Will be going to Ohio soon, leaving on Friday. I will bring the camera so you'll get to see the engine and I'll have a video of the thing running.
(6/10/2009)
Went to Pepboys and got a set of spark plugs, spark plug wires, Royal Purple, a Royal Purple Filter and distributor cap. Special Ordered the distributor and rotor. Got an ignition coil from Auto Zone. We'll pick up the "S-O" stuff on Friday.
(6/11/2009)
Got the starter motor tested today. PASS!!! So it'll get rebuilt and put on the 440. Here are some pics Craig sent us of the engine getting its heads switched to "906" and the intake getting the "178"
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^Here's a video of what I want my 440 to sound like. ^
(6/12/2009)
Will pick up trailer @ 6 PM and load engine. Will pick up distributor and rotor from Pepboys. The rotor did not show up on time but the distributor already had one in it.
(6/13/2009)
Will leave @ 4 AM and should be in Mansfield by noon. Should be back by 7 PM. Left at 4:40 AM and got back at 10:20 PM. Way too many stops and the trailer brought down mileage, even with Royal Purple in the Econoline. The old engine was secured and checked one last time the previous night. Even with this fact the engine fell over somewhere between Valpariso and Van Wert. Got there at 1 PM eastern time and spent 2 hours ate Craig's place trading the engines. The way back was not much different than the way we came down.
