LenWoodruff

Most of you have seen my postings about my motor perils after having a shop rebuild my motor last May and the following oil usage and water in the oil.

Here are some progress pictures from the new shop of the short block.

New Scat Rods

Hypereutectic .040 pistons

Lunati Bracket Master Cam and Lifters

Still to come Edelbrock Aluminum 185 CC heads w/ 2.02 valves.

drwet

Looks nice. I hope you have better luck with this one than you did with the last one!

ajrothm

Looking good Len!

Looks like this one is done right. Should run quite a bit stronger too with some good heads.


Make sure they put sealant on the rocker arm studs on the new heads!!

LenWoodruff

I am sure they will. The machinist is very particular about what he does. That's why he is going through the new Edelbrock heads to make sure they are perfect.

ezobens

So was there ever a verdict on what all was wrong with the build from the last shop?

LenWoodruff

In summary the main issue was the oil usage (1 qt every 300 miles) because the valve guides were not done correctly.

The heads were taken off to fix the valve guides but did not do a pressure test after the re-assembly. So the coolant leak wasn't found until there was damage done to the valve train that lead to metal from the cam going flat in the engine.

theandies

Len, Glad to see your saga is almost over.......I hope.

Thanks for letting us know the final verdict of your last motor rebuild as I was watching that thread and lost track of it.

LenWoodruff

May 31, 2017 is when I picked up the car with the rebuilt motor which is when the saga began.

I am 100% confident in this new shop. They are doing several cars from our Corvette Club so I know those people would only trust the best.

I am hoping to have the car back next week. But I will wait to make it 100%

427Hotrod

Spend time on your tune. Not sure what final compression will be...but hypereutectic pistons don't like detonation. Don't let it ping or rattle ever.

JIM

LenWoodruff

Will do Jim. They indicated right at 10:1 compression with the Edelbrock heads. I always run 93 octane gas so that helps too.

EarlyC34me

Good luck with the new engine. Looking good.

LenWoodruff

Your welcome. Thanks for everyone's help & support through this time.

jb78L-82

Exactly Jim which is why I used JE Forged racing pistons in my L-82 355 in 2014 with 10.2 compression with the AFR heads. I run 89 octane with 1 7/8 LTH headers and a roller cam and have zero ping under any throttle positions including low RPM lugging. It will not ping but I did have to richen the jets up after the headers went on.

LenWoodruff

Here are some pics from the fully assembled engine. Looks like it will be back in the car tomorrow for break in.

The heads had a couple valves that were not perfect. They corrected that and now the heads are perfect.

I am stoked. This will be the best engine the Vette has ever had.

ajrothm

Looks great man!

10-1 comp, some decent heads.... should be a fun ride this time around.

LenWoodruff

Thanks Alan. I can hardly wait.

LenWoodruff

I just got it back Friday and drove it home. I drove it today it it runs great! Will do some more tests when I get time to take it to a long stretch of highway.

Here are some pictures back in its home (engine bay) and ready to rumble.

theandies

Is that a numbers matching block and your car, for the most part original?
I just never got over the Corporate Blue paint. I'd have gone Chevy Orange myself.

Great you have it back and it's running well after all you went though.

LenWoodruff

The block and crank are original.

I kept all of the original parts like the heads & rods etc.

Backstop

Corporate Blue looks better with a silver car in my opinion. I have a silver car with blue interior, if I ever pull my engine out I want to switch from orange to blue.