Great build series it is awesome to see Young ones wanting to work and learn with their parents! Great job Little Miss and great job MrheavyChevy for your video series and not being afraid to show your mistakes because seeing these mistakes helps us to learn when we incur these problems! Kudos to the MrheavyChevy family from the blind guy and his daughter
Awesome work on the project! Congratulations to Little Miss HevyShevy, and the Professor and underwriter, and all of the pit crew that assisted. Wish you continued success with the installation, too. I sure miss the fun times I had blowing them up and then rebuilding things. From humble beginnings on Briggs and Stratton, Tecumseh, Stihl, Homelite, McColloch, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Bombardier-Rotax, Yamaha, Ford, GM, Detroit, Caterpillar. Learned that as you get older, it's more fun to run them responsibly than to have to do the dirty work. While I'm sure that that engine will run for a long time, I've also learned that things change a lot these days, and likely Little Miss will one day yearn for something different. Hopefully the respect and responsibility is something that's never forgotten. In the meantime, enjoy. The best thing you'll take away from this is the time spent with Dad.
You must be mighty proud of your daughter, that she built her own engine. 👍🏻💪🏾💪🏾. And it's great to see how the whole family enjoy the building and screwing in the shop. My 2 sons also love to go with me to my shop on the saturdays to fool around, mess with tools, and helping me with my opel blitz. 😍😎
I am very impressed ! , most younger people do not even know how to hold a wrench - let alone which way to tighten a nut or bolt . Little Miss Rocks !!! . a 283 is very good on gas (just keep your toes out of the carb). Little Man looks great with his Iron Man haircut . Thanks for sharing . Ray in Pa.
You can tell a great deal with a Vacuum guage. I saw a little bit of fluctuation at 17:20. Most likely being the carb a bit out. Awesome job and Littlemiss will be happy.
Hi there, -longtime follower here, -decided to finally get onboard with this youtube subscriber thing to be able to post comments. Love your channel and have been watching every episode since the first one. This one kind of hit home with me though as a single dad, -it is always nice to hear an engine run for the first time, but it is something more when you teach the kids and have them help, -I could see that "proud dad" look on your face, -there ain't no hiding that! -Well done my friend! I also have a soft spot for 283's as that was the very first engine I ever built, -for my first driver, a Chevy Luv pickup, -yes, I got a lot of tickets back in my day being 16 years old with a V-8 Luv truck, but I wouldn't go back and change a thing. By the way, that 283 has some crisp throttle response and great oil pressure, -nicely done.
Ratman572 I was wondering if you had seen the video where MrHevychevy notched out the frame for the rear end to clear, I text him about it but he doesn't remember which one it was, and I can't find it at all, it was on the 55 MrsHevychevy's truck . if you could help, it would be Greatly appreciated . Thank you Charlie Brown ..
Wow ! It sounds Swwwweet ! What a great Daddy you have Little MIss. Never forget to tell him everyday how much you love him. Hes a keeper. Great job MrHevyChevy
Fantastic.... Love seeing the Q jet on top ..... My fave...& great job of the rebuild , that is amazing . With a good vac gauge , I remember the idle with a LT 1 cam was about 18 " hg .... If you found the back 2 bolts carb bracket , you could get the 2 return springs on the other side. But what the heck , great valve covers , fantastic exhaust manifolds (old school) and it runs dead smooth . Thanks for posting and great to see all your great family members are part of the fun
man there just aint nuthin like the feeling when one pops off for the first time. I was about 10 when I got an old kick start matag motor to fire up and I've been chasing that thrill ever since!!
My dad brought home some old tiller the death kind, and gave me the engine to learn on. I took it all apart got it and put it back together. It ran! Yup just good old fun and good times 😀
Sounds good. Good job Little Miss. Now me and your dad both have 283's sitting in our shop that our kids rebuilt, only my son rebuilt the one in my shop 20 years ago. Dan
man you are a guy with my kind of build. 283 q jet. just need a decent cam which It sounds like it has. power pack heads and stiffen up the advance springs in the distributer and give it all the advance it will take. then put a 4 speed behind it with some 411 gears. Dont be afraid to rev that sucker up to 6800 because thats what it likes.
I worked at chevy V8 engine plant in Flint , MI. they used to put the distributor in every motor with the cap on the distributor when they put it in and they were all in the right tooth and in time. This is just a trick that not a lot of people know about. There is a small drill spot on the distributor gear, all you do is bring the motor up on number one compression top dead center and with the vacuum advance placed about where it it should be, face that drill spot to the front and drop the distributor in and it will be in time.
