Project Lady Vette

[derp]

what's your paypal.

[Majend]

ugh bad day...

got the estimate for the valve cover spacer and it it over $700...

[derp]

paypal. dollar offer still stands....


sucks to hear that buddy, but it would be worth it in the end, no?

[Majend]

Toftii to the rescue!!!

i think i'm gonna be just fine!

[aaronmjr]

That's good news. What are you going to do instead?

[Majend]

turns out that i should be able to (according to documentation found by eric) use my black valve cover if i shave a bunch of stuff on the underside

[gli_ryan]

http://duluth.craigslist.org/cto/3198620041.html

buy another so I'm not in the least bit tempted!

[Majend]

i wish i had space

[JSalzl]

is this running and driving yet? what's the status?

[Majend]

waiting on the motor, it will be done when its done

[derp]

hurry up.

[mrkrinkle]

Any updates Alex?

[Majend]

hopefully picking up a new daily tomorrow

left a message at ravenworks today, should hear back from them tomorrow when i am in Florida...

[Majend]

motor is done aside from the rear main seal.

i have to go up to waterjet solutions when i get back and hope they didn't toss my VC spacer...

picking the motor up at the end of the week

[Majend]

today i did something i have wanted to do for a long time. I went up to Ravenworks this morning because while driving back up with the BMW I got a call from steve that the motor was all done.

so today i went up and finally paid off the motor. feels sooooooooo good to say that, it has been a long time and basically everything ended up as a problem. Here's a short list of some of the issues.

- pistons were broken
- because of the broken pistons the cylinders were out of round
- since we had to bore the cylinders out i needed to have custom pistons made
- venolia sent the wrong rings
- rocker arm studs wouldn't come out and i had to find new ones (they are next to impossible to find)
- valve cover wouldn't fit over the roller rockers so the baffles had to be ground out
- had to modify the main bearings since the oiling holes were in a different spot on this ONE particular configuration
- we had to bore the motor out so far the stock headgasket no longer worked so we had to have Cometic make a custom one
- the intake manifolds didn't fit with the thermostat housing i needed to run

The list goes on and on and all i can say is Steve and the guys down at Ravenworks did an amazing job taking care of everything. Even though it took a long time i am so happy with how everything has turned out. The motor is going to run on pump gas (something we thought might not happen because of the pistons) and should be a dream to drive. It is going to be a handful when she is all done.

but enough chit chat time for some pictures...


Untitled by Majend, on Flickr


Untitled by Majend, on Flickr


Untitled by Majend, on Flickr


Untitled by Majend, on Flickr