Travis' 1984 Supra Rider

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Sometimes you can find them on ski-it-again.com...

[sydneyACE]

OK guys here are some more pics.
I'm making a list and checking it twice... Some things I'm gonna need to get this thing running and in the water. If anyone can think of anything else I will need please let me know. So far...

Risers
Impeller
New hoses
Propeller
Prop shaft packing? (Where's the best place for this? Maybe a thread on how to do it?)

Anyways, here are the pics.

Removing the thermostat housing. Not much left of a thermostat.





Without the carb:

[sydneyACE]

Here's the carb, Holley 600 I think.






Got the intake and valve covers off. My camera brings out the orange/reds and lights the rust-up like a highlighter lol!

[sydneyACE]

Put her on the engine stand, and took the heads off. There was some water in a couple cylinders maybe just from sitting. The head gaskets were in good shape, as well as the intake gaskets. Not sure how else the water would get in there. Condensation perhaps.

Looks pretty rough, I think it'll clean up alright though. I'm gonna pull the pan and timing cover to make sure the bottom-end is good. The heads are gonna go down to the shop to have new valve seals installed and check for cracks ect.

[sydneyACE]

Here's the raw water pump:







Pully off:

[sydneyACE]

Bracket off:



Housing/Impeller removed:






Impeller, surprisingly not cracked, but it's "perma-squished" so it'll be replaced as well.

[TitanTn]

Good luck with the motor rebuild! As far as your question about prop shaft packing, call skidim.com and ask for the packing for your particular setup. It's only a few dollars, and there are instructions that come with it. You simply cut enough to wrap around the prop shaft and push it in. It's not much more complicated than that.

[mapleleaf]

ditto to Titan on the shaft packing, many threads here on its replacement. Looks like that carb is a 4160.....she'll looks sweet all cleaned up...

[sydneyACE]

Ok, so some more work put in.

Did some research, that carb is a 4150 (the 4160 has vacuum secondaries). So it could be just about any size (CFM wise). Got the raw water pump all painted-up w/ some new stainless bolts. Got the thermostat housing all cleaned-up and painted.

I'm gonna drop a bunch of parts off to be blasted hopefully this week. Then I can get them painted-up.

Now for the bad news. The block is in-fact cracked so I've been looking at a few options for that.

The guy at the local machine shop quoted me 200-250 for a bare block all machined and ready for build so I think that's pretty good. I couldn't find a short-block (new) for less than $800, and long blocks were like $1300 min, so prob will get the bare-block and put my parts in it.

I've heard of a technique called "stitching" which is supposedly very effective, for fixing cracks in cast but... yeah prob end-up buying the bare block.

Or there is a guy in my area selling a 383 for $1500 on craigslist.

I'll post some more pics soon.

Has anyone thought of some other parts I might be forgetting? I would like to put one big order in a skidim or the like soon. So let me know if I'm forgetting something please.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

I got my longblock 351 on Craigslist for $900, still plastic wrapped from the rebuild factory that had closed down.