Corvette project car

[GoCougs]

Jesus. That kind of damage is typically from jumping or bottoming out on RR tracks.

[Rupert]

Yee-ikes.

[280Z Turbo]

Jesus. That kind of damage is typically from jumping or bottoming out on RR tracks.

The whole front crossmember is angled back a bit.

I think dumbass ran into something doing something stupid. The whole right front was in an accident because the glass isn't good.

Eventually, we'll replace the front end with a one piece front end, but that won't be for a while.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The whole front crossmember is angled back a bit.

I think dumbass ran into something doing something stupid. The whole right front was in an accident because the glass isn't good.

Eventually, we'll replace the front end with a one piece front end, but that won't be for a while.

How is the body panel alignment? I might worry about everything lining up on a frame that is actually straight.

[280Z Turbo]

We'll make it work. The front end is not a structural part of the body anyway.

[Eye of the Tiger]

We'll make it work. The front end is not a structural part of the body anyway.

Doesn't sound like any part of the car is structural.

[Rupert]

LOL!

[280Z Turbo]

It drives surprisingly well for all its problems.

[280Z Turbo]

Somebody wasn't thinking with their dipstick.

[GoCougs]

Is that first time the engine has been opened? If so that's actually very good for ~50 years. Oils back in the day were awful.

[280Z Turbo]

I have no reason to believe it was ever rebuilt.

[FoMoJo]

Somebody wasn't thinking with their dipstick.

So, you got the engine out?

[Rupert]

He's rebuilding it in the car.

[280Z Turbo]

Found the lost compression:




Deep enough to feel it with your finger.

Rod bearings look like shit and the crank is scratched:




Also, one of the piston rings was broken.

Other than that, it looks fine. It doesn't appear to have ever been rebuilt before. The crank will be ground and we will probably bore it to .020 or .030 over.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Some Slick 50 should have taken all that rust out.

[GoCougs]

Cam is probably wiped too. Man, a budget 9:1 rebuild with an RV cam will feel like a rocket compared to that.

[280Z Turbo]

Man, I'd really love to throw a roller cam in this thing, but I don't think it would be worth $400 extra right now.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Man, I'd really love to throw a roller cam in this thing, but I don't think it would be worth $400 extra right now.

Take the block to a machine shop first. If it is shot, a new crate motor is $1500 shipped.

[280Z Turbo]

Take the block to a machine shop first. If it is shot, a new crate motor is $1500 shipped.

The block is fine.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The block is fine.

OK. Except for the pitted cylinders.

[280Z Turbo]

OK. Except for the pitted cylinders.

It's not pitted, it's scratched. I doubt they are more than .030" deep. They're probably only a few thousandths deep.

[hotrodalex]

Bore .300" just to make sure.

[280Z Turbo]

Bore .300" just to make sure.

Yeah, let's make this a big block.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I bet you can fit 572 cubes in there

[280Z Turbo]

I bet you can fit 572 cubes in there

I need Time Lord technology...the engine needs to be bigger on the inside.

[Rupert]

Just let the pistons share cylinders, and maybe grind cutouts into each piston for its neighbor.

[280Z Turbo]

Just let the pistons share cylinders, and maybe grind cutouts into each piston for its neighbor.

Square pistons. Think it will work?

Also I'm going to start fabbing up a new header/intake.

[Rupert]

Can't wait to see how this turns out. Gonna be sick!

[Eye of the Tiger]

Its like a direct turbocharger. Nobody needs all those spinning wheels, anyway.

[280Z Turbo]

Cam lobe is gone