hows the quality compaired to kooks or ARH?

Don sed there pretty damn good!

They look good but heavy as hell. Don't know about fit though.

theyre hard to get a hold of, every time a shipment comes in they sell out!
cranks in, lol. looks like i need a new cam retainer, there was metal jammed in the seal.

SO PRE PAY FOR A SET!!!!! hahah and cant you just change the seal?

i was hoping so, only found part numbers for a new retainer so far. ill look into it more. i dont want to tie $600.00 up into something i dont know when ill receive lol.

powerbond balancer is here, comp cams trunion upgrade & c5r chain are on the way. i ordered a ported and blue printed melling pump but ws6store said it was back ordered, ill have to check out other places.

dont get the melling you have to grind the front cover. the LS6 pump or even your stocker ported will be plenty.

Just curious where did you have the machine work done?

lawrence crankshaft in haverhill, mass. theyre in miller machines old building.

Depending on the melling pump they can actually dry out the oil pan at high rpm.

For reference, my car has a LS6/stock pump with our own porting. Same as all the motors we build. Never seen the need for a mellings.

thanks don, ill probably go with an ls6 pump than. i need to call you about cams..

few new parts

finished putting the pistons/rods in this evening, shit takes time around here lol.

Looks good man, Just curious but what did you set the bearing clearances at?

i forget the exact numbers, everything is within gm spec though.

might as well right?????

get rid of all the troubled rust spots. why not!?!?

yep, the strut towers are going to suck. i think im going to do the passenger side first that way i can put that side back together before taking the drivers side all apart.

the areas i did so far came out mint, i wasnt shooting for perfect because i did that on the other car and i was never happy so i said anythings better than dingy orange paint and scattered rust spots.

That's awesome Joe! Shoulda called me jackass!

haha sorry kevin, ended up doing the passenger side strut tower today, had to sand the primer down a couple times due to fish eyes, i hate body work. i got it decent so tomorrow morning im going to spray the orange onto half the radiator support and the passenger strut tower. once dry reassembling that side, when i have more time ill do the drivers side. what did i get myself into??

first coat done, i am excited!

looks good joe!

thanks mike! i did another coat of base and just cleared it, god this color looks good wet lol. ill get more picturs after its all cured! all done with spray bombs, when you see it you wont believe it.

That looks fuckin greatttt

all done and dry with 2 coats of clear! looks better than the color on the car!

looks great!

Nice man

Nice Joe!

looks niceeee jackasssss

That looks real good.

looks to me like you should pain the whole car that color!!!!

i know right? when i put the first coat down i was pissed because it was wicked red like red-orange, after the 2nd coat it looked alot better then we got clear and that set it off. i know the cars been painted in sections but none of it looks like what i sprayed today. i dont know if its just cause the paints old or if it was the wrong shade to begin with or if the color under the hood is just off but i think it looks better. my dad says this orange looks more like the hugger from the 60s.

Looks great, where did you get the paints & clear?

alex i ordered the spray bombs from a local autobody supply, sanel auto parts can get them to. all i had to do was give them my paint code, they mixed it and put it in the spray cans. pretty cool huh? plus they gave me half a pint in a can to save if i need another spray bomb filled. the primer and clear i got from sanels. the base coat and clear coat are acrylic urethane. for spray bombs they laid down real nice, especially the cans the base coat was in, there isnt a run.

i wanted to do the bay quickly and cheap, it definitly worked out great. about a days worth of work to do half the bay, the other half ill get to when i have more time.

Never knew that, thats pretty bad ass

couple pics in the sunlight, sorry had to lol.

You seriously are going to have to do the rest of the car with spray bombs now LOL

started the other side tonight, shes naked! you can see the bare section on the frame rail, this is where the line lock was leaking brake fluid, it ate all the paint off. i wire wheeled it before taking this picture. going to clean it up more with 3m roloc discs and spot blasting then por15 it. i decided to pull the brake booster and clutch master out because it would have looked kind of half assed if i didnt paint past the booster, it took about 5 minutes to get it out so no big deal. there probably wont be much more progress until next week, things are going to be busy here the next few days. stay tuned.

nice work joe. this project gonna turn into the 3rd gen? lol

hell no lol. im doing much better at managing things with this car haha. also being less picky has helped to!