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'79 K20

Just gonna be a simple 3/4 ton truck.
100 in a old ass truck with a noisy rear end...
Gotta push the limits man lol.

The noise in the rear end sounds like there's a pebble or something in the drum on the passenger side... I'm not trying to pull the shaft to see what it is, it comes and goes.

Planning on swapping my disc brakes that are on the 14FF under the other truck onto the 4.10 14FF along with the Detroit locker that's in the other axle as well, then swapping it under the K20 with the D44 so I'm not really too worried about what's currently going on with the axle thats currently under the truck.

Been driving the truck daily for the past two or three weeks and it's been doing great so that's another reason I'm not really worried about the axle, it brakes GREAT!
 
You get the engine put together, find a chassis dyno. I want to know how much it’s making on a carb with that cam
 
Called Texas Speed and Performance and told the guy on the phone what I have engine wise and what I have truck wise and asked what would be the best overall cam for my application.

He recommended a custom grind "Stage 2" 212/218 low lift came with a 110 LSA and 4° of advance built into the cam.

He said it will produce a lot of torque.

Said that a custom grind won't cost anymore than an off the shelf grind if I call back and order it through him.

Still haven't messed with the engine much. Local machine shop said $100 to clean a disassembled engine. I should probably get it tore down and take it up there... life's been keeping me from doing it.

Truck's been doing great otherwise. Had an extremely annoying squeal coming from the engine when I would lay on the throttle. I must not have tightened the jam nuts on alternators turnbuckle enough and the belt ended up with a decent amount of play on it. Fixed that and put some belt dressing on it and it's all good.
 

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