• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

427 engine (part 2) - RHS block

That's great news Rich. maybe your car will be running by the end of the week. My motor should be in by the end of next week. Hopefully by mid june I'll get my car back.It's hell to be a vette owner and not have a vette to drive due to being in the shop for months.
 
vetteguy61 said:
That's great news Rich. maybe your car will be running by the end of the week. My motor should be in by the end of next week. Hopefully by mid june I'll get my car back.It's hell to be a vette owner and not have a vette to drive due to being in the shop for months.
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Yeah, I hope so, but I'm not getting my hopes up too much. Since it will be a short week and there's a lot of stuff that needs to be connected and put back on, I won't be surprised if it is the following week before the engine gets cranked up for the first time. Actually, after all this, I can't think of too much that WOULD surprise me..... :shrug01: Except maybe if everything runs absolutely smoothly from here on out, I guess.
 
Captain's Log - Stardate Tuesday, 06/0/2010

Monday was a holiday, of course, so there was no progress on the car.

As for Tuesday, we decided to go to St. George Island to the beach (while we still have one worth going to) instead of my spending the day at Chris's shop. I let Chris know that we would likely be stopping out there later in the afternoon so I could pick up that bad Red Top battery and take it back to Advance Auto Parts here in Crawfordville for replacement. Fortunately it has a three year replacement warranty on it, and they swapped it with no hassles at all.

Anyway, Chris said he had to run out in the afternoon, so if he was gone, he would leave the battery in the back of one of the cars outside. And that was the case when we got there. So I didn't get to see if anything further was done to my car.

I'm waiting to hear back from Chris today, as I had mentioned that I had found the wiring on one of the oxygen sensors on the C6 chewed up by rodents when I put the car on the lift here. Chris ordered me a new sensor from Champion Chevy, and said if I would pick it up and bring it out with the car, my C5Z should be ready to be rolled off of the lift by around noontime, and he offered to replace the sensor for me. I thought that was nice of him to do. Wonder how long it's going to take for the exhaust to cool down once I get out there?
 
Captain's Log - Stardate Wednesday, 06/02/2010

I ran by Champion and picked up the oxygen sensor as well as the filters for the gas tanks they were holding there. Dang they are proud of those O2 sensors! :eek:

When I got out to Xtreme, Chris had the wheels on my C5Z and was able to roll it off of the lift. It actually looks like a genuine CAR now.

Yeah, I guess you guys were right about removing the sensor while hot, as Chris put the C6 right on the lift and proceeded to change it out for me. It was still hot, as he put on some thick gloves to keep from burning his hands, and obviously he STILL had to cool the gloves down a few times. While the car was there, he also fixed a minor problem with the plastic air intake on the passenger side that surrounds the duct for the brake cooling. One of the tabs was out of the slot and the whole thing had to be loosened up to fix it.

When he was done, Chris said he would send Connie a bill, which usually means he wants more snickerdoodle cookies from her. Sounds like a fair trade to me. :thumbsup: Thanks Chris!

As for the C5Z, Chris said he's going to be rechecking the torque on all the bolts and putting the wiring harnesses and stuff onto the engine. I'm not planning on getting back there till maybe Monday, so that works out just fine for me.
 
Captain's Log - Stardates Thursday, 06/03/2010 & Friday, 06/04/2010

Connie and I drove down to visit family near Englewood, FL Thursday thru Sunday, so I have no idea what was done on my car by the end of the week. Hoping everything has been prepared for the new engine to finally be started up, maybe even on Monday.

So we shall see....

But sure was nice to get away for a few days. :thumbsup:
 
Captain's Log - Stardate Monday, 06/07/2010

shakedown067 said:
Looking forward to your recap tonight. Hope you got to fire her up!
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Didn't happen. :thumbsdown:

Chris called me this morning to tell me he had some personal issue to take care of. He hoped that he could get to the shop later and would call me, but that didn't happen. He told me he had been working on my car on Sunday and got some things done, including getting the intake manifold back on.

I'm REALLY hoping this car will be road-worthy by the end of this week, so I hope Chris can put the time into it to make that happen. It's really all in his hands right now to GIT 'ER DONE!

Still waiting on the new headers and the new throttle body, but the old headers are mounted and a slightly smaller throttle body is as well. The car can be started up "as is" and those other parts put on when they show up. I really don't want to hit the 8 month mark having my car in the shop. :nonod:
 
Good luck rich. Is it wrong to say a little prayer about getting a car done? Doesn't matter, it'll be good for your piece of mind!
 
Captain's Log - Stardate Tuesday, 06/08/2010

Chis had something to attend to this morning, and I was waiting for a delivery from Sears, so I didn't get out to the shop till around 1pm.

Chris was working on a tune for another car at the time, so I looked over my car sitting on the lift. Appears to be coming together nicely. Intake manifold is in place as is the temp throttle body (that reminds me, I need to check with Josh at RevXtreme on the status of the new TB...). Actually most of the stuff is back on the car right now. Chris needs to run the fuel lines for the new fuel pump, and he told me he had to replace the fuel injectors he originally purchased for my car as they may not be compatible with the current setup. The turbos I have on there will not reach the peak horsepower that he believes the engine is capable of, but I decided I would rather have the smaller turbos that would hopefully spool up faster and put more power in the lower and mid RPM ranges. So the original injectors might have been TOO big for this application. He is waiting for those new ones to show up.

Anyway, Chris indicated that he should have the car in shape to start it up by the end of the week. Hope that proves to be true and no other gremlins raise their ugly little heads.....

Chris had some other work coming in later on in the afternoon, so when he left for lunch around 1:30, I just headed on back home. Not a very productive day for my car, but at least I got to see some progress over the past several days.
 
mickeystoysz16 said:
Isn't that a major milestone compared to the last time?!
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Why yes it is. With the Warhawk heads, the intake manifold wouldn't even bolt up at all.

I'm sure there are going to be some wrinkles when the car first gets cranked up and puts some breakin miles on it, but hopefully there aren't any brick walls awaiting me.
 
Yeah, got a lot of video that I just haven't processed yet.... Sorry....
 
Captain's Log - Stardate Wednesday, 06/09/2010

I talked to Chris in the morning and he said he had been working on that Camaro all night, so was late getting to the shop. He said he was just putting stuff together on my car, so nothing really video worthy worth running out there for.
 
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