Looking good man!

Thank you!

The master cylinder is from a right hand drive s10 from what I remember Tobin @ Kore3 told me

http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/9...Booster-part-s

Thanks! Your's is too!

Wanted to get the broken exhaust bolt out of the head. Seen that mig welding a nut to them typically works. Well that's where it started going down hill for me. Mig weld melted into the aluminum head, didn't stick. Couldn't get the bolt out. Weld kept breaking.

Second try at removing the broken exhaust bolt + weld. Got some left hand drill bits and extractors. Center punched and started drilling with a 3/32 bit and tapmatic fluid. Was going great. About 1/2" deep I broke the drill bit off in the bolt inside the head. It broke clean and none sticking up to "grab" on to.

Then I grabbed a 1/4 bit and tryed to drill the whole bolt out. Knowing you can't drill a drill bit, I had to try. Well I got through the weld and down to the bolt with drill bit stuck in it and that's is as far as I can get

Any suggestions on what step to take next? Can a machine shop fix my mess up or do I just buy a new head? 07 LS2 243 head

Thanks

machine shop could easily fix that but i dont see why the weld isnt sticking to the nut and bolt? make sure both surfaces are very clean. Weld inside the bolt and walk away for 10 min to let the weld cold down. After that come back and heat up around the head and back out the nut to see if it holds.

If there’s a drill bit stuck in the hole, then probably best to take it to a machine shop. It will be tough to get any weld to stick with the drill bit. By the way great job on the Camaro. Great to see others in the Houston area working on their rides!!

Thanks for the replies. Not sure why the weld didn't stick either.

Do you have a recommendation on a machine shop?

If all else fails.... I have this on file, can't verify if it works or not but might be cheaper to try than buying a new head. Sert or helicoil might be needed afterwards.
https://www.theoriginalrescuebit.com/

Well after some reading I decided to take the head off and just have a machine shop fix me up. Read good things about Late Model Engines in Houston. Cool, no big deal getting the hole repaired. So I get the head off and see bunch of rust on the cylinder walls. Guessing hurricane Harvey waters sitting in the garage for a week got moisture in the motor through the exhaust ports, they just had rags stuffed in them. I've had enough of this for today lol. Time for a gun range trip to relax

Motor is a 70k mile LS2 from a 07 corvette

Cleaned on the motor today. Will do more once I start putting the top end back on

Just as a tip to help you prevent some flash rust in the cylinder by taking a clean rag and putting some Automatic Transmission Fluid on it and wipe down the cylinders liberally.

Build looks great! Hopefully, my car will be up and running in the next 5 months and we can get some cruising done!

Gray

LME out of Houston got me fixed up with a heli coil

Heads back on and motor off the stand. On a cradle stand now so I can get the ls7 clutch kit installed

Was there water in the crankcase?

Way to stay with it Brian.

:captain:

No there wasn't. Everything was very clean when I had the oil pan off to install the holley pan

Pilot bearing in. LS7 clutch on. Bellhousing on. T56 ready with slave and quick bleed line

That's all for today. On graveyards this weekend

Motor and trans together. Had to put an 1/8" shim behind the slave cylinder

Excuse my messy 2 car garage haha!

Waiting on polyurethane motor mounts to show up and then I'll be stabbing the motor/trans in the car 🤞

looks great! where at in Houston are you? I'm over in cypress.

Thanks!

I'm actually south of houston in the lake jackson area - just easier to say houston haha

Working the overnight shifts make more sense then! LOL (I'd assume you are a Dow guy)

Cypress location for me as well.

Yep, plant operator. dupont schedule, rotating 12hr shifts

Holley clamshell mounts and polyurethane motor mounts. Motor and trans in. Using all Holley swap parts

Looking good Brian!!

:captain:

Thanks Curtis!

Don't know why my pictures upload rotated?

Little more progress

Hole for t56 shifter cut

Most of the wire harness routed

Griffey direct fit radiator in

Very nice build! Looks like you’re getting close. Hope to see you at one of the” Houston” meets

Thank man. Do you have a build on your car here? I'd like to check it out

No, no build on here or any other. I do believe there are some on another forum, but here are a couple of mine

very nice!!!

Thank you sir, hopefully I will finish it by next spring. Maybe all of the “Houston” guys can do a get together. I’m down for a meeting

I'd be up for a Houston Pro-Touring get together, especially once I finish my 2nd gen. :y0!:

That would be fun!!

sent the pcm off today to norris motorsports for a mail order tune and deleting the stuff for a swap

count me in! im hoping within a year to have mine on the road

I can bring a few people I'm sure.

Myself - If my trans is back in time.
Big Bronco - Gray (if he gets his going - 72 nova)
Nine Ball - Tony (convertible 69 camaro on here)
NvrDun - Jess (72? Nova)

Few others that aren't on here, but have cool classic cars, some pro-touring some not.

William

Count me in as well

Tu - 67 Firebird