Grip, does your new crank pulley have a keyway? If so, now is the time to deal with it. Machining the keyway in the crank snout is not a major deal.

Richard

 

...doh!... didn't think of that... that should line up with your new balancer quite well

Bill

 

Yes it does Richard

 

Well then, it sounds like you are set.

 

You have done all this work - a little 402 ugrade doesnt take that much more does it! 2K or so?

 

yeah! tools showed up today




went and picked up the transmission today as well. Ended up talking with Art for a while, he was telling me about the old days of drag racing, good stuff, the old footage of Pomona is crazy some of those cars looked like a frame, bucket, wheels, and an engine haulin *** down a side street
Plenty was done to it, but from what I can remember; hardened input and intermediate shafts were put in, kolene steels, raybestos red and metallic clutches (the metallics going on the intermediates if memory serves me right), shift kit gone over (btw, Kent was the one that did my rebuild and he said he was surprised to see the transgo shift-kit was installed correctly! LOL, I guess not too many people get the 4L80E correct, score 1 for me ), lighter check ***** installed, yada yada...................can't remember it all. In a nutshell, they built it the best way they know how to build a 4L80E.

Anyway, snapped a few pics for you guys

these things ain't light


stock input/intermediate shafts


stock input shaft


hardened input shaft


forgot what these are called but were replaced with a torrington bearing


that's about it, spent the day driving around and ordering some last minute nuts and bolts

 

with they way you typed it it makes me think you are the elder man on the left? But I just dont see you beeing that person and doing all this to your truck?

 

WOW moregrip you look like Rodney Carrington.

 

Grippy you do have a strong resemblance to Rodney

 

Check out this early dragster.