Finally finished

[Barry]

You know you got time when you polish the rear valve cover on a front wheel drive...

Looks good

[Nick-G]

lol well lately it seems like your making quite a bit of progress.

[MidnightriderZ24]

quickly? lol its been bout a year an a half the engine has been out of the car. i just want it done, i got the itch to go fast, and my sohc DD saturn isnt cuttin it... lol

[Nick-G]

Those valve covers are clean! Damn I wish my project was moving along this quickly.

[MidnightriderZ24]

got some more stuff done, and got most of my parts to put the engine in and hopefully drop the engine in the car.. my goal is one month to have it dropped in (crossing fingers). tomorrow heads go off to machine shop for 5 angle valve job and milling .010

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egr and evap port welded up

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LOTS OF WORK HERE

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[torq455]

brings back memories! lol. a mirror finish takes a LOT of patients. nice work.

[MidnightriderZ24]

thanks, it was a bitch to get it back together correctly. its a little dirty in the picture but its a mirror polish.

[Nick-G]

That alternator looks nice!

[kflo 93 gt]

Yay!

[MidnightriderZ24]

i finally got my cam from the wot store, and some misc parts to put it in. i went with all gm parts and seals and sealants (free at work hehe). i went with the stage 4 cam from the store; 274IN, 274Ex. 502 lift. i also got bored at work and polished the alternator and water pump pulley, then buffed them at home. to get the crank scraper to work with the 327 rods, i had to modify the hell out of it, but i got it to work. i also put on a new water pump while its all apart. Also does anyone know if the 3500 crank pulley will fit into the 3400? i sold the ffp udp due to being too light.

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[MidnightriderZ24]

i was told it does the block good, and any hardening will help since i plan on pushing it.

[ForcedFirebird]

That's case-hardening it. We do that to dies when we make them.

[MidnightriderZ24]

cryo would have cost over 500 ish. there was a shop down the road from my apt in chicago that cryo'd parts.. and that wasnt in the budget.. i asked them and it only cost 150 to treat the block. i was told he heated the block at 1100 degrees for a given time, then let it cool to ambient, and repeated the process a few times. the block's deck surface is a dark color now, looks kinda cool.

[torq455]

i thought so. everything looks way to smooth and shiny to not be smoothed. that sounds like a good build. not a throw it together set up. had the block heat treated...never heard of anyone doing that, but a good idea. wonder how much a cryo treated block would be.

[MidnightriderZ24]

yea, the whole crankcase has been deburred, and then i took sanding wheels to it to make it smooth. i did the same to the lifter valley. i also had the block heat treated to increase the density of the iron. it was also line bored, and the crank was balanced, and i was told its good for what i plan on doing with it. i just need the stage 3 cam, lifters, head studs and pushrods and im going to put it together. then drop it in and finish the turbo kit. ive got a paper weight gt35r collecting dust lol.