Well gentlemen, it looks for now i may very well make the meet, just pray for me the trans stays alive for a while(unless i steel the T56 from the 95). I am WAY ahead of schedule, i didnt expect to have a running car for another 3 weeks, i thought i would have a bunch of set backs(time, money, parts), i also thought i was going to need to replace more but i did not. I am happy as can be for now.


Got the bottom end buttoned back up...


Decided to freshen up the engine bay...(before)


With some carb cleaner, rags, scotch brite, 2 cans of gloss black rust proof paint.

 

New heads from a friend, 1970 LT1 heads, ported and polished with 7/16 studs and 2.02/1.60 valves.





Heads bolted on.


Roller equipment back on with the cam, XE Hyd. roller, 236/242@,050, .520/.540 lift.


Rockers and intake on, crower, 1.6 intake, 1.5 exhaust, cross wind pro products intake.


Mock up for plumbing...


Back in with her...

 

Accessories and headers back on.


Distribuor and intake back on.




All said and done ready for fire up, key on, snap the throttle for a prime after the pump runs for a second, smash the ignition and get nothing but a roll over, go figgure, i am cursed, no matter what i do it is allways initially stabbed 180* out. Spin the dizzy back, hit it again and cranks to life. It is open header till i can get the Y pipe welded back up.




Thanks to Daniel for making it out last night for helping me with some odds and ends, it made my work just a tiny bit easier, wish i coulda fired it up with you here.


Special thanks to IROCaholic for the inspiration i got looking at his pics, just seeing his brackets dont up made me want to get her the attention she needed to look decent, cannot wait to meet you in person.


LMK what you guys think...


Zane.

 

Awesome Zane, wish i could have been more help yesterday. You did teach me alot though. Any exhaust leaks on the headers? I know you shed a tear when you fired her up, didnt you? You might have to give me a ride soon, i am forgetting what it is like to be in a 3rdgen.

 

Nope, no tears, sweating bullits because i didnt have oil pressure at first. So whats the deal, you call ARD? Anyways, you were plenty of help, thanks again for coming all the way out here to lend a hand. Once she is leagal i will be hitting meets again so i am loking foreward to it. Wish i coulda got another clutch, oh well.


Oh yea, here is the engine bay by itself...

 

looks nice zane, how long did it take you to paint the engine bay with all the stuff in the way?

 

Well, i removed most of it, the rest i just covered up. Took about 2-3 hours. Not bad really, went 5x quicker than i thought it would.

 

Sweet!!!! That was pretty F’ing fast. I am glad you decided to paint the fenderwells and everything else, it looks 10 times better. Did you do the brackets? I couldn’t tell in the pics. I watched the video and it sounds sweet, it’s in much better tune than mine is right now, but my new carb is coming next week so I should be there. What’s with the tiny air cleaner? I am super pumped for you, I really hope that both of our cars stay in one piece for the meet.

 

Yea, i cleaned the brackets and painted them black as well. The air cleaner works great, i dont like the big ones, it clears into my cowl hood just right. We will see if it stays in one piece, i didnt have tome and money to get a clutch, so when this one dies then i will get another(again).

 

Man, we could not be anymore identical. Both 89's, both RS's, both T5 (mine wasnt originally. Both too broke to buy a performence clutch. What are the odds.

 

Yea, its pretty funny, if only you had 383 cubic inches and were wearing primer, that would be crazy as hell. I have a T56 in my 95 i will use if mt t5 breaks, but i would rather not.

 

UPDATE, I tuned it with the help of a friend and it is running STRONG as hell, i deffinatly cannot wait to install the 6 speed from my 95 in it, also !!!!!SCORE!!!!! I should be picking up a direct bolt in DANA 44 rearend for 400$!!! I have the Y pipe on and it sounds great, ill load a sound clip later.

 

Damn dude, where do you find all of these deals? Looks like your moving forward while I am moving backward. Both of my leaks are now worse and I also have an exhaust leak. Plus I still dont have the clutch hooked up.

 

Well, if i had an indian name it would be "Hand In Cookie Jar"...

I hunt and hunt for deals, keep ears out, talk to everyone, look around here and there, i am a budget MFer, i cannot aford real high new prices. So your old equipment is just faulty? You still havent found anything on Ebay?

 

ALLright then,


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got her primed in the high dollar epoxy primer, satin finish looks way better than the flat black it used to be when i would first get her done, i like it.

Getting started...


She was looking rough.

Taped off and getting sanded, garbag bags work so much better than news paper.



Thinking about adding GS stripes for the hell of it.

Finished up...





Here is what she looked like after being completed back together and a night of street racing...


I need to re do the hood, i half assed it to get it finished and get her to the meet...




SHE RUNS GREAT, i raced a truck, 05 chevy short wheel base single cab with a LS1, cam, full length headers, bolt on and a 4.11 gear. I thought i would get by 3 or more, we went from a 20 roll, i pulled him slowly till third then i just started pulling away, 2 wins in a row.

Went to leave the meet and a 89 GT i wanted to race with a 306 cammed with heads(blah blah ford) that sounded great, i even took the cutouts off for the hell of it to see what she sounded like and the guy wanted to do it from a roll when i left, i missed the 1-2 shift(trans doesnt like to go in above 5500 rpm) and he pulled, 2nd time around i pulled him like he was stock(felt great) and then we went from a stop sighn, he left first(i actually didnt know he was going straight). I dumped the clutch and spun sucking him up and spitting him out pretty badly. He didnt have **** for me. Well, i asked him what he does in the 1/4 and he said 13.50s. I was happy with the ol girl, she still has some carb stumble but oh well, i think my power valve is bad. The truch claimed 14.0s and i think he was full of it.


