V3.2 build (F2 procharger , 427, etc. ) by 1dirtyz

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got the intake back on the car after fixing the leaking injector situation
snug and dry now

i just need the tranny to be here so i could put it back in the car and then i could start it and see if the accumilator works . so far its been holding the air charge that i put in there before 4 days .

super pulley should be here by next week , and then its F2 time

7/29/2008

so , back in town and i got parts

the torque arm arrived ! so that's hopefully going in tonight.
some other stuff arrived as well , but no sign of the super pulley
tranny should be done too.
hopefully i'll get the tranny tomorrow and have it in as soon as the CSI shield shows up.
another to do item is the new dipstick, i'm tired of the fixed metal tube one , so i ordered a lokar blingy one it even has a disconnect and plug on the tranny side so you don't need to remove the whole dipstick off the car every time.

i'm also considering using quick connect fittings on the tranny cooler lines. i had them on there before , but they seemed to restrict flow . what do you guys think? should i use them or keep the setup as is?

7/30/2008

i got something done today
i finished installing the torque arm on the car , took me about 20 min start to finish, which made me feel good cause the first time i did it - 5 years ago - it took me a whole afternoon , guess a lift makes all the difference
all i have to do now is set the pinion angle

didn't get a chance to check on the tranny , but it should be done by now, all it needed was to have the pump installed. no word on the CSI shield though

i called summit up today and was informed that the super pulley has arrived there and is due to be shipped out today
( off course i totally forgot to ask about my tranny shield  )

8/10/2008

wohooo! got the super pulley in yesterday, and its off to the machine shop today to have it narrowed, it should be done this afternoon.

i guess i should go back to working on the camaro now , i just have to tidy up the mess i made in the garage while working on the stang.

the transmission shield should be here in a couple of days i hope , and then i could bolt the trany back in !

8/13/2008

Its F2 time!
Heres the mandatory blower glamour shot:




and here is the pulley installed ( note to all who are thinking of installing this pulley on the f-body bracket: you need to use the small spacer ring that pushes the pulley/ cog out from the blower , or else the cog will touch the bracket and cause a big mess!! ) :


I thought I had room for the dinky little filter I got , but apparently not , guess I have to find me a cover for the intake hole. ( sorry but i couldn't find a better pic to show )







Another little snag I ran into was the blower brace; I was planning on running it from the oil pan to the top most mounting hole that is not used by the bracket. That worked fine with smaller serpentine pullies, but with the cog pulley being so big there would be no way to use that hole with the brace I had (I was planning on making the same brace you see here , but with a longer tube part on the end to clear the cog) :




But luckily the blower has several other mounting tabs on the body of the unit that are further out:

(the big ones by the drain bolt and the snail retainers)

'll be using one of those along with a longer tube section on the brace to make the brace assembly. I think its going to work out fine.

I also got my sexy looking CSR trans shield in yesterday



i also managed to stuff the tranny back in , just need to get new converter bolts since the old ones were getting mushed from all the times i took them on and off
and here is how a sexy CSR shield looks installed on a car





More misc. stuff done too; I relocated the trans temp sensor to the pan , installed the drive shaft, and finally managed to clean ( read : shuffle ) the mess I had laying on the floor of the garage. Sure feels good to walk around without the fear of slipping on oil

another thing i noticed while under the car is that the oil pan leak might not be from the oil pan gasket, it may be from the main cap external bolts . so i'll be taking one off to see if there was thread sealer or silicone used on them , if not then i'll be doing that.

i guess all i have to do now is bolt the converter, hook up cooler lines ,fill the tranny up with oil , check the side bolts and then i can fire her up !

next on the list :
- get cog belt
- set pinion angle
- fab blower brace
- upholster new seat and fab bracket for it

8/23/2008

so i finally get to start the thing
it fired right up with no issues thankfully .
i got a belt for it that was a bit longer than i would have liked ( it worked , but the tensioner was almost bottomed out) , so went and got a shorter belt, which didn't work. with my rotten luck the belt size i need falls between two sizes (1000 and 1040 ) and i need 1020 to be perfect . the solution : get a bigger cog pulley
another thing i noticed, there was a small leak from one of the transmission coolers , it has a cracked tube , so i have to replace that .

i also took the tranny out again last night, cause i have to take the engine out now . why you might ask???? well i think i just sold my long block! and you know what that means?? : its LSX time !!

i'm gathering quotes from a couple of places right now, and should be ordering one as soon as early next week hopefully!

wish me luck !

10/12/2008

i got to take the seat to the upholsterer , and i just got it back ( should have the pic uploaded tomorrow ). looks pretty cool if you ask me

the short block should be ready soon , i'm thinking in about 10 days it should be ready to ship. i also decided to go with a set of TFS 6 bolt heads done by TEA . should be placing the order anytime now, and they should be done in about 2 weeks

12/15/2008

man its been a while since i poisted in this thread , but here goes :

i finally got the short block in ( thanks trevor @ tsp ! ) as well as the tfs heads from TEA and the super victor intake manifold .

i was so pumped up about getting the stuff that i forgot to get the camera so no pics today


i couldn't do much to the block other than set it up on the engine stand since i still didn't get the head gaskets ( should be here in a week ). i also ordered some misc. stuff as well as a new oil pump which should be here in a week or so .


i also got my magna fuel big a$$ pump and fittings , fuel rails, -10 hose and fittings , low oil pressure warning sensor and light , and spool.

so for tomorrow , i'll start assembling the engine - well as much as i can without the oil pump and head gaskets , then maybe clean the engine compartment in preparation for the arrival of the engine

i'm just wondering if the intake elbow will clear the hood with the super victor intake , last i remembered i had some space left before it touched the hood with the gmmp intake , although i think i might need to trim the plastic cowl thingy .


other than that , i got the flu so i can't think right now

12/17/2008

so i got some stuff done already; i finished the bottom side of the motor ( windage tray, pickup tube , pan , pump) as well as installing the cam, lifters & retainers, timing chain and cover, engine mounts ,knock sensors , and water pump . ( can you tell i was excited )



and here is a bling shot of the heads :p





i also shoved the harmonic balancer on there and tightened it down , then i installed the blower bracket to check for alignment ( wich needed a bit of tweaking ).

right now i have to pin the crank ( since the balancer is already pinned ) and fab a blower brace that goes to the side of the block.

i did have a small issue with one of the plugs in the rear of the block , right now its sticking out a bit to the extent of hitting the rear crank seal housing/ cover .
the problem i'm facing right now is that the plug has a square hole in it to tighten it ( like what you have on the side of a diff housing ), but its neither a 1/4 inch nor 3/8 , its something in between . now i'm assuming the plug is pretty tight in there - since i coudn't move it - so i'm planning on taking the cover to a machine shop to take about 2 mm out of the indent facing the plug in the cover so it clears it.



so next up is :
- pin the crank
- fab the brace
- fix the cover
- clean the engine bay
- drop the short block in the car and start bolting stuff like tranny and what not
- start on the fuel system

that should have me pretty occupied till i get the gaskets and bolt the heads on