I'll be putting up more videos as we take it apart and see what we find! Thank you again.
@@shift_points Here is a video I made of a lot of the stuff I did for my 390 when I was building it. th-cam.com/video/eDeIqoEZHGw/w-d-xo.html
If you haven't bought an aftermarket intake, there really is nothing wrong at all with that stock 4 barrel cast iron intakes performance. I've ran it to 6000 RPM with both the 352 and 390 and it wanted to keep going and makes good low end torque as well.