I am a happy camper, my car is looking great and running even better. Hope to see you guys soon.

 

awesome man, fix the carb... and put some 4.10's in the rear and a T56 in place of the T5 and you should hit high 12's

 

Man that looks good, we are going in opposite directions. The more you do the better the car looks and runs and the more I do the more probs I run into. What gun did you use for that paint job.

 

Sorry to hear your reverde direction problems, i used a matco paint gun i bought 5 years ago, i did not spray it tight so it turned out rought, i am going to redo it one day.

As for hight 12, it better be 12.0s give or take, ir im gonna be pissed.

 

sweet, well i got my baby running yesterday, just added a bat, and took like a min. of cranking and she fired up. addes some air to rear tire and she drove fine after i warmed her up.

 

did someone delete my post. hm anyways i got the z running the friday with a new bat and fired up after a little cranking so we'll see if i make the meet. Zane if ya need anyhelp with your's give me a buzz laters.
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Well, i killed a 02 firehawk today too, i think she is gonna be just killer with a gear and fix the carb prob. Glad your car is running without any problems getting her going again.

 

4.10's and slicks anyone? 8)

 

Yea, KAPOWWWW goes the T5 LOL!

 

Yeah no way the T5 can handle slicks, much less the gears. Your doing good by going from a roll, the launch is one of the things that is hardest on the T5. Sounds like your car is a beast taking down a firehawk with 2.73's on the first week you got her back on the road.

 

I am happy so far but once again, nothing goes good forever so....



*******UPDATE********


Going home from work i was playing with a friends dodge truck, went to pass him with a swoosh and i ran up to the top of fourth gear and i was beside him, SWISH the hood flew off. I left it behind, it was not in great shape but now i need a new hood. It ripped the pins threw the hood and flew right off without touching anything.


ANYONE GOT A COWL HOOD FOR SALE?!?!?!?!

 

I have a flat pin on hood that i will give you a great deal on Zane. Will it clear your air cleaner though?

 

Is it a glass hood?

 

you what even though that sounds scary from your POV it sounds like it might be funny to watch. But seriously that does suck, what do you think cause it to fail like that?

 

The pins just ripped through the holes, i did not have the old pin plates bolted on it, they were busted due to wrecking my 90 i had it on a long time ago.

 

Nice! I really liked that hood. Not very many people had it, looked good with the flat black as well.

 

Drag! I hate when that happens.

Anyway, I know it isn't exactly what you are looking for, but I have a stock Iroc hood.

 

Yes sir, come & get it

 

Holy crap, i have a guy that contacted me, he has a glasstek 4 inch cowl for 250$. I am going to see if he will take 200$ since i am trying to pick up that dana 44 rear for 400$. I NEED MORE CASH!!!!!!!
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Oh yea, it is new in the box too. Thanks for looking out guys, if it falls through i will let you know Daniel.

 

SHCOOORE, yep, ill have my 4 inch cowl this weekend, as said, new in box and the guy is going 200$ on it, i will miss having a L88 hood, i have had it for 5 years or so, think ill hang the busted *** hood on my wall in my garage.


GOOD LORD i must be the most tight assed budget builder in the world huh?

 

Awesome score!! Gonna be out and about this weekend? ITs looking good for me being home this weekend. Should know for sure tomorrow around this time. Hope to set something up with the ARD boys this weekend at the track. You guys still meeting up at Hooters on Friday nights?

 

Well, i think ill be at the woodland/spring meet on 2920 and 45 in the UPS parking lot again friday, then saturday id like to make it to the kingwood meet on northpark at the golds gym. Im gonna post a thread for it.

 

Man your a busy m'fer. Already got another hood, and back on the road. I had a line on a clutch cable and then the guy backed out on me so I am still stuck there. I might try to do what ever free stuff I can this weekend starting with getting that bolt out of my pan. Things still dont look good, but I am going to keep my options open.

 

Well, thanks for inspiring me to do the work under my hood, you doing all that hard work spread to me, i hope my nuckle busting work might keep you inspired not to abandon hope. As you said before, it pays off when it is all said and done, totally worth it. I need 400$ for my rearend but i dont know when ill get it, think i gotta go ahead and swap my T56 in and sell the T5 for 400$ and fund the rearend. Dont give up man. Wish you were around my block so i could help you out.

 

Yeah, if you do swap that the T56 in let me know, because I would be willing to buy your hydraulics from the t5 since they wont carry over to the t56.

 

Trust me, i allready thought about you.

 

Well, here is a sound clip of it out the back, this thing is quiet compaired to when the cutouts are open.

 

When it rains it pours, i bought the new hood from a cool *** dude in Katy, on the way home not 5 or 6 miles from his place the bitch blew out the back in the box and got ****ing demolished by every passing vehicle, i am so ****ing pissed i wanna cry.

 

****! Thats some back luck right there. Stick with it dude, I got the bolt out of my oil pan tonight and I am going to re-assemble everything in the next couple of days. I have to re-thread my crank because the moron who had the engine before me cross threaded it and the threads finally gave way when I tried to put it back on tonight. I will keep my eye out for a hood, I think I just saw a guy post one on here for sale.

 

Ight, would have to be a good deal, if not i will buy a new L88 from VFN. Sure is good to you have not given up.

 

Sorry to hear about your hood, that sucks. If you need a hood right now i am willing to sell mine to you for $100 bucks to help you out. I bought it for $175 delivered from StevenK 2 years ago. Anyone else i sell it to is paying $150

 

Thanks bro, i will see, think i will put a L88 on my credit card maybe...

 

There's a guy selling glass hoods on craigslist at the moment, I think I saw them for $250, he might have what your looking for.

 

What kind?

 

I searched and couldnt find it.

 

Any burnouts yet?