So had a spare older Series 2 gave to me, it was supposed to have spun rod bearing, turns out the balance shaft was broke.
So found a kit that deleted the balance shaft, put in new TC set and resealed it. and guy comes up and offers me a reasonable amount as he needs to fix his daily driver. He is happy.
So another Series 2 comes my way and it lost babbitt on one main but never spun any bearings so we pull it down, ordered a crank kit, and decided to go through it. Local shop had a kit but bought bearings back. We drilled out main galleys, installed opened up cam bearings. Found some rebuilt heads and swapped for them. Dropped it back together, did install new connecting rod bolts, main stud kit I got cheap but lightly rusted. Cylinders ball honed up ok. Slapped it back together and guy dropped that one in and headed for California. So far he has three family members coming by for engine work and that engine made it all the way to Cali and passed emissions! He was worried about converter being bad but as he drove out he picked up Cataclean and ran that through then drove rest of the way to Burbank.
So now I am back looking for another 3800, had hoped for a score of a 05 GTP SC motor but it was full of water,,,,as in under a flood. May try to scavenge the top end after water goes down.
SO Subject: Make it run/drive/perform
1)New short/long block of any kind be it N/A or S/C to get me rolling.
1a) Replace battery
2)Car has two good tires two fair tires(16in), and I found set of 17" GTP with Blizzaks I can trade some Chevy parts for.
2a)Also need to go through lights, wipers, etc.
3)Fully inspect, slap on the two new rear wheel bearings I already have, check brakes and possibly install Goodridge stainless brake lines if guy will sell them.
4)Replace Console lid, clean filthy door panels, look around for better front seats or locate/have made front seat covers.
5)Keep looking around for pieces etc to start learning how to tune these cars, as my boss gave me a couple of folders he had/borrowed with lots of info and even how to tune.
6)Have a gift cert for a Comp Cams cam so trying to decide which I go with, plan for blower/turbo down the road or just add cam for N/A fun?
6a)Looking at Snow Performance (.net) water/methanol injection
7)Options I should look for, someone said HUD, another mentioned looking for paddle shifters, assorted option not readily installed right now.
8)Thinking of AGX adjustable struts, I can source many different spring rates from local coil over company so maybe whip up some easy mounts to use these coil over type springs? Or see if they could help me whip up some aftermarket struts maybe?
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So help me with plans, info, etc. Now a 4T80E is in future plans for strength. But unless trans is bad thats way in future plans.
So found a kit that deleted the balance shaft, put in new TC set and resealed it. and guy comes up and offers me a reasonable amount as he needs to fix his daily driver. He is happy.
So another Series 2 comes my way and it lost babbitt on one main but never spun any bearings so we pull it down, ordered a crank kit, and decided to go through it. Local shop had a kit but bought bearings back. We drilled out main galleys, installed opened up cam bearings. Found some rebuilt heads and swapped for them. Dropped it back together, did install new connecting rod bolts, main stud kit I got cheap but lightly rusted. Cylinders ball honed up ok. Slapped it back together and guy dropped that one in and headed for California. So far he has three family members coming by for engine work and that engine made it all the way to Cali and passed emissions! He was worried about converter being bad but as he drove out he picked up Cataclean and ran that through then drove rest of the way to Burbank.
So now I am back looking for another 3800, had hoped for a score of a 05 GTP SC motor but it was full of water,,,,as in under a flood. May try to scavenge the top end after water goes down.
SO Subject: Make it run/drive/perform
1)New short/long block of any kind be it N/A or S/C to get me rolling.
1a) Replace battery
2)Car has two good tires two fair tires(16in), and I found set of 17" GTP with Blizzaks I can trade some Chevy parts for.
2a)Also need to go through lights, wipers, etc.
3)Fully inspect, slap on the two new rear wheel bearings I already have, check brakes and possibly install Goodridge stainless brake lines if guy will sell them.
4)Replace Console lid, clean filthy door panels, look around for better front seats or locate/have made front seat covers.
5)Keep looking around for pieces etc to start learning how to tune these cars, as my boss gave me a couple of folders he had/borrowed with lots of info and even how to tune.
6)Have a gift cert for a Comp Cams cam so trying to decide which I go with, plan for blower/turbo down the road or just add cam for N/A fun?
6a)Looking at Snow Performance (.net) water/methanol injection
7)Options I should look for, someone said HUD, another mentioned looking for paddle shifters, assorted option not readily installed right now.
8)Thinking of AGX adjustable struts, I can source many different spring rates from local coil over company so maybe whip up some easy mounts to use these coil over type springs? Or see if they could help me whip up some aftermarket struts maybe?
9)
10)
So help me with plans, info, etc. Now a 4T80E is in future plans for strength. But unless trans is bad thats way in future plans.