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General Buick Tech / Re: This doesn't look good

« on: January 17 2012, 10:41:38 PM »

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General Buick Tech / Re: This doesn't look good

« on: January 16 2012, 09:33:36 PM »

I'd clean it, port it, and run it.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Curious - Rod cap clearance

« on: January 03 2012, 10:48:06 PM »

Nope. 100% horseshit.
 If the rod caps can be that out of whack, the bolts are WAAAAAAY messed up. I think my side clearance is .045" on #6.....    Be kinda hard for a cap to hang that far out with less than .002" bearing clearance.  (we have split pin cranks too. no shared journals for us).


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General Buick Tech / Re: Steve Wood Thanks!

« on: January 01 2012, 09:55:25 AM »

Charlie, you probably scared off Chip Foose

If that's the case he dodged a bullet.

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General Buick Tech / Re: New 87 GN (Topic merged with "It's On!" post)

« on: December 31 2011, 07:22:59 PM »

While access is easy (giggity) it would be a good time to fab up a starter strap.

* SuperSix is stupid

What's a starter strap?

Looks like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-1956-1957-CHEVY-STARTER-MOTOR-SUPPORT-BRACKET-NEW-/130617689380?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item1e696bc524

Except it's only a strap of metal and doesn't cost $15. It runs from the stud on your starter motor up to the block.

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General Buick Tech / Re: New 87 GN (Topic merged with "It's On!" post)

« on: December 30 2011, 11:11:10 PM »

While access is easy (giggity) it would be a good time to fab up a starter strap.

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General Buick Tech / Re: New 87 GN (Topic merged with "It's On!" post)

« on: December 28 2011, 06:47:29 PM »

I wondered how they sold the bolt kits so cheap... Those long bolts are freakin pricy. I made my kits with SS socket head cap screws and they added up quick! I was starting to feel bad about wanting $100 for mine.

On that top water pump bolt, you're probably OK. It's actually a large metric fastener. It seems like it's 8mm. I'll have to dig out my bolt kit notes to make sure.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Progress on the GN! Heads/Lifter/installed

« on: December 19 2011, 08:22:08 PM »

Damn that's a lot of moly!   During the first oil change I'd probably drop the pan and clean out the layer of that stuff that's going to be on the bottom of the pan.

When I built my engine last year I used the minimal amount of moly on my ARP head washers and main studs. When I pulled the engine two months ago to upgrade the head gaskets and inspect the bottom end the pan was covered in that goop. Took almost a whole can of parts cleaner to get my pan cleaned out.

Normally I wouldn't worry about a lubricant laying in the pan but moly molecules are large enough to get caught by the oil filter and put it into bypass. Not what you want when work hardening 12 cam lobes and tappets!

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Vendor Info, Steals And Deals! / Re: TA timing cover on sale 'till 16'th

« on: December 13 2011, 11:20:21 PM »

It's almost like TA knew I was going to make a run of timing covers.....

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Jim's holiday in Vegas

« on: December 13 2011, 12:45:01 AM »

Are you coming back through GA on the way out of the states?

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General Buick Tech / Re: New lifter questions

« on: December 12 2011, 01:45:04 AM »

I can see that you use them like your girlfriends then Earl.

More often than not mimicking nature is the best way to go.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Camshaft/timing chain

« on: December 11 2011, 01:22:24 PM »

Look on the inside of your timing cover...   on the boss the cam sensor pokes though is a boss of aluminum of unknown use.

The rollmasters are known to hit that flap of metal. A die grinder with a reinforced cutoff wheel will make quicker work of removing it (but smaller chips). a normal doublecut carbide burr will knock it down as well.

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General Buick Tech / Re: New lifter questions

« on: December 11 2011, 01:20:15 PM »

I take a small socket and a vise to squish the lifters that don't move. Thick goo will spurt out and everything seems to be fine after that.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: New Cell Phone-Which Brand?

« on: December 04 2011, 06:45:51 PM »

that reminds me. I need to get back on Ebay and find a deal on a Motorola Brick

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General Buick Tech / Re: New 87 GN (Topic merged with "It's On!" post)

« on: December 04 2011, 01:29:06 PM »

There's no reason to replace the adapter unless you have to.
 
 That being said look VERY closely at the area around the oval hole. From your pictures it looks like your paper might have curled up and took a little extra. That's the pressure feed for the engine. If that's low you might end up with a undercarriage anti-rust agent.