The ol grey motor is all but done now.
The lifters need to go away (forgot about 'em) and be reco'd later this week.
That'll fall under essential travel for the Fleetwood.
Speaking of which, its coming out for a bubble bath later today.
Hmm, back to the grey motor.
Things like the sump and numerous other bits, were sandblasted by the owner, who then forgot to spray 'em with WD40
I've been cleaning each piece, then painting individually so we have a nice finished product with no painted gaskets.
Bloody time consuming....
Got the head back from Footy Shorts Shane last Wednesday, so that's back on now.
He did some nice work on it too.
Mild porting on the runners, but the main bit was the tight 90 turn above the valves.
It now has a nicely radiused turn in there and the air and fuel should be able to hit the whole valve, not just part of it.
It's got red motor valves now, which is a nice upgrade from the ol standard ones.
Its had a heap of fat trimmed off the head face to bump the compression a tad.
He's fitted us up with some Comp Cams 350 Chev valve springs and retainers.
The intake manifold is now dowel pinned to the head.
We had out usual argument over his charges.
We tried to pay him $300 and 2 bottles of JD above and beyond his invoice.
After around 30 minutes, I still ended up with a get fukked and $50 back in my hand.
So, shed time has seen the grey become a long engine after all that.
Did a test fit of the pipes.... perfect.
Did a test fit of the twin carbs..... perfect.
Did a test fit of them together...... FAIL.
I need to trim a section out of tube #2.
I'll use some wire and couple of hose clamps to get the shape correct and let the exhaust shop slip a nice curve in there.
Monday morning saw the ol girls front bumper on the Statesman get a respray.
She tailgates everyone who is slow, so the bar cops a hiding from rocks and Shit.
Bit of a clean up needed later in the week for the shed I think.... its fairly tidy, but really clean would be better.
