Project Speedboat -- 95 Roadmaster M6 sleeper

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those my old le1's?

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Ya with new valves

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Stripped and repainted new Summit headers (old coated ones were smashed from PO). Guideplates/studs are in and torqued. I happened to have the 7.150" pushrods I needed on hand also so tomorrow I'll do the lash. Didn't have to do any grinding on the rocker bodies.... yet.

I forgot the steam pipe seals and ALDL cable at my apartment so I won't be able to fire it up tomorrow unfortunately.

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First sign of life... Fired it up real quick to make sure everything was plugged in right and my opti was good. I'll finish the cooling system and heat cycle it next weekend.

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[popo8]

Congrats man!!!!

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I had to pound out the valve covers a little and do some grinding on the rockers, but they fit (yay purple). Got the motor fully together with coolant/exhaust and heat cycled it to 180 degrees. I can't really hear any chop through these mufflers so they gotta go lol. I was thinking Dynomax Ultra Flos.

Hopefully the car will be on the ground in a weekend or two.

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Dynomax mufflers showed up. They're Ultra Flo 17222s, straight through perforated tube type.

Painted and put the cherokee steering shaft in bc my old rag joint was toast.

I deleted the abs, modded the prop valve/metering bolt for rear discs. I am going to rotate the T piece for the front so the one line is farther from the header.

Also started putting the front and rear suspension together. I'm on spring break and hoping to have the car on the ground within the next week.0303181740_Film1.jpg0224182324_Film1.jpg

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A friend stopped by yesterday and helped me mock the rear up. I also buttoned up the front suspension and there are only a few small things left to do...

Bleed brakes
Sway bar endlinks (front)
Tighten control arm bolts
Fill diff and trans with fluid
Adjust exhaust mount
Put wheels on

That's pretty much it. Unfortunately, I didn't realize a bleeder hole on a rear caliper was stripped so tomorrow I'll try rethreading it to use a larger Ford screw. If that doesn't work, I'll have to order a reman caliper and wait. Hopefully my brakes seal up beyond that (fuck GM for using standard lines with metric bubble flares) and I can actually drive this pile.0306182245_Film1.jpg

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A friend stopped by yesterday and helped me mock the rear up. I also buttoned up the front suspension and there are only a few small things left to do...

Bleed brakes
Sway bar endlinks (front)
Tighten control arm bolts
Fill diff and trans with fluid
Adjust exhaust mount
Put wheels on

That's pretty much it. Unfortunately, I didn't realize a bleeder hole on a rear caliper was stripped so tomorrow I'll try rethreading it to use a larger Ford screw. If that doesn't work, I'll have to order a reman caliper and wait. Hopefully my brakes seal up beyond that (fuck GM for using standard lines with metric bubble flares) and I can actually drive this pile.0306182245_Film1.jpg

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U should bring gramps to ocmd this year.

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U should bring gramps to ocmd this year.

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That's the plan!

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