Syzygy
10-01-2008, 11:38 PM
a week ago i decided i need to have my car disassembled and rebuilt before the October meet. Little did i know this would become a journey littered with problems, oversights, and mistakes.
-I wanted to replace my stock peg-leg 3.23 drum rear with my friends old IROC 3.23 disc rear with a Richmond posi.
-My garbage heads (76cc 882 casting) were to be replaced with some new aluminum beauties. 64cc's, mmm. 2.02 intake valves, oooh. 1.60 exhaust valves, aah. 210cc intake runner, delicious.
-My brakes were to receive all new stainless steel lines bent by yours truly. A master cylinder off an old IROC for the distribution block. and some aluminum calipers because a buddy was kind enough to give them to me.
-My old tiny, restrictive exhaust would be replaced by Hooker 2210s and a Mufflex 4" catback with a Spintech crossover muffler with dual exits, its all so big! (my favorite part of the build up)
-And i was to relocate my Holley blue fuel pump to the rear because i stupidly mounted it in front near the now-gone mechanical pump, little did i know it wouldnt help any of the vapor-lock problems being there.
I did all this, and while testing the motor out, i discover that i made a huge, stupid mistake of leaving a little bit of old intake manifold gasket on (i can't imagine how i missed something like this) and the water jacket leaked like a sieve. So some more gaskets come out of my already shallow pockets.
While taking the old gaskets off and putting on the new, i discover how messy break-in goo really is (my distributor shaft looked like a stalagtite). So that oil had to go.
I drive my car onto little wooden ramps i made so my car can clear the low profile jack...my car is lowered 2.5". and i drain the oil. it looks like pudding. I try to readjust the timing at this point, and while cranking it smoke comes out from the passenger side. What is this smoke i wonder quietly to myself (I am lying, i was angry, there were broken things in abundance) and i discover my starter decided to leave the show early.
I now have but two days till the weekend to receive a starter or i become a no-show at yet another f-body meet. Please god of hasty shipping, listen to my pleas and send to me in timely fashion a starter so grand my motor wont remember how to turn off.
Thats my delusional memory of whats happened. Sorry it was this long, i just felt like typing something.
-I wanted to replace my stock peg-leg 3.23 drum rear with my friends old IROC 3.23 disc rear with a Richmond posi.
-My garbage heads (76cc 882 casting) were to be replaced with some new aluminum beauties. 64cc's, mmm. 2.02 intake valves, oooh. 1.60 exhaust valves, aah. 210cc intake runner, delicious.
-My brakes were to receive all new stainless steel lines bent by yours truly. A master cylinder off an old IROC for the distribution block. and some aluminum calipers because a buddy was kind enough to give them to me.
-My old tiny, restrictive exhaust would be replaced by Hooker 2210s and a Mufflex 4" catback with a Spintech crossover muffler with dual exits, its all so big! (my favorite part of the build up)
-And i was to relocate my Holley blue fuel pump to the rear because i stupidly mounted it in front near the now-gone mechanical pump, little did i know it wouldnt help any of the vapor-lock problems being there.
I did all this, and while testing the motor out, i discover that i made a huge, stupid mistake of leaving a little bit of old intake manifold gasket on (i can't imagine how i missed something like this) and the water jacket leaked like a sieve. So some more gaskets come out of my already shallow pockets.
While taking the old gaskets off and putting on the new, i discover how messy break-in goo really is (my distributor shaft looked like a stalagtite). So that oil had to go.
I drive my car onto little wooden ramps i made so my car can clear the low profile jack...my car is lowered 2.5". and i drain the oil. it looks like pudding. I try to readjust the timing at this point, and while cranking it smoke comes out from the passenger side. What is this smoke i wonder quietly to myself (I am lying, i was angry, there were broken things in abundance) and i discover my starter decided to leave the show early.
I now have but two days till the weekend to receive a starter or i become a no-show at yet another f-body meet. Please god of hasty shipping, listen to my pleas and send to me in timely fashion a starter so grand my motor wont remember how to turn off.
Thats my delusional memory of whats happened. Sorry it was this long, i just felt like typing something.