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    Winter project, what do you guys think?

    So I'm stumbling through the local pick-n-pull looking for some engine parts for my truck. I look in this old Chevy van and something looks funny, it has an unmolested 5.7 diesel, 125 bucks and they take it out. So I starts to think'in. "How would that work in my crusier?" Its a 27 foot with an...
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    89 Cobra, Is there any salvation?

    89 Cobra 5.7, No forward or reverse. I pulled the lower and found the drive shaft broken right behind the pinion gear. Now for the big problem, How can I get it apart? In order to get the pinion gear out I need to turn the driveshaft to remove the pinion nut and theres just nothing to get...
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    Where else can bellows leak?

    87 5.7 cobra. When I put her up for the winter I pulled the drive and found water in the u-joint bellows. Simple enough, change the bellows. Well I got the bellows, bearing and such and started to change them out but the old stuff looks fine no cracks or holes, still flexable. What else could...
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    Small block Chevy question

    Will a big block Chevy flywheel work with a 400 small block? I have heard that the bolt pattern is the same but are they balanced the same?<br />A friend gave me one off of his jet boat and I wanted to see if I could use it on my project.<br />Bondo?
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    400 OMC

    I just picked up a 400 sbc from a 77 Blazer for my 87 Bayliner/OMC. What would be the better heads to use, the original 400,s or the 5.7 OMC,s?
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