I've decided to tackle my first top end rebuild. I know how everything works together, just not the best idea of how to make it work

Any recommendations/suggestions for good reading material that gives visual step by steps?

 

How to Rebuild Your Small Block Chevy by David Vizard

Your haynes service manual will help more specificaly.

Just tackled mine but I am having some issues after ward.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...ml#post4970655

 

Also, spend a few month searching these forums, quite an education!

 

Haha, I think I've been reading these since 2004. I can fix most everything else on the car, just never started taking engine stuff apart..... It's sad, I know...

I have the factory service manual, Haynes, and Chilton.

Keoman, thanks for the book

 

There's a lot of good info on here, Speed, Yellowbullet, etc. I look at just about every forum there is every day. Inbetween all the opinions and theories on what MIGHT work, there's usually some good facts in there if you dig deep enough.

 

Ha yeah, didn't notice your join date! I've been lurking since 05 myself... nearly as sad!

 

what do you call a "top end rebuild"?

how many miles?

Since you are pulling the heads, you'll probably see a nice ridge on the top of the cylinders. It will then be when you decide to yank it and send it out for a true rebuild getting machine work done. If it's high miles, forget trying to ream it and just have it bored/honed

 

The 305 is freshly rebuilt by the previous owner. There's only 2k on the motor and rebuilt heads. I'm replacing the valvetrain, intake, minor head work, and rebuilding the carb.

 

The thing I have liked most about that book by David Vizard is how much detail he goes into actually explaint how to test your components to see if they REALLY need to be touched. From his standpoint, seems like he thinks a lot of people mess with things that are really fine for daily driving.