Mouse Motor with a mouse at 11.54 love the video

Just stumbled across your channel, Love the Mouse Motors. And cheap builds for poor retired guys guys. I traded my L76 for 396 in 1968 and wish I never had. Aluminum heads on a 327 with a strong cam and valve springs will turn 7,000 rpm and make your heart fly. Watching You know. Dennis in Virginia

Cute little mouse ran across the background around the 12 minute mark.

I've been watching other people on line and what I can make of putting cam bearing in is make sure you line up the hole in the bearing in the engine block because if you don't you more than likely will have to sell the for scrap. Oh also will need to make sure you put the bearings in the Appropriate holes 🕳 because they are different size anyway thats what I hear on UTUBE. Anyway thanks for listening and good luck with the build.

I recommend putting a cam trust button and that will keep the cam from walking in and out of the block hitting the timing cover and reducing early timing chain stretch and failure.

Yep, there are a lot of engines you almost can't find anymore! 283's, 327's, 396's 427's, and on and on. Got a 283 I'm holding onto, and in the process of building a 427 drag race engine, using OE parts except the Manely rods/pistons. Still have the OE rods and pistons if I ever want them. Have an original, never used, 427 forged crank, and using reworked 781 heads. Going to be a blast in my 2750 lbs '83 S10. Would like to find an old Vega to put the 283 in!

Holds up very very well!!

Yup Smokey Yunick would be proud!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!

Sage advice to not go there with putting the pistons together in the house. The little lady gets upset enough with a few drops of coffee on the countertop.

You seemed to have a little trouble with the ring compressor. You should look into the tapered tube tool some actually have adjustable clamps for oversize bores. Also a piece of tubing on the rod bolts helps align the rod so it don't scratch the crank going in. There has been several reports of flat tappet cams scuffing on start up. I would have coated each lobe with molly lube. I love the heater for the wrist pins great for the DIY guy. I missed you installing the rear seal. Drop one side down about 3/8 inch below the parting line and skim the ends with silicone. I loved the whole build, er except the color. Keep em coming

Great video!

You could always use the adapter they sell to use tbi vortec heads with old school valve covers. I agree with wanting the higher nickel heads. I have a variety of heads myself but only one set of virtec heads. Good video.

JMO! It is a sin not to paint a Chevy block , Chevy Orange.

I went to a technical college and learned some things.. Typically machine shops use 50 percent engine oil and 50 percent stp for the pressed in piston pin. Apply it to the pinto the piston. Also good for valve guides. This is old skool advice. The top ring gap seems tight as well. Everybody uses 350 engines now but don't let that fool you...The 327 is a great engine. 327 is more iconic than the 350...be sure you use Molly lube on the cam lobes cause the quality control on the cams wenr to heck. Cam break in is more important now. My dad showed me stuff...My dad is in his 80s age wise.

Hell yea thats a beautiful motor and very well respected still in demand up to this day

I'm just gonna say I love watching these builds, and I dig the colour. I must be the only guy who would never paint an engine orange.

hahahah the mouse under truck at 12;02 was cool

I was gonna comment on the Apple wrist watch when I first saw it but thought I'd wait until the end of the video. Then, it was too late; you went ahead & spilled the beans. Looks delicious -- is it a Macintosh? Loved the video! Thanks for the comments on what you're doing & why; it's very helpful.

I build a lot of sblocks and put at 2 to 3 oclock but put a small groove from oil hole down to bottom were load is on cam works very well

11:53 Mouse runs across your shop floor, behind You

I too have been refered to as "An Original Old Crank". 🤣🤣🤣

Its pretty easy to put a crank scraper in. Frees up some horses and keeps oil in the pan. Moroso makes a nice one. Take all day to do it right however she looks real nice when you are all done!!!!

The best rocker covers to use on a 327 are naturally the chrome 327 Turbo-Fire ones that have the flat in the middle for the sticker and the diamond shape dimpling on either side. The best 2 street manifolds they don't make anymore (go figure) - which are the Weiand Stealth and the Holley 300-36 (the Z28 manifold) , the stealth is idle - to 7000 and a bit more for the Holley (well as we know, the DZ302 can rev to over 8000rpm without much encouragement)

11:52 mouse running around under the white truck

Look great. I just don't know how feasible using the old "no hole" valve covers is going to be. One thing just leads to another. Q-Jet be cool but not sure if it will work well with the kick down linkage and power brakes. Not sure if a two piece rear main works with a one piece seal flex plate either. Should be fun :) Good Luck!

your little helper mouse ran across screen streaking at about 11:30

I love the work you are doing on the old 327, but I hate the green paint, should have been chevy orange.

Since I am a huge fan of Detroit Diesel engines Alpine Green is naturally my favorite engine enamel. When I rebuilt the 5.7 in my K2500 there was only one choice for the paint color.

what about the special guest hangin out under the service truck at 11:50 lol iv had my hands on allot of 327's never owned one every time i try to find one its been replaced with a 350 people from down south like to come to WI and take all the good stuff lol i was told many years ago that a 307 chevy crank and a 283 block makes a 327 but i never tried it and i did just locate a classic car yard in the middle of no where so maybe ill get lucky tiger torch or a torpedo heater works well for heating rods in the cold we dont normally cool the pins keep the smaller ports cut the valve seats more velocity and torque less fuel like a peanut port

I hang around guys like that and their trash is my treasure

Nice build! You had a critter scamper across the floor at 11:55 btw

love the mouse

Should definitely soak those lifters in oil overnight before install.

