Some not-so-recent updates. I'm trying to keep working on the little projects through the winter, so that come nicer weather I can get the suspension finish welded and the body on. Then paint all of the rolling chassis/axles and get the engine fired up. HOPEFULLY before the wedding
working on finalizing the Engine Harness.
Then I tore the engine down to put in the go-fast bits and replace all the gaskets.
You can see the "power braid" conduit on the harness in the background. I really like how this stuff came out. With some liquid electrical tape on the joints, it really cleans up the wiring. Recommended!
Parts cart holding all the bs parts that need to be cleaned or painted.
Torquing the ARP head stud nuts, and getting the rest of the long block put back together. Almost ready for paint when I get some good weather. Everything inside was within spec, and the cylinders all had great compression and were still showing the original cross-hatching from the factory hone. Thank you grandparents everywhere for taking such good care of the cars these engines came in! LOL
I'm up in the air about putting DEX back into this engine, some hardcore 3800 guys say no, some say yes. Bottom line is I do not want to have "regular" 50/50 mixing with any leftover DEX that might be hiding in the coolant passages, so it looks like DEX is it.
I'll have some more pics after we get the rest of the parts painted and put back together.