well after 4 yrs of the engine not being in the car, It finally made it back in to the car. still have to get some minor bolts. & stuff but the engine is in the car, not bolted up or anything but its in there. Will post pics later. ok heres some of the pics the rest you guys would have to go http://pnwcc.com/gall/gallery/finally both albums Front view mock up, engine still on stand. side veiw OUr son trying to help put tranny on Zhawk tighting bolts Finally its in the car

Looks great. Should be a nice performer. How long till take off?

got to be up & running no later than end of june, the car is slated for Pinks all out come august here in seattle

Are you really running it for pinks? Planning on nitrous? What times do you plan on it running?

NO Pinks all out is for 10k cash lol.

Dont know about the bottle yet & havent got a clue on what she will run. but shes a 355 with LT1 crank & rods, AFR heads (dont remember what they are right off the top of my head) a Computer friendly, lingenfelter cam, plus the hSR.

To go along with that I have a Megasquirt computer system that I am shoving in the car.

Tammy,

Is that a March power-steering bracket? I was looking at that, or the summit branded branded correct-align bracket. How is the fitment on it, without the attachment to the cyl. head?

Yes thats the march set up, The power steering I guess fit fine, we went out yesterday to get a new powersteering pump for my car.

That should make for a pretty healthy small block! What transmission is going behind it?

a raced built 700R4 ellis groo built it

while putting the engine in the car, we went looking for the bolts for the engine mounts (engine mounts (block) to the Engine Mounts (frame)) couldnt find them so we went out today & found some (local hardware store Grade 8 bolts lol) but we forgot washers that would fit lol.
So we are another day with out the engine being off the cherry picker.


SO When taking engine apart & rebuilding it MAKE SURE ALL BOLTS ARE IN SEALED CONTANORS until you need them lol.

more pics http://pnwcc.com/gall/gallery/engine-finally-in-bay

Hows this John?

Looks great!! Glad to see it is coming together.

not as glad as I am, ordered some more parts from summit this week & they should be in tomorrow.

after a heart breaking set back on my car (my husband having surgery) we made up our minds & the car is going in to the shop on monday or tuesday afternoon via my brother in law's trailer (I am paying his tabs for the trailer & his gas)


engine is in the car, an a few other parts are put together.

What shop is it going to? It's sad, as part of the fun is thrashing on the car to get it ready, but understandable. Hope your hubby is doing ok after surgery, wish him my best!

Its going to TIQ performance up by the Tacky mall. off of Adams street.
Lee came over a couple years ago & offered to put the engine in for me for a low amount of money ( I wish Back then I would have taken him up on it)
http://tiqautoperformance.com/default.aspx

Really great guy even though he races mustangs lol.

dan thougt I owed him for allowing my car to go to the shop.
so we traded his 00 vette for this

Have you already gotten your pinks packet in the mail yet?

no have you??????

well the cars in the shop, it arrived just shortly before 7pm tonight, & they were waiting for me. (under a mustang), they said it would most likely take about 24 hrs (of work) to get the car running & they will ship me pics as things get going. So maybe next week? maybe? I am not holding my breath for that one.

but its a good thing, shes in good hands. even though they drive & work on mustangs.

As long as it gets done in time then it will all be worth it! Hope everything works out! Are they going to tune it there?

dont know if they can or not. Will figure that out when time comes.

Hes racing Pinks as well, so hes doing this as a favor & getting paid to do it.

He has a magic 8 ball in his office & I asked it if I will be racing in Pinks & IT SAID YES so I hope I can.

Next step is after this is finish is getting the car up to monroe to the guy that is going to be building the rest of of sub. stuff.

they are working on the new computer system, as we speak now, they are having some issues with it, but other then that its going ok.

lots of emails & phone calls going back between us, so lots of talk. which is GOOD.

Hope your Mr.Krazzy is doing well! We watch the All Out whenever it's on- reruns get old tho! Good luck and hoping you two are in high spirits!

went to the shop today & they had almost all the wireing done. & were waiting for the tranny coolant lines (which I took over there) Plus a few other things.,
I got to go back over there tomorrow because we didnt have the dpi stick for the tranny with the car (Dumb me)
They do have the new computer in stalled & It sounds like its going to work with the system.

so we should hear her run sometime early next week.
& have her home by late next week as well.

Good luck on the project! I hope it will be on the road soon! Give me a honk when you drive by

~JAKE

noone else said it so.......

nice buick GSX in the background of one of the picks. is it real or cloned?

She started up today YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA lol didnt stay started for long, but she fired up.

Its a buick skylark that has been painted in the 1970 Yellow GSX styling, they never made that color in 72 & didnt make the GSX in a vert that year

cars been home a week but I havent just got back from vacation.

Not happy about how things turned out.

just about ready for the event?

That shop get everything dialed in and ready for racin?

nope car not going to make it $2400 & the car still isnt ready. One SFC is up, Toruqe arm wasnt even installed (we had to do that on the trailer after we got the car home), it will start up but will not stay running. NOT HAPPY.

Just got back from reno & do not have time to make things right. I guess there is always next year. I will be racing next year at the track.

So that means you just won't be racing?

maybe someone else is replacing their car with someone elses, so I am going to call them & find out.

If so I will call my brother in law to see if he cant get his hands on that 10 Sec camaro that is in Yelm thats for sale, It might sell there at the track.

I hope you can find a way to still race. Sucks to go through all that effort and then not even get a chance.

called PR this afternoon & told them I couldnt race They wanted the name of the guy who did my car (since hes racing too) but I didnt give it to them. Wasnt going to pull that game I have other ways I can do that.

anyways I will most likely be at the track on saturday to watch people race & to take pics & to enjoy things.

Car goes to a friends place this winter to get finished up (should only take a few days) so it will be racing next season.

That is too bad!
Seems like there was not enough effort made from this guy at the shop!


Well I guess they will call up the next alternate....... Bummer I was looking forward to as many thirdgens as possible!

yea, I know of 2 more 3rd gens going & racing but they dont belong to this site.

My husband called the shop today asking why the oil coolant line adapter was behind my driver side seat (the only seat in the car currently) when it arrived at the shop installed in the engine.

the guy who supposely worked on the car said it was hitting the something, D(D is my husband) called BS on that.

Then asked why they told us that the MSD Dist, we had didnt work with the computer again. Of course they gave him a run around on that as well. D told them straight out that while we were down in reno this last week, we stopped & Talked to MSD (we had one in the car installed) about it & they called BS as well.

so I sat down & I filled a BBB report on the place.

Wow... just wow. Sounds like that shop was in way over their heads...

Cow, I, and I assume most of the followers of this thread, would like to hear why the shop couldnt get your car running.

Your set up isnt wild, hell my 87 has larger AFR heads, larger headers etc and is controlled by the factory GM computer. Your set up should be easily have handled late 80's GM technology. If you want to get it running, send your build specific data to Ed Wright. He can burn a chip for you that is plug and play. SBC with a HSR and basic hardware should not be a problem for a reputable shop to tune.

Or, like I have mentioned before, try the Carb Connection in Totem Lake ( Kirkland). They have the knowledge to tune anything.

I was looking forward to seeing a 3rd gen get into the main event. Hope the CC gets one in.

the stock system is out of the car already the Mega squirt system is in.

I tried ed wright & they couldnt get my stuff right this was a couple years back.

What are your dyno scores on that beautiful engine?