I may do a fare well burnout later this week but it will be a while before its back on the road

this pic was taken with my cell phone

 

So are you keeping it or selling it?It looks pretty sweet and will be an awsome car when you're done.

 

I've been thinking about it and I think I gonna keep it, 'cause every time I go to sale it brakes down

 

We will miss it on the road Terrell. What are your plans for it, new motor, rebuild current one, etc? How long will it be out for? Good luck with everything and keep us updated, post pics along the way too.

 

I know I wont a 6-speed, I don't know about the motor I know Im not gonna rebuild. I do know there will be more cubic inches though

when will it be back on the road?...............we unles I hit the lotto or get a job making 6 figures Im shooting for the end of next year

 

Sounds like a good plan. I like the idea of going to a six speed. Starting with a fresh motor is better also, especially since you want more cubic inches. End of next year is not bad. Keep us updated.

 

couple more pics

 

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Nice pics, I really do like the back window banner, looks sweet on your car.

 

Good lookin' car there Terell

 

as she sit today

heads should be off by sunday

 

think this had something to do with my poor performance
took of my cap and its just chillin there, not screw'd in

maybe that was the rattling sound I heard

 

Yeah bro that would definitely play a part in poor performance.

When we were at the Raceway I told you about my old GTA that had a badly warped cap / rotor and it ran like ----

It should definitely be screwed in and those scuff marks tell the story.

Are the threads for your rotor stripped?

 

i dont remember seeing any threads lol

 

err I mean threads on lol they're like wood screws almost

 

no, when I took it out I scew'd it back in and it was fine so I don't know why/how that happened but Im getting a new distributor as soon as I can find one

 

yummy

 

as you can see the rockers and pushrods are off the driver side head its also unbolted but it didn't wont to come off so Im finished for today, tomarrow Im gonna take a swing at it, REALLY

 

lol sorry i aint thier to persuade you to get more done

 

Im pretty much there I started working on it about noon then went to eat at about 4pm then came back and worked for about an hour stoped at 7pm the exhaust manifolds are unbolted I took the A/C stuff on the passenger side off water pump is off the heads just need to be pulled now Im gonna go get a rubber mallet and beat on it and hope it loosen's it up

 

i had to use a pry bar with mine, i had to pry on the accessory stud to come off...mine were glued to it....

i was hammering away and beatin the **** out of mine just didnt want to budge till i pryed it

 

story time it was great


i asked terrel if he had all 17 bolts off and he said what i only have 8 or 9 so i said hmm...thats why so i sent him this pic




and he goes oh...damnit i have to take my exhaust manifolds off now... no wonder they wouldnt come off and than he went at 9pm to go finish that was the funniest thing

i motivated terrel to go finish thats a miracle




maybe he finished cause my heads have been off for a week haha....


hope to see your car soon terrel

 

Lookin good Terrell, glad to see things are coming along. Are your plans to rebuild the engine or scrap it and start over? Hurry up and finish her, want to see you back on the road with your thirdgen.

 

right now I hope/think my problem was a blown head gasket so Im gonna replace them(along with some other stuff) and if that does it I'll sale my 300 and start building another engine for the Iroc.

 

heads are off now I need to order gaskets and a new water pump and some other stuff they don't make a performance distributor for my car so I just gonna reuse mine and a performance ignition module and of course new cap, rotor, and plugs I'll use some loctite on the rotor screws and keep an eye on them

 

is ur car a 350 or 305?

 

his is 350

 

oh, might as well rebuild it while its apart

 

the messed thing up is that is a fresh rebuild only 10 k miles

sierra cylinder head did the rebuild so im guessing they did a ****ty job

 

hmm, if I was you terrell I'd pull the pan and have a look at the internals down there, if it was a ****ty rebuild. Or you might start hearing a squeaking noise when you start it back up

 

is it knocking or burning oil?

 

not burning oil not a knock more of a rattling sound but that was after it was reduced to driveway duty and I think it was the rotor flying around in the cap and it wasn't consistant. but the knock sensor was seeing knock because it was pulling 18* of timing out but that could have be from the coolent in the oil and all

don't really know if it was a crap rebuild but I say it all the time cause, I've had problems with the car ever sence I had it rebuilt plus they dented my runners and the assemby was really messy. I don't think they(serria cylinder head) put together the bottom end it supposed to be balanced and they had my car for about a month and for the first 2 weeks they said they were wanting for the short block to come from the machine shop so Im guessing they sent it to someone else to be balanced

If the head gaskets don't do it a hole new motor will be built for it, but I hope thats the fix. either why I'll be building a motor for, it justs will I be driving it or will it be in the garage

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I changed the oil(looked good) in november two days before the meet we had then the following monday I took it to bennies shop and thats when I found out it was pulling timing so I drove it home and I haven't driven it sence(just in and out the driveway to let mom out the garage). then in january I checked the dip stick and thats when I seen it had coolent in the oil, and then a while later I put it in the garage

 

Pics look good so far Terrell, I think you have the right plans for it now. Good luck, I hope it's running soon, keep us updated.

 

Hopefully it is the easy fix of a head gasket and you can you're Camaro back.

I tends to think they shopped out the lower end rebuild like it was stated earlier, so you might be ok.

I've ran my Chevy's on ALOT more questionable lower ends but...

Either way you're still getting the other engine built, so I'd go for it too. Get her done bro

Hopefully you'll have better luck than I've had lately.

 

I have everything out. I have an A/C delete box off an S-10(was told it may work) but I think it looks better with out the box so I'll be getting some sheet metal and cut and paint it and drill holes to bolt it in place of the box. but I will still see if the S-10 box works

 

if anyone wants/needs A/C stuff let me know everything is good but the box as you can see I broke it but it was already cracked really bad

here is the S-10 box and the stock A/C box......fan/motors are interchangeable between the two

 

Looking good Terrell, how is everything else coming along, good I hope? I know you guys like the AC delete thing, but I think you all are crazy, especially on days when it's 100+. I love driving my thirdgen and staying cool during the summer.

 

i bought one too i ran into terrel at pick n pull good thing i did i didnt bring my tools

 

over 100? take the tops off and drive fast!

 

or aka 60+4, 60mph down the highway with all 4 windows down 2 windows 2 t tops

 

lol, sorry guys, that isn't good enough for me. I won't sacrifice my comfort for a few more hp, it's not worth it.

 

the t tops off are very comforting.

plus a little sweat will make you more of a man.

 

lol, thanks for that tip Travis. But when I am cruising with my woman I want to keep her cool, plus she would kill me if I didn't have AC, lol.

 

just have her stand up in the passenger seat with her tops off as well

 

the reasoning for me deleting the A/C is I never used it in the 5 years I've owned the car. I don't think you even get 5hp from deleting the A/C, Im sure you benifit more from deleting the weight than the rotating mass

 

Does she have nice headlights?

I guess I would be single if she was my girl, ****

 

AHHHH SOO many wires

 

lol, thanks Travis, I wish I could get her to do that, that would be sweet. It's hard enough just to get naked pics of her on my camara phone, lol.

Nice headlights Vin, ya, they would brighten up my nights that's for sure, lol.

 

THATS hillarous