It's alive!!!
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Champion
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From: Greeneville, TN
No test drive yet. Gonna change the oil, throw the tune on, finish the little bit of wiring I have left first. Hopefully tomorrow I can take a spin around at least the parking lot behind my house.
keep posted vids man. would love to see more. very jealous!!
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congrats on having a running motor again, i musta missed it, what prompted the rebuild??
anywho, you had to let a huge sigh of relief when it fired, i sure as hell did when i put the intake back on and hooked everything up, i was amazed at how quickly it started, i cycled the key a few times to fill the rails and build pressure, hit the starter and it fired right off
anywho, you had to let a huge sigh of relief when it fired, i sure as hell did when i put the intake back on and hooked everything up, i was amazed at how quickly it started, i cycled the key a few times to fill the rails and build pressure, hit the starter and it fired right off
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Champion
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From: Greeneville, TN
Capt. I will
Maroon: It had a misfire. I was gonna yank the heads off and replace them and do the hughes plenum pan kit and be done with it. A certain member on here (pcfixer) kept saying "your down that far do a cam". I kept saying no till I was actually down that far and seen how close I was to the cam so I decided to do it. When we pulled the cam out a couple of the cam bearings had wear. Also my pistons had knicks in the top of them and lumps of metal on top. No idea what happened to them, I decided for sure after seeing the cam bearings that I was gonna pull it and replace all the bearings. Wanted to be on the safe side. When I took it to the machine shop he informed me that a couple of my bores were weird sizes and it needed bored out. Him having my engine for over a year allowed me to go a little crazy and spend more money on other parts. Which is why I have the air gap and tc. i'm pissed that it took so long but in a way happy cause I was able to mod it more.
Now comes rebuilding my GT's motor
Maroon: It had a misfire. I was gonna yank the heads off and replace them and do the hughes plenum pan kit and be done with it. A certain member on here (pcfixer) kept saying "your down that far do a cam". I kept saying no till I was actually down that far and seen how close I was to the cam so I decided to do it. When we pulled the cam out a couple of the cam bearings had wear. Also my pistons had knicks in the top of them and lumps of metal on top. No idea what happened to them, I decided for sure after seeing the cam bearings that I was gonna pull it and replace all the bearings. Wanted to be on the safe side. When I took it to the machine shop he informed me that a couple of my bores were weird sizes and it needed bored out. Him having my engine for over a year allowed me to go a little crazy and spend more money on other parts. Which is why I have the air gap and tc. i'm pissed that it took so long but in a way happy cause I was able to mod it more.
Now comes rebuilding my GT's motor
Champion
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What? shoulda had that block to him at least 6 months ago, that way it is ready when your ready lol.
So whats the plan now to get your timing & fuel sync 100% correct?
So whats the plan now to get your timing & fuel sync 100% correct?
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Champion
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my luck he would finish that in a couple days.
Gonna throw the tune on and see if the timing needs adjusted anymore. Fuel sync ain't a major issue right now. Maybe I'll have Troy check it when it goes for inspection
Gonna throw the tune on and see if the timing needs adjusted anymore. Fuel sync ain't a major issue right now. Maybe I'll have Troy check it when it goes for inspection
