Great job so far, subscribed

 

So the block is going to be done friday. Im going to try and have it running before christmas and i will post pictures along the way.

 

Good to hear, shouldnt be long now once I got my block done it only took me a week end to get it running again I had a buddy help set the timing and a couple guys help with my tranny other than that it was pretty much by myself. So hopefully you can get it going soon. I cant wait to see your results

 

I powder coated the pulleys this past weekend.

 

The PC looks awesome!! If I did it myself I would over kill it for sure and 1/2 my car would PCed....


Eliminate that one idler pulley, I dont have any good pictures with the belts on (power steering missing in this pic as well but the bracket is there) but the alternator/Power steering side has the one idler pulley that is useless, I made a spacer because the one bracket goes behind the PS bracket but some people just cut the corner off the idler bracket and use it.

 

Do you not have to get a smaller belt when you do that? Where did you get all the bolts for the timing cover?

 

Ya I got a smaller belt, I just cut an old belt laid in on an measured it then went and picked up the right size. My ATI dampener was a different size than stock so I needed new belts anyway.

I got the timing cover bolts at Fastenall most fastener shops should have them. Search "rryde" his engine bay thread he lists all of the different sizes you need and I think a few guys tell you where they got theirs.....I huge time saver having the sizes figured our for you I did it the hard way.

 

Any Christmas updates for the masses?

 

Still waiting on parts. The block was finished being machined this week so hopefully i will get it next week and things will start going together.

 

Are they just ss bolts to match the polished parts?

 

Ya SS allan head bolts.

 

which PC machine you decide to go with? I was thinking of getting the Caswell machine

 

I just got the one from eastwood and it does the job.

 

update?

 

Still sitting the way it was. I have not gotten any parts yet but i think the block was finally shipped today. I am going to keep this updated with a lot of pics once i get parts.