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04-02-2005, 11:41 AM
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Project "Rainy Day Engine Swap" progress
Well, its 12:40 and I have everything disconnected off the motor and tranny in the truck. It's ready to get yanked and dropped back into the camaro where is belongs 8) . I'm just taking a little breather right now, that and there is no one around right now to help me take the hood off, so I can't pull the motor yet. Stay tuned for the dramatic conclusion of "Rainy Day Engine Swap"
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and 1 more smart ass answer by you and i'm going to reach into this monitor and grab you by the throat
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04-02-2005, 01:39 PM
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Good luck man!
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04-02-2005, 04:43 PM
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My dad and I tried to do a 'rainy day cam swap' because my friend gave me a cam for my birthday last week. We took EVERYTHING apart; radiators off, power steering, alternator, distributer, intake, took the pushrods out cause we're changing the lifters too, timing cover, timing chain, get the original cam 1/2 way out, and I was looking at the new lifters box.
hmm, funny, these dont look like roller lifters. I open the box, they're not. My friend told comp specificially that i had a zz4 thats basically stock. They sent him a flat tappet cam plain old hydraulic instead of a hydraulic roller that ALL zz4s have.
soooooo, the project is temporarily put on hold til i get the cam back to him and stuff. I feel bad cause the cost of a roller cam is the reason i kept saying 'don't get me a cam for my birthday' and now i guess he's seeing why. I'll probably make up the difference in the cost cause i really dont want him spending that much on me.
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04-02-2005, 11:19 PM
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Heh Ian, when I swung by to give you the money your mom said you were an idiot. LOL Something about the last swap you did was in the rain also. 
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04-03-2005, 01:29 AM
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well, its all over and the camaro is running. Yeah, I am an idiot and the last motor swap was also done in the pouring rain. I guess I'm just lucky like that. Anyway, I'm waiting for the possible phone calls tomorrow because I didn't get it running until about 2 in the morning .
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04-03-2005, 12:26 PM
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04-03-2005, 01:59 PM
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is that the original engine from the camaro???
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04-03-2005, 06:44 PM
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is that the original engine from the camaro???
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yeah it is. I blew up the 305 that was in the truck one thanksgiving weekend, so we had to put the 355 from the camaro into the truck so I could get back to school. It's been in there ever since, but now its back where it belongs 8).
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04-04-2005, 09:40 AM
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Major projects always seem to get done in the worst weather, right **insert name of everyone who has helped me with my car**?
Glad to hear the Camaro is complete again Ian, hopefully you will have better luck selling it, or maybe get a surprise windfall of cash so you can keep it 
- Justin
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