Got some body work stands assembled in preparation for priming\painting this summer (There are 4 total).
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Feb 23, 2014
Went to a party today to watch the Daytona 500. It was at the persons house where I am buying the engine from. It is a 454 block de-stroked to a 427 which is better for street racing. In a couple of weeks or so, will be going over to finish the engine build stand (if I haven’t finished by then) so we can start it up before finalizing the deal. But this is the engine that I intend to put in the Camaro – I may dress it up a little more with Chrome parts.:
Feb 16, 2014
No progress this weekend. Hope to get some more done this next week / next weekend.
Feb 12, 2014 Update – Engine Run Stand
Got some more pieces cut tonight:
Still need to cut these with the Chop Saw:
Feb 10, 2014 Update – Engine Run Stand
Got a little more unexpected time in the garage tonight. Got some more pieces cut. I can only take so much standing and cutting in a day!
Here are pics of what I am building – plans for this can be purchased here.
Collapses for storage:
Ready for engine:
What I was working on – before:
After:
This is the manual transmission hump patch I need to get installed before it get’s warm outside!
Feb 9, 2014 Update
Also assembled my engine cart in preparing for the new 496 Stroker I should be getting in the next week or two.
Feb 9, 2014 Update – Engine Run Stand
Still have some metal to cut to size before doing much more with the Engine Run Stand:
To took me a while to settle on the cutoff wheel for cutting the 1/8″ metal to size – it takes a while to cut!
Love my x-mas present – I can listen to my music while tuning all other noise out while working:
Still have some more metal to cut!
Feb 9, 2014 Update – Patch Panel
I had some remaining work from the floor patch panel from last summer. I had to get the old brake bracket off the old floor – will need to weld it to the new floor later.
Here is the bracket on the old floor:
I started by drilling out the spot welds I could find:
Then I used a body saw to cut it out with the old floor metal still on it:
Then I used my vice to hold it while I worked on getting the old metal off of it:
This body seam buster came in real handy:
You can see some of the spot welds I had missed:
Used my grinder to smooth the old spot welds down:
Will put this in the blast cabinet and prime it before welding to the new floor.
Dec 28, 2013 Update
Fine-tuned the garage door to make it easier to open & close which has been a problem after the drywall (bowing the door guide). Seems to be working much better now.
Also took advantage of the warm weather to cut up some pieces of metal for the next project which is to build an engine run stand for a built 454 I am looking at buying… Still need to get some more materials for that project. Cut this up outside while it was warm – otherwise the dust that is generated inside makes a mess of things.
Also got some air-filled casters that I hope to put on the Rotisserie so this spring, I can roll the shell outside easier to power wash the bottom among other things. Need to do some work with the Rotisserie later this winter. Note: The other casters are for the engine run stand.
Dec 15, 2013 Update
Used the following YouTube video to rebuild the carburetor on my smaller Craftsman Snow Thrower:
Had to take the thing completely apart to rebuild the carburetor! Put things back together and started it up – started first pull! Going to run some Sea Foam through it for even better internal cleaning.
Still need to do the single stage next.