Little update here.
Today I picked up a 383 stroker, a t56 tranny and had a good time visiting with Greg Weld. I also got a chance to see Gregs 32 for the first time in person. Beautiful car to say the least. And it sounds just as good as it looks.
I also had a chance to check out the 69 he is working on, Greg really does know how to use his tool collection. NICE WORK!
In fact, the engine and tranny that used to live in the 32 will now reside under the hood of my Camaro.
This started by me posting a question about factory hydraulic clutch parts. Greg said he had a master cyl for me so I got in touch and asked if he had one for sale. He said no, that I could just have it. One thing led to another and today Greg and his brother in law Rudy loaded the back of my truck with all of the parts for the engine and trans.
And I have to say there are some REALLY nice parts in there! As in a forged steel crank, roller lifters, roller rockers, RHS iron heads, 2.02 stainless valves, guideplates, ARP hardware for the whole engine, a Edelbrock RPM air gap polished intake, a very nice 4 bolt 350 block that still has the crosshatch from when it was built.....Plus a complete T56 tranny with shifter, slave cyl and bellhousing.
This is not a bunch of worn out stuff. It is all in nearly new unused condition. With a set of rings, a cam and a gasket set I am in business.
Oh, and it is all a cool shade of red....
Greg pretty much just gave me all of it.
This is a HUGE deal to me. It will kick start the build in a great way and in the long run saves me thousands of dollars. It means my car is on the road just that much quicker. It means I don't have to worry about a drivetrain anymore now.
I know I said I was going the LSx route. But how can I turn this opportunity away? I can't. And I would be a fool to. Now I have the makings of a serious little motor to use and can put my focus on other areas of the car build. The budget on this is SUPER tight. But it will get done. Things like this are a real blessing.
I wanedt to say openly here what I already said to Greg about a hundred times already, THANKS BUDDY!!!! I really can not express what this means to me.
It is all in my garage tonight and I will be taking it over to where the car is tomorrow. I will get some decent pics of it all then.
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Greg Weld. Awesome stuff Eric, hope this gets your project moving for you.
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