Allthrottleandsomebottle

414 cid tear down
Chainfall came in handy for the hood removal

chevy406

So, you got the hood off? Get back out there and do work.

LoneStarFRC

Wow, is that a custom made dip stick? It almost looks like a ratch...., oh, wait. Nevermind.
I take it it's a tad nippy outside there, hence the potted plants.

Wisdom

I can't decide if it's a grow room that doubles as a garage or a garage doing duty as a grow room. Either way, I'm envious of the ceiling height, the lift (I think), and the chain hoist!

m6 c5

Its about 34 now...

Allthrottleandsomebottle

Time to just get the hood off was in short supply!
Yepper, one big plant in hibernation
When I built the house in 91', I knew what it needed
It's a 2 post 9K# lift, 220V........many a car/truck has been on it

Wisdom

I'm looking at doing a rear main seal laying on the cold wet ground here in Houston, so seeing your setup made me buy another lottery ticket! Anyway, sir, this is your thread - have had it - help me learn!

- Wisdom

Supercharged111

Dude, it's winter in TX, how bad could that be? Like summer everywhere else?

EBvette02

Wisdom

Very good, point taken. I grew up in Massachusetts and I go backpacking. I have a lot of cold weather gear... but I don't like laying on my back on cold ground with that expensive gear on. Besides, cold is relative, I've been in Texas for over 30 years following military service. In any event, I'm not the topic. I want to see AllThrottle do his tear down so I can learn something. I unexpectedly took my car 'mudding' a little while ago, so I'll be driving it for awhile. I'd like to learn how to do as much engine work as possible because it's difficult to find cheap trustable shops. So let's stop the detour and return his thread to him.

Allthrottleandsomebottle

Had a couple hours today, coils, covers @ alt gone too

knew the intake was cracked in the back......

Intake runner has been worked a lot

Supercharged111

NOS backfire?

happiedazs

for some of us less experienced guys, could you indicate what we are looking at and any issues/problems we are looking at. I think I see the crack in the runners that you speak of.

Thanks

RonSSNova

It is obviously some sort of custom intake manifold. With a nice crack in the rear that was at one time fixed with duct tape. I see no nitrous lines in the engine bay.
A puzzling post with no info...........

Allthrottleandsomebottle

The intake was rubbing on the firewall and poor welding/fab of the aluminum made the crack..........
I found the crack after we could not tune the idle worth a shiattttttttttte. Tape worked fine
No gas on this car that I know of.
Here is a link to my thread that you can hear the problem of why its in th tear down mode

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-c...414ci-17k.html

RonSSNova

Ah, I noticed the metal was rather thin where the weld broke as well. Didn't idle well? Only a small vacuum leak.
I imagine you will modify the intake so it doesn't hit.

So, did you ever fix the rotating assembly?

Supercharged111

Well, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one working on projects from that long ago. . .

Allthrottleandsomebottle

I have 2 other C5s to drive so.......its taken time, fixing broken Fords and what not too
No rotating fix yet, that's what I am finally getting too!
I will likely fix the intake, its cool but not the best for non FI power
Seems the longer I wait, the cheaper the fix will be

RonSSNova

It looks like just a box, essentially no runner length. A short ram.
Unless there are runners lurking inside.

Have fun!

Allthrottleandsomebottle

Got some more done.............pretty close to yankin