Project: Lady Vette

[Majend]

dropped off parts up at Ravenworks this morning and checked out the progress they have made. Basically all the head work is done and now all i can say is it looks awesome!



they now have everything to assemble the head which is cool but we are still waiting on a bunch of stuff.



oh and here is a pic of the broken piston, when the piece is place on the piston you could hardly tell anything was wrong lol



yay progress!

[Majend]

tell me about it, i spent a good portion of my day at the office looking at the wiring diagrams OGTS sent me which was fun but the day just kept getting better

i love awesome surprises!

get home today to a small package at the front door. in it i find 10 rocker arm studs, not 8 like i paid for, 10 awesome!

then i got around to opening the package i got from OGTS on wednesday and in it i find this awesome beefy transmission mount. i thought i ordered a stock replacement but they sent me this monster instead. i am over the moon right now because the stock unit is a flimsy POS and i was worried the new one was going to fall apart like the old one. i don't think i have to worry about that now!

what an awesome day!

[MrScary]

It'll get done, I have faith in you! You're definitely more motivated with this than the Corrado that's for sure.

[Majend]

no matter what i do it isn't going to make my pistons get here any faster which sucks but it is what it is.

[MrScary]

Hurry!!!

[Majend]

yay for expanded wiring diagrams!!!!!

more parts came last night and should have the rest of the parts to finish the head tonight and i'm going to try and drop all of it off at ravenworks tomorrow!

[Majend]

that was on the 1.9L head along with literally the largest cam that will fit in the head. all of that is being swapped over the the 2.4L head that is going on the car.

the guy i am getting my rocker arm studs is the guy who used to supply this stuff but he is no longer in business. IIRC they are actually GM/Pontiac rockers

[OpelWagenGT]

update time!

Where did you get that roller rocker assembly? Also I assume you're going with solid lifters and a matching cam?

-Aron

[Majend]

more parts are on the way

- new lifters
- an imported internally regulated Opel alternator (on backorder....)
- expanded wiring diagrams
- new trans mount

[Majend]

another quick update, just got off the phone with venolia, the company making my pistons, and i amended my order to include a set of rings (might as well get them from the same place as the pistons) and a set of wrist pins but they are really backed up and it is going to be at least a month till i see them. meh just more time to work on wiring and the engine bay

[OpelWagenGT]

rocker arm studs are finally in the mail. $300 for 8 is a lot but given that there is only one person that had them and that person doesn't have a website or use a computer or even in business anymore i am pretty happy i was able to get them at all.

Wow that is steep!

-Aron

[Majend]

rocker arm studs are finally in the mail. $300 for 8 is a lot but given that there is only one person that had them and that person doesn't have a website or use a computer or even in business anymore i am pretty happy i was able to get them at all.

[Majend]

brown box is full of new bearings and the other blue/white box are the new head bolts.

timing equipment is on backorder.

i am also waiting on new rocker studs as well but those could take a while...

this weekend is looking pretty good for getting work done which would be nice since i got next to nothing done this last weekend.

[OpelWagenGT]

So a new water pump I see, engine gasket kit, header gasket, so what's in the two boxes?

-Aron

[P78]

cat approved ftw