Project: Lady Vette

[Majend]

going to ravenworks tomorrow to talk more about the motor and make sure they can get the rebuild parts before committing to them building the motor. alway fun to visit the shop since it is an amazing shop. i'll try and snap some pics for you all!

[Kochiro]

You probably already know but OpelGTSource.com has quite a few parts in stock as well as resources to get parts for US and Euro spec motors.

[exexpat]

Nice progress so far. Something that stuck out at me was this pic:





Little man in the back is making this face:

LMAO

Love the GT.

[cangri]

NIIIIICE.
Keeps the pics rolling

[Majend]

and we are good to go!

went out to Ravenworks today to chat with Steve. I wanted to make sure they were cool with building the motor since it was never sold here in the US. He and the rest of the shop seem pretty excited about the build. snapped a quick pic of the shop while i was there, if you are looking to get a motor built in the MN area i would give them a shout.

[Majend]

had to go out of town the past weekend (i coach snowboarding and we had an event in copper) so i didn't get anything done BUT my catalog from OpelGTSource and have been going over that and things are a lot cheeper than i thought they would be. hopefully i can get over this cold by the weekend so i can pull the motor and drop it off

[Majend]

First off i want to give a big thanks to Kasey and Tapper for helping out tonight!

Kasey and I went down tonight with two goals, finish the instal on the appradio in the prelude and get the motor and trans out of the operand we were able to get both done! Originally we were going to drop everything out of the bottom of the car but after a quick chat with the rest of the guys down at the shop we decided it was a better idea to pull the trans from the motor and then lift the motor out from above. It took a bit of work but we were able to get it out. on to the pics!







the fluid in the trans looked almost brand new and the clutch and flywheel weren't bad either









kasey and i are taking the engine up to ravenworks on thursday so thats it for now!

[Majend]

went down again today to work on the engine bay a bit more. plan is paint it black before the motor is done. i'm not shaving anything just a simple color change to clean it up as it is a bit of a mess right now.







going over to ravenworks on monday to chat again before the motor gets dropped off and also talk about the following:

-fuel pump
-fuel lines
-wiring
-gauges and speedo

once i get their opinion on what to get i am going to order some stuff and start laying out the bay.

[Majend]

stopped by ravenworks again this morning before work to chat about a few things and make sure that they would be able to take the motor on thursday. right now i am hoping to have it back by the beginning of march but we won't know till they dig into the motor first.

[Majend]

big thanks to 337_kid (kasey) for helping me get the motor up to ravenworks today! going back next week after they go through the motor and the block and head come back from cleaning to finalizer what needs to be done.

all loaded up





and then using a forklift to get it out at ravenworks







head that is getting ported and then going on the motor



motor updates will come next week but i hope to make it down to the shop this weekend to finish cleaning the engine bay.

and just to give you an idea of what ravenworks is like here are a couple of motors they have in the shop

well over 1000bhp coming out of this and it is going in a fox body



mmmmmm stacks

[OpelWagenGT]

and we are good to go!

went out to Ravenworks today to chat with Steve. I wanted to make sure they were cool with building the motor since it was never sold here in the US. He and the rest of the shop seem pretty excited about the build. snapped a quick pic of the shop while i was there, if you are looking to get a motor built in the MN area i would give them a shout.

I'm not sure what you mean by they were never sold here in the U.S? Do you mean in your particular state? There are a crap ton of Opel Gt's in the U.S. I personally have owned 2 and there have been about 7 in my family. I also have 3 motors in my garage. I guess I am just confused?

Please clarify, oh and keep up the good work! It's nice to see a fellow Opel owner on here. I have a 74 Manta Rallye.

-Aron

[Majend]

no no no i was referring to the 2.4L motor that was only in cars sold outside the US as opel had pulled out of the us market by the time it came out

i am well aware that GTs were sold at buick dealers and i believe we got about 70% of the total cars made

[OpelWagenGT]

Okay that makes more sense! Yeah if I am not mistaken the 2.4L motor is out of the Manta B chassis. I can't wait to see where this goes. Are you going injected or carbed? I think I saw side draft manis in one of the photos.

-Aron

[Majend]

going carbed, i got those manifolds with the car and it would be a shame to not use them. hoping to have quite a little screamer when this is done.

on a side note i just found out madonna is the halftime show so i think i will be down in the shop for the day hehe

[OpelWagenGT]

Mmm carbs. Good choice I'm going dual Weber 40's on my 1.9L

Let me know if you ever need Gt parts I have a good inventory of stuff.


-Aron