Part three, Rebirth of the unicorn
Sent crank and stuff out for polishing, and started to measure for bearings
Since the old cast cam was trash, I went with a billet cam from lunati
And with that, we have a rebuilt motor!
Link bar lifters will not come out with heads on, FYI
All done!
All the familar places, mated back to a trans and K
Went to town with even more heat wrap, if some is good, more must be better!
What more than likely killed the motor last time was solved with an ARP stud, and steel hold down.
And its back in!
Mounted up my PCM, it had previously just kinda sat on trans tunnel
Tackled wiring up gauges in hopes of stashing them where teh HVAC controls used to be
Finally, the official rebirth idle clip!
Some completed engine bay shots, had painted it during this time round
Wired up my BLS camaro LT1 HID kit
And that is where it stands today, few more nights of wrenching and should be able to start driving it again.