1275 Gt Resto. Better Than What We Usually Start With! by pickupmad87

By diyauto
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3 minute(s) of a 38 minute read

4-3-2014

hi. been a while since ive updated anything.been really busy with work and stuff, havent had much time to do any thing!not so much of an update just  little project me and the old man have been working on the last couple of nights. for a while weve been wanting to have a test rig to run engines up before going in the car to check for oil leaks and other things. 

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and a video of it in action!



4-11-2014

little update. yesterday started t get the gt engine ready to be run up on our test rig. we had sent the head off to have hardened valvesseats put in. refaced and reprofiled valves with phospher bronze valve guides and a light skim off the head face. so ive put the head and new gasket on and tourqed the head down. just waiting for the new starter ring to be delivered andwe can put the engine in our test rig, run it up and check for oil leaks. 

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 we also got the front and rear subframes back from sand blasting and sprayed them with 2 pac black. 

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thats it for now as we are in the process of stripping the car back to bare shell to take it back to the body shopto sort a few areas we arent happy with.



Comments

Great build and color!

Posted by Diggymart on 4/16/20 @ 3:08:29 PM