Newbie here, got a question about clearing an engine block/heads..

[tbucket101]

....first great site and lots of good guys with great advice....I personally dont think I will actually do any PC, but I am building my 2nd tbucket and this time around I aint painting the frame, will go PC .... but my questions is this; this time around I building a 514 Caddy engine and am smoothing the block and heads before going to the machine shop.....I look at this and think, I wonder if clear PC will;

1) Look right and not yellow like I have heard
2) Last and not create a nightmare down the road...you can imagine what it would take to correct a problem once its built and has some run time on it


Anyone ever done and engine block with either clear or with the xtreme chrome I read about and have some pics of them? Ive seen some intakes on here that were "chromed" but all were sand cast and not smoothed, seen a lot of PC colored intakes, but wanted to see what clear looks like over smoothed cast.

Here is a pic of the Caddy block in progress now



Thanks in advance guys

ALSO, anyone recommend a GOOD QUALITY PC shop in the Dallas/Ft worth area...Ft Worth side preferably but will travel for quality.

Adam

[chromo]

Can't answer any of your questions but hey that block looks great!

Got any good links for T-bucket parts? I may begin my build on a custom T-bucket soon. I also want the frame PC but mine will be far larger than normal and I plan to do it myself. Still a bit of a newbie up here in MO, about 500 miles from ya.

What I may still need is a T-bucket body to cut up, so a cheap one, windshield stuff, misc.. parts.

If the build goes well mine will be a stretch Ford T-bucket with twin I-beam front axles.

[tbucket101]

The best place I could steer you to is the NTBA, its a national club for just tbuckets and when I built my first T, it was a huge help.....here are some of the common links for Tbuckets....there is a shop, Hot Rod Alley a couple of blocks from me, Frank Hogan is the owner, he can answer almost any question you have as well as stocks a lot of parts..his number is 817.268.3717, tell him Adam sent you....here are those links, but check out the NTBA, great source for info and help

http://www.nationaltbucketalliance.com/

If you decide to go over and post on theNTBA forum, tell em tbucket101 sent you

Old Dog Streetrods is in St Louis
http://olddogstreetrods.com/home.html
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/
http://www.tperformance.com/

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http://www.tbucket.com/