Long story short, the motor blew up in this car in 2007 and I had a 383 built with all the good stuff in 2011 that turned out less than stellar. I'm doing it myself this time and cleaning up the engine compartment too. Not going too radical, as it will be my Wifes car when done. Here's some pictures from today of the disassembly:

 

Very clean car! Did the motor blow or were you just disappointed with the performance?

 

Car looks in mint shape! Looking forward to see the engine build!

 

As soon as I got the car home it was misfiring, leaking coolant out of the studs, leaking oil and the oil itself looked like milk. At that point I just decided it was better to pull it and start from scratch.

It only has 42k on it, but it seems anything that could have ever gone wrong with it did LOL.

Motor has all the good stuff like a Callies crank, Oliver rods and JE pistons so hopefully it will be a low budget freshen up, but we'll do what needs to be done so its right. I'm not afraid to spend money and I can't have the Wife riding around in junk

 

Mine has 33k but has turned more towards a race car these days. Wish I had the internals you do. Hope your guy just didnt use sealant on the head bolts or something.

 

Lookin good

 

I wish my car ran like yours! It's an amazing peice! To be honest, I think there are all kinds of things worng internally, but we'll find out soon enough

 

You've got a garage full of fun man. Firehawk, Corvette, Chevelle. The holy trinity. Are they all yours?

 

The body of your hawk looks great! Looking at your pics I'm almost regretting spending all that money on the engine instead of the body. Best of luck!

 

Yes they are.....I'm pretty lucky for the most part. Thats the toy garage....there's another one with the wife's daily and an IROC too.

Don't regret it Rob, you have an awesome car! Just make it your next step!

 

That hawk is SEXY!

 

A little more progress..............anyone know what needs to come off the front of the motor to get it out of the top? Do I need to remove the opti and balancer?

 

The car looks real sharp.

 

To come out the top you need to take everything off of the front of the motor. You need to bring the motor as far forward as you can, then tilt it up so the crank snout is pointed at the ceiling to get it out. Helps to keep the trans attached because it acts as a counterweight and helps get it vertical. Beautiful car!

 

The paint on that hawk looks flawless!

 

Truff!!!

 

Thanks man! Your car is amazing! A week after I bought mine a black one came available.......thats the one I really wanted cause it was a 6 speed and black.

Thanks for the info and compliment!

I'm a moron, I should have mentioned I bought a 'happy hooker'. Just didn't want to get it on the hook and have an issue.

Thank you......it was painted by an awesome shop in 2000. Its been colorsanded and buffed too.

 

why dont you just roll it out of the bottom? You can litterally clean up any loose ends?
Nice hawk looks just like my 93


[QUOTE=Rumblin70ss;16014811]Thanks man! Your car is amazing! A week after I bought mine a black one came available.......thats the one I really wanted cause it was a 6 speed and black.



Thanks for the info and compliment!

I'm a moron, I should have mentioned I bought a 'happy hooker'. Just didn't want to get it on the hook and have an issue.



Thank you......it was painted by an awesome shop in 2000. Its been colorsanded and buffed too.[/QUOTE

 

Awesome deal! Sux to have to go into it but it will be even more awesome once its done..... I myself just added a Trans Am to my corral.

 

Nice build, looks like you got a nice 74ish C3 and a Chevelle or Elky?