I was wonderin if any of you out there can recommend or know of books or sites on engine rebuilding,like a step by step thing. Most for a V62.8-3.4 engines but i wouldnt mind pickin up one on chev V8s

 

I've never seen or heard of a book on building a 60° 6-cylinder, since nobody really cares about hot-rodding them. That would be a really high-$$$$$ way to go slow.

There are lots of good books about building small block V8s. Anything by David Vizard, John Lingenfelter, or Alex Walordy would be a great place to start. I see them at local speed shops all the time; check your local libreary; or search Summit & Jeg's for those names.

 

Yea i dont plan on hot roddin the V6 just need to get it up and runnin, the V8 will come next summer some time maybe

 

For a "plain old" rebuild, any good repair manual should have the data and procedural outline you need. That includes Helms manuals and any old Motor manuals you can find. Haynes and Chiltons just don't seem to cut it.

As for an overview, this is a decent site:
http://www.grapeaperacing.com/GrapeA...tech/index.cfm

 

yea i have the Haynes manual and it doesnt really show me to much, Thanx for the link

 

While I've never "dug too deep" into a 6-cyl before, my bet is that the same procedures and techniques when used for V8 rebuilds would apply to a 6-cyl. The idea is basically the same for both engines--especially if we're talking GM engines of similar years.

Personally, I used <i>How to Build the Smallblock Chevrolet</i> by Larry Atherton and Larry Schreib (ISBN: 0-931472-21-1) when I rebuilt the 350 in my IROC. It has step-by-step instuctions with illustrations for each step of the process from start to finish.

Very thorough and highly recommended.