This is a great example of true family values. All members are involved with an excitement level neither can hide, my girls 10&7 have always been around engines and always help me. Plan on doing a 327 build, but they'll be helping a lot as I can't do much of anything til my back heals Dr says at least 1yr; I can't put my girls on hold that long. They've already been waiting watching me struggle walking and just getting up and going everyday while my back was broken and the hardware from the fusion in 04 was broken as well. I finally got a Dr to remove the broken hardware and he made me a new disc and now I have a plate that has 4 screws that hold it into place 2 going into L5 and 2 into S1. I can already tell some difference as I can feel my left leg again, it isn't numb and heavy anymore and my foot drop in my left foot is goneas well, so maybe soon as my back heals me and the girls can get to work on building the 327. Thank you for being a good dad the world needs more good dads
I had that same vacuum gauge back in the day, that I used to do tune ups - twist the distributor to the highest reading, tune the carb. to the highest reading. Other then adjusting lifters or indexing the spark plugs I was done messing around under the hood . The thinking there is an engine is a pump, pure and simple and if it's moving air at a peak volume , your good to go! Lazy? maybe, effective - definitely! (Big big fan of your vids Thanks)
Was not admonishing you about it. I make mistakes all the time while doing about anything. I know yours wasn't a mistake, on that you have been working on and building engines a long time. I do enjoy seeing your whole family involved in things in the shop. Your wife comes up with nice critters from spare parts.keep up the good videos.
When your Daughter is in the garage with you it's great! When she has a poop eatin grin on her face over an old school SBC, it's Dad of the year time! !
Ha I used wire nuts and some silicon on my dumping trailer wiring 10 years ago and it's still good, I couldn't find my soldering gun at the time and never bothered to do it right.
I once had a 327. never used a drop of oil, smoked or knocked. pull good ran great. but then one day the rear main started leaking. so when I dropped the pan. 14 piston skirts was laying in the pan. I changed the main seal put it back together and sold it.
I enjoy watching the heavychevy videos of old motors and trucks being restored. I just want to say that while the infatuation with V8's is cool, I'd like to see the chevy 4.3 V6 have more respect. I mean it is only about 20 cubes less than the 283 and has enough torque to propel a full sized half ton. These motors are durable, plenty full, fuel injected and parts are dirt cheap. A cammed up 4.3 vortec 6 cyl. motor would have plenty of muscle, less emissions and better economy. Perhaps the bolt pattern is the same as the V8.
You should all be very proud, especially Little Miss. Doing anything for the first time in front of a national audience has to be a bit nerve racking. Job well done.
Hi great channel I see you do a lot of welding so that kind of got me to thinking about welding I have a frame that I want to weld some bracing on so I want to get a welder that could handle that what size welder would be a good size to get so I can start to get welding
I been watching you for sometime now got turned on by One and only farmer, when he got he's ford flathead. Not trying to tell you anything because you seam to know more then me. But I think if you take the flex-plate off and install a heaver flywheel it would help on cold starts and low idles the more mass you got rotating the easier the engine stays spinning with a automatic the torque converter adds the weight. just something that works for me Great job I love how you are teaching your kids
Hello MrHevyshevy I have a question I think you can answer for me!,, I just picked up my very first straight 6 a 1963,, I want to upgrade the ignition to Electronic and I am told a donor can be a Chevy v six distributor,, scince I am on a budget I am wondering what year I should look for as the doner? Thank you and may God bless you
those fans on the test stand are a sweet idea your always MacGyvering something thanks for video lock up lil miss I have a 17 year old and good lord they grow up so fast happy holidays
mongomery wards used to sell a solid state conversion to get rid of the points and substitute a magnetic pickup on the standard old delco distributors. you used the stock coil and resistor just a new pick up and spark pack. Those things worked great if you ever come across some of that.
Built the same motor with my daughter in 84 she was 5at the time she tapped the pistons in with me , it was a .60 over 283 punch to 292 put it in a1963 Chevy stepside c 10
sweet sounding motor.. big respect to Littlemiss job well done......
I'll tell her.
Love red wire can't go wrong always connect red on red great video fanatic family keep up the great job
Well done Little miss. Your Dad is a great teacher
I love revisiting this video. Incredible hands-on environment that kids need.
Dad & Daughter you did a great job , love watching your videos . I like all your family participation . God bless .
Great build series it is awesome to see Young ones wanting to work and learn with their parents! Great job Little Miss and great job MrheavyChevy for your video series and not being afraid to show your mistakes because seeing these mistakes helps us to learn when we incur these problems!
