i still say spray the whole car in rattle can!!!!!!!! Looks Bitchin.... Hahaha

haha. painting the car is next winters project, atleast for now i wont be ashamed to open my hood at shows or the track.

I feel like I should be ashamed of my car now hahah

U have nothing to worry about! Park next to me you will b fine!

Race me and you will feel better hahahahah

DO IT!!!!!!

It's coming out great Joe! Can't wait to see her when she's all done!

hows the strippin goin joe bahahaha

almost done with that side kevin! ill take to take pictures. lol

i had to strip the passenger side guys. i used acrylic enamel for a base coat, well what i didnt know was it has to cure for along time before you can clear it. well i cleared it about 2 hrs after i sprayed it so even though it looked amazing after about 1.5 weeks it was still soft. so now i stripped it down and going to do it again with better paint.

lot of work all over again but its best thing todo

its starting to look more like a motor...

Getting there Joe!

nice!!

Hurry the fuck up its almost dyno day!!!

idont think she will be there but i will be !

almost done with the primer.

todays progress. 4th gen engine bays are not fun to sand and paint, to tight!

i am putting the color on tomorrow, ran out of primer. figures.

How come you are re-doing the section that was already done?

well i sprayed that side with acrylic enamel and not knowing better i cleared over it right away. well acrylic enamel needs alot of time to cure, like months before it can be cleared. it is a cheap paint, soft finish and long cure time. so after almost 2 weeks it was still soft and i didnt want to make the same mistake on the other side of the bay so i stripped it down and started over. spraying it with dupont chromabase this time.

at least you chose to do it right way man... I'm sure your gonna appreciate it later on when paints not burning off your engine bay haha... A lot of people (including myself) would probably be like "eh fuck it"

Good job it looks sweet

hell yeah kosta, if i kept using that setup i would have been really kicking my self down the road because it would have gone to shit quick and looked terrible. it was so soft you couldnt put pressure on it or it would leave an imprint. bit the bullet and decided not to continue to make the same mistake, it sucked but its all finished now and it looks even better plus its done right!


FINALLY! dupont chromabase and an expensive clear. looks killer and will dry this time!!

nice job Joe

heres some more. i did the firewall to, it was a major pita to sand but came out slick.

Looking good

looks awesome!

now the fun part! puttin shit back together lol.

lol its where you will find all the unnecessary bolts GM used!

money is flowing in again, car will be done very soon! i am pumped!

take me to this stream of currency... :shiftyeyes:

nice cuz you owe me a bracket run

finally got the heads back! they are 799s, with some decking, a valve job and pac 1218s!

Sweet joe. So when will we see this thing?

by summer nationals!

Worcester Summer Nats? That thing should be sick!

yeah i go every year its a great time! thanks man, it will essentially be a stock ls6 with a little more compression, high performance bearings, stronger valve train and arp rod bolts. im dying to get this car done, i just got some money so now i should be able to complete it! im pysched!

That's great to hear man. I'll be there at Summer nats, I live seriously like 3 mins away from Green Hill Park down by Dino's, amazing Italian restaurant!

Look forward to seeing the car, looks like a beast!

This has been a long ass stock motor rebuild quest.

lol i know right. you know how it goes when you have a shop, your own shit comes last.

im putting the heads on the short block now, tomorrow ill put the rocker arms together and get the valve covers back on.

i know im a pic whore, heads are on!

tomorrow my plan is to call a glass company and get a new windsheild put in the car and put the comp trunion kit in the rocker arms then install them in the motor. i have some parts ordered, theyll be here wednesday and then ill be able to put more together. hope to have the motor back in by the end of the week and next week assemble the trans. i was hoping to put everything in the bottom but our front lift is occupied so ill have to do it from the top.