Project: Lady Vette

[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]

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]

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.

[cangri]

NIIIIICE.
Keeps the pics rolling

[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.

[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.

[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!

[Majend]

thanks guys!

[coops]

Never heard of one of these before, love it though

[StatusRacing]

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





Little man in the back is making this face:

[markshulikov]

pretty cool man.

[Majend]

alright i spent this week starting to figure out what i am going to do with the engine. i have decided to let a pretty renowned hotrod shop in the area do all of the work as opposed to them doing everything but put the motor together. If this was a b16, 1.8t or VR6 i would do it myself but given how hard/expensive it would be to get another one of these motors into the country i don't really feel like risking it.

the big thing that is still up in the air is high comp pistons. i am 95% sure wiseco makes a set for my motor i just can't find the part number for them anymore nor do i know how much they are going to be. i guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[Majend]

got one of the best gifts i have gotten in a long while last night...

[relmonte]

It's amazing how something so subtle can make an impact.

[Koss]

Congrats with the new daily driver, and keep up the good work on the GT. I love where this is going.