Kudos to the MrheavyChevy family from the blind guy and his daughter
Got to love a 283
Your a great dad, an insiration, shame more parents are not like you.my son and I had great projects.....fond memories.RIP son....
Awesome work on the project! Congratulations to Little Miss HevyShevy, and the Professor and underwriter, and all of the pit crew that assisted. Wish you continued success with the installation, too. I sure miss the fun times I had blowing them up and then rebuilding things. From humble beginnings on Briggs and Stratton, Tecumseh, Stihl, Homelite, McColloch, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Bombardier-Rotax, Yamaha, Ford, GM, Detroit, Caterpillar. Learned that as you get older, it's more fun to run them responsibly than to have to do the dirty work. While I'm sure that that engine will run for a long time, I've also learned that things change a lot these days, and likely Little Miss will one day yearn for something different. Hopefully the respect and responsibility is something that's never forgotten. In the meantime, enjoy. The best thing you'll take away from this is the time spent with Dad.
You must be mighty proud of your daughter, that she built her own engine. 👍🏻💪🏾💪🏾. And it's great to see how the whole family enjoy the building and screwing in the shop. My 2 sons also love to go with me to my shop on the saturdays to fool around, mess with tools, and helping me with my opel blitz. 😍😎
I am very impressed ! , most younger people do not even know how to hold a wrench - let alone which way to tighten a nut or bolt . Little Miss Rocks !!! . a 283 is very good on gas (just keep your toes out of the carb). Little Man looks great with his Iron Man haircut . Thanks for sharing . Ray in Pa.
Maybe I better put it in the dually...
You can tell a great deal with a Vacuum guage. I saw a little bit of fluctuation at 17:20. Most likely being the carb a bit out. Awesome job and Littlemiss will be happy.
I know little miss is happy.She did a lot of the work.God bless your family my friend.
Hi there, -longtime follower here, -decided to finally get onboard with this youtube subscriber thing to be able to post comments. Love your channel and have been watching every episode since the first one. This one kind of hit home with me though as a single dad, -it is always nice to hear an engine run for the first time, but it is something more when you teach the kids and have them help, -I could see that "proud dad" look on your face, -there ain't no hiding that! -Well done my friend! I also have a soft spot for 283's as that was the very first engine I ever built, -for my first driver, a Chevy Luv pickup, -yes, I got a lot of tickets back in my day being 16 years old with a V-8 Luv truck, but I wouldn't go back and change a thing. By the way, that 283 has some crisp throttle response and great oil pressure, -nicely done.
Ratman572
I was wondering if you had seen the video where MrHevychevy notched out the frame for the rear end to clear, I text him about it but he doesn't remember which one it was, and I can't find it at all, it was on the 55 MrsHevychevy's truck .
if you could help, it would be Greatly appreciated .
Thank you Charlie Brown ..
Wow ! It sounds Swwwweet ! What a great Daddy you have Little MIss. Never forget to tell him everyday how much you love him. Hes a keeper. Great job MrHevyChevy
Oops just seen it bud NO VAccuum hose on the Choke ! I bet you did that on purpuse.
Proud of you both! Hope LittleMiss feels good because she helped with the project. rpeek solders all of his joints too. :)
great job little miss that sounds so good cant wait to see you do the first burn out in the truck
It's coming.
Fantastic.... Love seeing the Q jet on top ..... My fave...& great job of the rebuild , that is amazing . With a good vac gauge , I remember the idle with a LT 1 cam was about 18 " hg .... If you found the back 2 bolts carb bracket , you could get the 2 return springs on the other side. But what the heck , great valve covers , fantastic exhaust manifolds (old school) and it runs dead smooth . Thanks for posting and great to see all your great family members are part of the fun
I enjoyed the heck out of this series and look forward to more. What a great family !
That is really cool. Great video, I love the reaction when the 283 fires off. Awesome. You and your family are living right. Thanks for sharing.
man there just aint nuthin like the feeling when one pops off for the first time. I was about 10 when I got an old kick start matag motor to fire up and I've been chasing that thrill ever since!!
Mine was a minibike i think. I'm in the same boat.
My dad brought home some old tiller the death kind, and gave me the engine to learn on. I took it all apart got it and put it back together. It ran! Yup just good old fun and good times 😀
Sounds amazing. Live her smile when the engine is running. She seems to like it. Great job you both :)
Sounds good. Good job Little Miss. Now me and your dad both have 283's sitting in our shop that our kids rebuilt, only my son rebuilt the one in my shop 20 years ago. Dan
That is great, well done Littlemiss and the rest of the Hevyshevy crew. I think very few people can say they built the engine for their first car :)
Very,very few.