I realize that the main bearings have an upper and a lower and they cannot be mixed on the same journal. Is it the same with the rod journals. or does it make any difference?

Amsoil flavored peach cobbler? Yes please

Hi, Anybody else see the SBC mouse run across the screen at 11:52, After all the SBC is called a mouse motor..Right"..

That there Apple watch - does it have one of them Intel core processors? I like to read about the history of the small-block Chevy engine. Did you know it was available in something like 265 to 400 cubic inches through the years of its production? In all that time, the external dimensions of the block never changed, and it bolted to all the available transmissions. Talk about modular! I find that amazing and convenient - when other manufacturers were making all sorts of things that were far from interchangeable. With regard to oil, I had always heard that as long as you stuck with the same brand, you were OK. Lately, I just use what I can find in the store. Seems like they never have the same thing on the shelf anymore.....

58CC!! Those are SMALL chambers.

love your video! I have a chevy 350 that I want to freshen up without machining. I specifically want to replace the main and rod bearings to increase engine longevity. So regarding the rod bearings, can I just replace them, do the clearance checks, and retorque them without having to change the rod bolts/nuts? Its just a stock, average HP late 70' engine that is just a daily driver. Thoughts on this?

I want that 327 crank and block your not using or the 307 and the heads with the big valves building a little hotrod motor for my 84 silverado got a comp cam 501 lift and a weiand 3504 intake with a 750 holley ....I have a buildable 350 in it but really want a 327

I wanted to paint my engine at the machinists after being in the hot tank, but he said hold on and got one of those weed burner blow torches and uniformly heated each side of the block - and a whole bunch of trapped moisture came bubbling up to the surface. I will never just paint an engine again after that, maybe you could use a BBQ to heat it up if you don't have a gas bottle.

if that 62 327 was equipped with a 4bbl, it would have been a carter afb, not a q-jet

@32:32 I'd be willing to suffer it awhile if it put us in the winners circle - OF COURSE! When uou're eating warm peach cobbler at your bench in the shop, there's the fragarence of varsol and brake kleen on the palate, and the cobbler is still perfectly AWESOME. Women just have a strange way of looking at the world, but, they also know we love 'em so . . . .

lol......that was pretty real. Refreshing.

Do you ever use any ARP studs or bolts of theirs? I’m rebuilding a 327 out of an early corvette. So just checking on what you have best luck with on these older engines

Sweet

Your service truck would also look good green.

Quite a few guys that run 4 wheel off-road prefer 2 BBL carbs because rhe rhrottle response is INASINE. CID x Max rpm you will go = in3 per minute. So, say you feel your rotating assembly and valvetrain can turn 6,600 rpm - then 327 3.25" Stroke with a 4.040 bore is 333 cubes 333 cubes turning 6.6k rippims is: 2,197,800 cubic imches per minute There are 1,728 cubic inches in a Cu Ft, so 2,197,800 ÷1728 1,272 cfm. 6,600 is likely WAY beyond your intentions, so, keeping the "redline" far morw tame, (let's call it 5,200) you'd want a max of 1,000 cfm. You asked for recommendations, and I guess all of the above is to say, "Do not over-carburate," or you won't idle worth a tinker's whoop-dee-do - and your off idle transition and all other fuel circuit transitions will be garbage.

Quacker Oats 10w 50

Quadrajet is best for everyday drive ability plus economy of driven sensibly.👍👍👍😤😁

Love the true apple watch.

What’s with the apple

My vote is to use the new edelbrock carb and manifold

Gen 1 SBC is best engines ever made period.

After seeing and removing so many old rusty steel core plugs i just can't bring myself to use them 😂 Brass plugs only for me, its worth the few extra bucks for the piece of mind to me, and I don't install them till after paint, just a personal preference though, I just like the way the brass looks and stands out against the engine color

Why not use a Rochester two barrel carb , that would give you the best gas mileage and fuel efficiency. Only if you use the smaller valve heads

I think I would have at least went with a stock 327 cam.

mouse at 11:53 lol

Please don’t tell me you gonna use polish compounds on a crank.

Rear main seal is in backwards.

@31:34 DON'T DO IT, MAN! Look, it's not like we were best friends since kintergarden or something, but I SUPPORT strong marriages and strong familes. My experience (and observations about how you roll) sugggests that, if you start assembling engine in the home of a woman you find irresistably beautiful, she will remember this - FOREVER. These "little things" add up, and if you cross a certain threshold (that there is no actual measurable spec for), yojr poor bride will simply be COMELED by her own instincts some evening, in the still of the night, to kill you - you know - as much as she loves you and knows she'll miss you and all. So, in the end, she'll be sad, and you'll be - well . . . past your expiration date. 😁 I agree with you about mot jsing gloves when assembling parts where tolerances are super-close, and the tinies bit of grit can wreck havoc . . . but that 1st thing I said is WAY more important to your physical health and well-being. As men, we all need these important reminders. As me how I know - better still - DON'T!

I don't care if you had a 55 gallon drum of Alpine Green left over. It's a sacrilege to paint a small block anything other than Chevy Orange.

My wife finally has an excuse for her TERRIBLE COOKING..

sacrilege not chevy otange

Pontiac never had a "big block". Not did Oldsmobile. All the engines had the same outside block dementions.