Build Thread My Never Ending 89 Notch Thread

[TOOLOW91]

got the headlights back in as well After I took this one . now time to go to work

 

[TOOLOW91]

bay is done there the battery In it all seems to work as it should

 

[MY 85 GT]

How much longer til the motor is back in?

 

[TOOLOW91]

How much longer til the motor is back in?

well that's the next project , pull motor apart and determine it's health . if it will make it until winter the block will get painted , and go together next week and then I just need the oil pan from my buddy , my pushrods and it goes back in

 

[TOOLOW91]

@my85gt

 

[TOOLOW91]

@84Ttop I can't believe how nice the cyl look

 

[84Ttop]

Wow! And the cross hatch still looks good. I say ball hone that sucker rings and bearing and let's rock and roll!

 

[TOOLOW91]

Wow! And the cross hatch still looks good. I say ball hone that sucker rings and bearing and let's rock and roll!

I think I want to experiment just the way it is I bet it will live

 

[88LX5.Oh]

Did you ever check compression before tearing it down?

 

[84Ttop]

I think I want to experiment just the way it is I bet it will live

I would bet it lives too. Did you bother pulling a bearing cap just to see since its out?

 

[TOOLOW91]

negative the pan is still on

 

[TOOLOW91]

Did you ever check compression before tearing it down?

no sir

 

[tonydalrymple]

Looks a hundred times better than factory! Keep it going & don't get depressed... Your making progress at a good enough rate! If you need to take a break? Take one IMHO....

 

[MY 85 GT]

I wouldn't touch that block slap the heads and intake on and BOOST that sucker.....!!!!! Like I told you Jeff my bottom end is stock still I knew a stock block wouldn't live long with a lot of boost but hey my still lives with 14 psi and a TF top end kit...well minus the cam I run the stock cam...I wanted the almost stock drivabilty which it does give me..

 

[TOOLOW91]

Looks a hundred times better than factory! Keep it going & don't get depressed... Your making progress at a good enough rate! If you need to take a break? Take one IMHO....

oh were moving now I got over the little slump lol .

 

[TOOLOW91]

Got to thinking . so I orderd 6.700 in pushrods I am gonna double check it but it's the same length anderson sells in there top end kit my heads and Indentical cam .... Annnndd my
mind got the best of me - main bearings , freeze plugs , rod bearings and rings, slap it all in and go .

 

[TOOLOW91]

just got off the phone machine shop is gonna puff hone the block and do the cam bearings and freeze plugs

 

[TOOLOW91]

Made some progress before work today . Got the headlight ballasts in and hidden now so you don't see them when the hood is open and also got the battery clean and in the tray . then went to work on the motor . marked all the pistons and started disassembling . Tomorrow I plan on actually getting it all apart .

 

[TOOLOW91]

 

[TOOLOW91]

confirmed the block to be dropped off tomorrow .do all the block work and check. the crank and polish . WOOO hoo were making moves here one day this thing may actually not be a flower pot