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02-16-2017, 11:09 AM
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Thanks Joe. I sprayed another LT1 intake I have today in black. I think I'll just stick that for now. No reason to get fancy. I just want it to be clean.
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02-19-2017, 01:25 PM
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Well, there's no turning back now. The transmission is sitting on the ground under the car and the engine is almost ready to pull. I'll get the stroker built soon. Hopefully, this doesn't take me forever to get put be together.
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Well, there's no turning back now. The transmission is sitting on the ground under the car and the engine is almost ready to pull. I'll get the stroker built soon. Hopefully, this doesn't take me forever to get put be together.
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Trey, you've lost your mind brother. The weather here is turning, and your taking yours apart. I was gonna dust mine off today, but the circus is in town.
I'm building another engine for mine, but I won't change mine out until the new engine is sitting in the shop floor, and I have a free weekend to make it happen.
Hopefully your build goes quickly, and your enjoying yours very soon!
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Yeah, the weather has been great. Having the other engine built first was part of my plan, Scott. But, I guess it's not working out exactly like I wanted. I needed the flywheel and under drive pulley off the front of the engine in the car so the new engine can be balanced. I also need to rebuild the T56. At 180k miles it's time for it to get some love as well. I've already bought everything to do the work. I just need to get it done and get the parts to the machine shop for them to fit in the block.
I did drive it around Friday afternoon before parking it. Great day for a drive.
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The engine is at the machine shop now getting built. They said 6-8 weeks. That will give me plenty of time to remove the current engine and rebuild the T56. I'm actually planning to do that with weekend. I've taken it apart some and so far it's going easy. I've read some horror stories about people not being able to get the gears off the shafts easily. We'll see what happens once I get fully into it. Stay tuned.
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We'll be watching for progress Trey...so don't disappoint us.
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lol, thanks Skip.
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Just a quick update. The new engine is running and car is back on the ground as of about 2 hours ago. I'm a little concerned about the transmission. It doesn't feel like it's wanting to shift very easily. I'll drive it around the neighborhood in a bit and find out for certain though.
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05-28-2017, 06:25 PM
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Just a quick update. The new engine is running and car is back on the ground as of about 2 hours ago. I'm a little concerned about the transmission. It doesn't feel like it's wanting to shift very easily. I'll drive it around the neighborhood in a bit and find out for certain though.
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Ok Trey, don't leave us hanging. Most of the time, when these trannys don't shift well, it's a clutch issue, and more often than not, its a slave issue. Bleed it again, and try it.
How's it run?
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Anyway to paint it to turn it into a LS? LOL if so, I vote that. LOL
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