Tony71502

Looks like my first chevelle.. always a fun project doing ground ups.

symonds86

primer it and it would look like mine does now lol, i am always amazed how much room all the interior crap takes up once you take it all out of the car

projectresto83

Yea then it would turn out looking like my 83. I'm good.................

symonds86

lol i meant grey primer

projectresto83

Well I got a chance to play with my motor a little bit last night. Without knowing it my motor had broken one of the 2 bolts that hold the cam thrust plate on and busted one of the ears off the plate. It wasn't a surprise to me luckily because I had opened up the motor last year and found the issue.
I couldn't get the bolt extracted so I just had to drill out the bolt and tapped the whole for a bigger bolt. instead of the 1/4 20 thread it is now a 5/16 18 thread (at least I think it was a 18). Either way it went down smoothly and now I can button up the bottom half of my motor finally once I get the gaskets.

302army187

so whats the motor for the DD gonna be?

projectresto83

Same motor as before pretty much

Non roller 306
Mildly home ported GT40's
Lunati Bracket Master II Cam (new part)
.512 lift / 292 duration (230 at .050) / 110 LSA / 2000-6000rpm
Edelbrock Performer Intake
Edelbrock Performer 600 Carb
MSD Blaster Box
MSD Blaster 2 Coil
FRPP Blue Wires
FRPP A/C Delete
Edelbrock 14" Air Cleaner
1" Carb Spacer
FRPP Headers (new part for the combo)
Mac Offroad H-Pipe
Mac Produmps with Tail Pipes

projectresto83

Rear Springs Installed 28" tall tire(remember there is no hatch assembly on the car)



Tapping a new bolt for the thrust plate

motorman524

Looks like you are on your way. Where is your swaybar? Did you ever figure out what you were doing for the five lug conversion? Lots of work left.

projectresto83

That huge thing is sitting under the motor in one of the pics. I removed it awhile back. I am going to probably stick with the SN stuff from the junk yard to help make the steering better. I'm still keeping your offer on the table just in case I can't find what I need. I haven't made a trip to the junk yard yet due to the weather.