Look at those smiles on both off your faces. Love it.
man you are a guy with my kind of build. 283 q jet. just need a decent cam which It sounds like it has. power pack heads and stiffen up the advance springs in the distributer and give it all the advance it will take. then put a 4 speed behind it with some 411 gears. Dont be afraid to rev that sucker up to 6800 because thats what it likes.
good job little miss made your pops a proud man and mama seemed happy as well even little man was grinning ear to ear
Great video. Just tuned my 283 with vacuum gauge. Love those motors
Man that looks like a happy family doing stuff together. You sir are killing it.
those motors were indestructible. . lol awsome job young lady
There aren't enough O's in smooth to describe this 283! Love your videos and how you include your family.
I worked at chevy V8 engine plant in Flint , MI. they used to put the distributor in every motor with the cap on the distributor when they put it in and they were all in the right tooth and in time. This is just a trick that not a lot of people know about. There is a small drill spot on the distributor gear, all you do is bring the motor up on number one compression top dead center and with the vacuum advance placed about where it it should be, face that drill spot to the front and drop the distributor in and it will be in time.
I have owned 3 283s All of them ran great and lasted long. Good power and mileage. a great engine.
Congrats Little Miss, You now have a good motor. Great Job!
Mike
Nice !!! I bet 99% of these young guys wouldn't know how to tune these old engines with a vacuum gauge
It's a low tech scanner of sorts...
Your A fine Dad... Love your video's like to see family all together
This is a great example of true family values. All members are involved with an excitement level neither can hide, my girls 10&7 have always been around engines and always help me. Plan on doing a 327 build, but they'll be helping a lot as I can't do much of anything til my back heals Dr says at least 1yr; I can't put my girls on hold that long. They've already been waiting watching me struggle walking and just getting up and going everyday while my back was broken and the hardware from the fusion in 04 was broken as well. I finally got a Dr to remove the broken hardware and he made me a new disc and now I have a plate that has 4 screws that hold it into place 2 going into L5 and 2 into S1. I can already tell some difference as I can feel my left leg again, it isn't numb and heavy anymore and my foot drop in my left foot is goneas well, so maybe soon as my back heals me and the girls can get to work on building the 327.
Thank you for being a good dad the world needs more good dads
Great job Little Miss, I enjoy all ur videos!!! God Bless!!!
2 thumbs up Little Miss. Motor sounds Healthy .👍👍👍
I had that same vacuum gauge back in the day, that I used to do tune ups - twist the distributor to the highest reading, tune the carb. to the highest reading. Other then adjusting lifters or indexing the spark plugs I was done messing around under the hood . The thinking there is an engine is a pump, pure and simple and if it's moving air at a peak volume , your good to go! Lazy? maybe, effective - definitely! (Big big fan of your vids Thanks)
It's good thinking
Awesome sounding 283! No rattles, bangs, farts or burps. Give Little Miss a big pat on the back for a job well done!
Will do.
Teamwork al the way! Great to see. Greetings from the Netherlands
Great work Little Miss and MrHevyShevy! Runs like a top!
As Dr. Frankenstein would say it lives, it lives. Well done Little Miss you and your dad did good.
Excellent throttle response.
Runs good! I really like Littlemiss' valve covers!
sounds Good, you sure are the man at setting those Q-jets..
Was not admonishing you about it. I make mistakes all the time while doing about anything. I know yours wasn't a mistake, on that you have been working on and building engines a long time. I do enjoy seeing your whole family involved in things in the shop. Your wife comes up with nice critters from spare parts.keep up the good videos.
When your Daughter is in the garage with you it's great!
When she has a poop eatin grin on her face over an old school SBC, it's Dad of the year time! !
Getting an engine to run is one thing , but getting a carbeureted engine to idle is a whole other animal . Good job !
Congrats to Lil' Miss on her first engine build. NICE JOB, Girl. Ya done it.
Good job Little Miss. Great to see you both grinning
That is SOOOO AWSUME!!! Great job guys. My all time favorite chevy engine. And they last forever. Obviously
hey young man it sounds quite well......i always like to hear a nice crisp fresh motor
It's Alive...Great to see family working together.....
It is so nice to see the whole family doing such great things. When is the misses going to do some more welding creations. I really loved the table...
Ha I used wire nuts and some silicon on my dumping trailer wiring 10 years ago and it's still good, I couldn't find my soldering gun at the time and never bothered to do it right.
Little miss the new motor sounds good. Enjoy installing it with your dad.
It's addictive, listening to them run.
