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04-14-2009, 07:18 PM
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I am out for the track right now. my car is down. gonna be a while till its back up and running, probably 2 weeks
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04-15-2009, 09:55 AM
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Two weeks is like a breeze 
Mine has been down for 3 weeks with another 2 weeks downtime planned on top of that but that is nothing compared to the wait time on building a new motor 
Any of you shreveport guys looking for some 69 Z28 badges? I plan to do something different and thought about selling mine for $70. If i have a serious buyer i'll pull them off the car when i get it back from the transmission shop.
Mine has been down for 3 weeks with another 2 weeks downtime planned on top of that but that is nothing compared to the wait time on building a new motor Any of you shreveport guys looking for some 69 Z28 badges? I plan to do something different and thought about selling mine for $70. If i have a serious buyer i'll pull them off the car when i get it back from the transmission shop.
04-15-2009, 08:11 PM
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I pulled the alternator out of the Volvo and took it to be rebuilt. For the amount of work involved in replacing the alternator, I didn't want to risk putting in the one that I got from "Pat". I took both alternators to the rebuild shop, and asked him to put the one from "Pat" on the bench tester. It came back putting out 80 amps rather than the 100 that it's rated. Feeling justified, I asked him to rebuild the one that came out of my car, and he offered to buy the other one from me for $30 toward my bill. Even though the small voice inside keeps saying, "he screwed you, he screwed you, he screwed you", I'm happy with my decision; if for no other reason, I'll know the alternator can be trusted.
That was the morning.
This afternoon, I took the engine that Galen gave me apart. I pulled off the bell housing, clutch, flywheel, fuel rail, intake manifold, rocker arms, push rods, heads, front and rear covers, oil pan, pistons, and a sensor or two. I found the knock. On cylinder number 6, the rod bearing "spun". This wore away a portion of the crank, allowing "slop" in the rod at both the top and bottom of the stroke.
I'm going to have the block "cold tanked", and "decked".
I want to hurry up and get the engine out of the Camaro so I can see if the crank is in better shape than this one. Galen says that crank is probably trashed, but that the camshaft is probably fine. Greg says exactly the opposite. I may get lucky, but I'm betting on both of them being trashed.
If I have to work with the crank that's from Galen's engine, it'll need to be "turned" and I'll have to use oversized rod bearings. Anyone know how much it costs to "turn" a crankshaft? Just the rod portions, the main parts are fine.
It was surprisingly simple to pull the engine apart. I'd done everything before with the exception of removing the pistons. All that involved was removing two bolts each. Interesting to note: in LS1s, the rods are held together with bolts. They're not studs with nuts on them. I was prepared to push short lengths of hose over the studs to protect the crank when pulling them. Nice little surprise.
All in all it was a good day. I'm pretty worn out though.
Mmm, sloppy joes!
That was the morning.
This afternoon, I took the engine that Galen gave me apart. I pulled off the bell housing, clutch, flywheel, fuel rail, intake manifold, rocker arms, push rods, heads, front and rear covers, oil pan, pistons, and a sensor or two. I found the knock. On cylinder number 6, the rod bearing "spun". This wore away a portion of the crank, allowing "slop" in the rod at both the top and bottom of the stroke.
I'm going to have the block "cold tanked", and "decked".
I want to hurry up and get the engine out of the Camaro so I can see if the crank is in better shape than this one. Galen says that crank is probably trashed, but that the camshaft is probably fine. Greg says exactly the opposite. I may get lucky, but I'm betting on both of them being trashed.
If I have to work with the crank that's from Galen's engine, it'll need to be "turned" and I'll have to use oversized rod bearings. Anyone know how much it costs to "turn" a crankshaft? Just the rod portions, the main parts are fine.
It was surprisingly simple to pull the engine apart. I'd done everything before with the exception of removing the pistons. All that involved was removing two bolts each. Interesting to note: in LS1s, the rods are held together with bolts. They're not studs with nuts on them. I was prepared to push short lengths of hose over the studs to protect the crank when pulling them. Nice little surprise.
All in all it was a good day. I'm pretty worn out though.
Mmm, sloppy joes!
04-17-2009, 12:23 AM
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car is NOT for sale anymoe
I can justify keeping it not since we dont have to drive 5 hours roundtrip to race anymore. Lets keep our fingers crossed!