Cool... I was just throwing it out there to stimulate you. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SSlowBoat
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Cool... I was just throwing it out there to stimulate you. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SSlowBoat
@Catmaigne I messaged u on fb
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Picked up new shoes for the race hooptie.
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I think these are gonna help your speedboat become towboat
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Awwww yeaaaa, piecing this thing together much faster than expected.
A friend is doing me a favor and letting me store any engine I get in his garage. So now I'm on the hunt for a somewhat low mile LT1 for a few hundred. Already scoured most junkyards in the area and didn't see anything so far.
Have them stripped down and cleaned up with new stainless valves recommended by Lloyd. The machining on the valves has to be double checked by a shop to make sure they're all 45*. Then I'm gonna mic some stems and play around with the guides, lap valves with fine compound, wash, and assemble.
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A hitch is also on the way.
Looks like it's getting close. Be sure to go back with thinner head gaskets (cometic or VR 5898) and use Autolite 104 plugs gapped at .035 (or what ever your tuner suggests).
Lloyd
IT'S ALIVEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I worked out a deal with Gerry and bought the original motor from the car. I borrowed a lot of stock parts from the Camaro (including the T56) and some junkyard bits to put everything back together. Had to have a couple of friends help me out because my arm is still a little messed up but we got it done in a little more than a day. I haven't driven anything remotely fast in so long that I seized the opportunity, even if it meant that the Camaro would be out of commission a little longer. Feels good to be back in something quick.
Not sure if I'm going to use this engine for the H/C build. It has had a pretty hard life and was over-revved pretty bad when Gerry missed 3rd and slammed it into 1st at the top of 2nd gear... I want to check out the oil pressure but I feel like this one might be a timebomb with a bigger cam. I'm still hunting for another low mile stock shortblock to build up that hopefully has seen a little less abuse so I can slap the LE1s on.
Very cool!
Spent some time burning off those stock tires before the SS wheels go on, smoke em if you got em lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98qn...ature=youtu.be