Yep
👏🏽🙌🏽👍🏼✌🏼️Good job girl with your first, don't let it be the last one.
Nice! Great job young lady.
yer a good dad... just say'n
great job, sounds great, can't wait to get my 1966 327 running again using HEI Dist..
That will look AWESOME between the fenders on the '66.
I'm anxious to see it turning 7000 rpm in that old truck!! 👍🏻
Fine job Little miss.
I once had a 327. never used a drop of oil, smoked or knocked. pull good ran great. but then one day the rear main started leaking. so when I dropped the pan. 14 piston skirts was laying in the pan. I changed the main seal put it back together and sold it.
runs like a clock , Good job chevy family ! Thumbs up..
great job little miss looks like one proud poppa there , Get er done 😎....
u got yourself a good motor there 283 are good motors i love mine
and I see you're in NC. I live in Lexington. I have a 65 C10 truck with 283 V8 I'm working on
Bless you and yours, thanks for posting!
Same to you!
Ok, ok! It sounds pretty good!!!
Congrats to the team mates for a job well done...
Best regards. ;)
Great work Little Miss. I need to do a 350 myself and have never done one. Wish me luck.
Not hard at all.
Very well done 🎩 From London UK
I enjoy watching the heavychevy videos of old motors and trucks being restored. I just want to say that while the infatuation with V8's is cool, I'd like to see the chevy 4.3 V6 have more respect. I mean it is only about 20 cubes less than the 283 and has enough torque to propel a full sized half ton. These motors are durable, plenty full, fuel injected and parts are dirt cheap. A cammed up 4.3 vortec 6 cyl. motor would have plenty of muscle, less emissions and better economy. Perhaps the bolt pattern is the same as the V8.
Had a friend with one in an old s-10....It ran good.
You should all be very proud, especially Little Miss. Doing anything for the first time in front of a national audience has to be a bit nerve racking. Job well done.
==Good job little miss, Thanks Dad she will never forget this time with you, its good see some kids put down the phone==
Gotta make 'em sometimes.
Outstanding! Lil Miss Rules!
Sharpest knife in the drawer
Congratulations on a job well done. Very cool test stand too.
Thanks..
mice job little miss that 283 sounds good
Mom gives a pretty good haircut. Handsome lad.
Hi great channel I see you do a lot of welding so that kind of got me to thinking about welding I have a frame that I want to weld some bracing on so I want to get a welder that could handle that what size welder would be a good size to get so I can start to get welding
Love those valve covers
I been watching you for sometime now got turned on by One and only farmer, when he got he's ford flathead. Not trying to tell you anything because you seam to know more then me. But I think if you take the flex-plate off and install a heaver flywheel it would help on cold starts and low idles the more mass you got rotating the easier the engine stays spinning with a automatic the torque converter adds the weight. just something that works for me Great job I love how you are teaching your kids
Awesome Job Little Miss :-) Love the Red Tee shirt and its message :-)
OMG...that little small block looks and sounds so good
motor sounds great lil miss did a wonderful job. how about a vid. on the nova it looks good from what i seen of it.
Hello MrHevyshevy I have a question I think you can answer for me!,, I just picked up my very first straight 6 a 1963,, I want to upgrade the ignition to Electronic and I am told a donor can be a Chevy v six distributor,, scince I am on a budget I am wondering what year I should look for as the doner? Thank you and may God bless you
Ye Olde Pirate , V6 I don't think works, but grab one from a I6 from 74 on up and bingo ringo! yer runnin! !!
Wow ! The kids where so little! Awesome señor !
motor sounds good. always nice to hear an engine you built purr!
those fans on the test stand are a sweet idea your always MacGyvering something thanks for video lock up lil miss I have a 17 year old and good lord they grow up so fast happy holidays
Nice little 283 block . The markings on the heads tell me they are from a later motor.
Great runnin 283 there for the Little Miss.
Always good to see all the HevyShevys in a video too!!
It's good to have em
That is awesome! Congrats Little Miss, and Congrats MrHevyshevy. You should be proud.
You get Father of the year in my opinion and a pretty good mechanic
mongomery wards used to sell a solid state conversion to get rid of the points and substitute a magnetic pickup on the standard old delco distributors. you used the stock coil and resistor just a new pick up and spark pack. Those things worked great if you ever come across some of that.
How does LittleMiss feel about something working that she helped build? Awesome, I bet!
She likes it
little vid of a 62 chev that i built last winter with a 350 hp 327 enjoy
Built the same motor with my daughter in 84 she was 5at the time she tapped the pistons in with me , it was a .60 over 283 punch to 292 put it in a1963 Chevy stepside c 10