hopefully i get this 1991 z28 wednesday for a daily driver since summer is almost here

heres a pic of my current daily drive ill be trading for the 91 z28, its an 89 z24 cavalier clone, in reality its just a 2.2 5 speed 1992 base model

 

i just got my oil pan, timing cover, intake, and water pump gaskets, along with some orange engine paint and primer, hopefull if i have time ill get the cam installed monday and start prepping the motor for paint


if i had an engine crane id be alot further, hopefully buying on this coming weekend

 

I had a 89 Z24 and LOVED it! I wish I could find another one in great shape! Mine had the 2.8 and sun roof. Man, the stories I could tell.....

 

UPDATES!!!!

never got the 91 z28, sold the old z24 and bought a 2002 z24 for a daily driver

CAMARO UPDATES!!!


hmm lets see what i got!

COMP Cam
edelbrock headers and y pipe
edelbrock double roller timing chain
motor mounts
lots and lots of gaskets!

as of right now the only thing holding the motor in is gravity (in dire need of an engine crane)

heres some self explanitory pics





LOOK WHAT I FOUND UNDER THE INTAKE! OMG







uh oh, found this inside the torque converter cover

 

i believe that thing in the last pic is suposed to be pressed into the block at the back of the cam but im not positive, either way its not there now and i found it laying in the botom of the tc cover.....

as well as about 1.5 gallons of antifreeze came out of the oil pan....

 

well i got bored and was reminiscing, figured id post a little time line, now mind iv had the car off and on for the passed 3 years, mostly while broke in college, sold it, it got blwon up striped and abandoned, and i got it back. last year, where it has sat until a week ago, lots more to come in the near future, with in the next 2 weeks i plan to have the new motor done, in, and fired. along with the interior done so i can start painting it, settled on whats call "firethorn candy apple mettalic red"

so heres some pics in chronological order of when i first got it








all body work done and re primered






and from that last picture the updates would continue with what i posted before the timline

 

ok so updates, got the motor completly ready to come out and started sorting my wiring harness, found a few wires that need repair and one broken one, and once the new motor is in going to do a wire tuck and all new loom

i pulled the valve covers off my new motor and found alot of sludge, yuck. pulled the rockers push rods lifters and craddle ect ect in prep for the new cam...
also since everythings basicaly outa the engine bay i test fitted my headers to see how much clearance i have with them around the frame and spark plugs

 

hoping this paint lasts a while and doesnt flake off.....

 

Ooooooo pretty

 

nice work, that engine was pretty screwed up

 

been gone a while, working alot, and working on the camaro a bit, ill upload some pics here in a few minutes

 

heres some pics for ya, some good and some bad, i now hate the previous owner for putting aftermarket fenders on, i cant line them up no matter what i do

 

 

ok so since my last visit we got ALOT done


all like new tan interior from a 92 camaro, with the split bench seat (welded the part onto the drive shaft tunnel so they work right)

finished up and installed new motor after cleaning and undercoating the engine bay

and we actually heard it fire up last night!!! pics and vids soon!

 

since then iv also aquired a very clean 1990 z24 one owner car, a 92 sunbird 5 speed to use for the manual swap, a 2002 cavalier z24 and everything to super charge it.. lol but ill keep on topic with the camaro

 

can somone delete or lock this thread, didnt realize i had 2 threads going on, sorry all at TGO