Winter projects - lets' see them

[travj31]

Anyone workin' on anything this winter? Any complete projects or builds?

[Rodeheaver's]

i think i may stroke my 460 into a 557...

[blizzard]

heh, puttin my whole car together. bare shell. parts everywhere. fun

[Shorty429]

I'm putting new suspension under mine cuz right now its a boat. I think i'm going to set it up for road race...just need the cash

[travj31]

blizzard, what you buildin?

tim- do it! that would be badass... there is nothing that compares to big cubes!

[jaa55]

building a motor, no pictures yet

[Martin0660]

Got some nice upgrades planned here..................

[97LaserRed]

I'm going to upgrade my brakes and buy some drags. Hopefully sum new rear lower control arms and sub frames. O ya. My corbeau seats and Fr500 steering wheel too!

[94svtcobra]

new headlights n steering wheel, possibly suspension

[blizzard]

blizzard, what you buildin?

85 GT w Ttops. painting the bottom with the fantabulous Rust Bullet and the floor with LineX, tho the shell is damn near rust free. puttin in hydroboost, brakes, whole suspension (kinda) from my ol 99 GT that defied gravity. lots to do, lots to do... get it runnin' and drivin' then off to paint

[MBH]

I want a gen II whipple. The rest are just details...

[Silverhatch]

Gettin the Yorksluts raceweight to Purestocks levels! Then lettin it rip!

[yeahloh95]

Gettin the Yorksluts raceweight to Purestocks levels! Then lettin it rip!

those levels are not easliy reached

[Silverhatch]

those levels are not easliy reached

I was afraid of that!

[Rodeheaver's]

I think my street car is a little slow at 9.70s on 93 octane, i want to see high 8s on pump gas, then i might be a little pleased with this car for once... And the 557 should do the trick..

[CobraII]

Epic fail on the first attempt to build the 455 for my Cutlass this spring.


Hung all 8 exhaust valves open and pinged them. You can see the nick at about 10 o'clock, and it was on every piston. Everything is cleaned up now, time to assemble it, get it in, and get rolling well before the '09 season starts.

[Rodeheaver's]

Epic fail on the first attempt to build the 455 for my Cutlass this spring.


Hung all 8 exhaust valves open and pinged them. You can see the nick at about 10 o'clock, and it was on every piston. Everything is cleaned up now, time to assemble it, get it in, and get rolling well before the '09 season starts.

how did that happen?? were they clearenced to tight?

[Martin0660]

it was on every piston.

Last thing I worked on that had pistons that looked like that was an air compressor or was it a diesel ??

Going to run mod with the big engine next year or just load it up with more sand???

[CobraII]

I bought the engine complete, as I know its history. I took it apart to make everything fresh. I didn't degree the cam before taking it out, so I don't know how it was installed. Mistake 1. I put the cam back in, new timng chain, installed straight up, or so I thought. Not degreeing the cam on the reinstall was the epic fail. I apparently did not line the correct marks up on the gears, though I was sure I went dot to dot for straight up. Timing was retarded just enough to leave the exhaust valves open enough for the pistons to hit. Had I degreed the cam in, I would have found the problem right away.

Moral of the story: ALWAYS degree in your cam.

Bob, Russ went 11.60s-80s with it, but I'll be about 2-3 hundred pounds heavier, with just a little more gear, 3.90 to his 3.70, same size tire. So we'll see. If it's in the 11s right off the bat, I'll have to make a decision. I'll be in Mod someday, I just want to win a Street title before I move up. Besides, I have to push Balaska's car in Mod. :D

[scott5]

getting my car dialed in for the NMCA this year