Buccaneer Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 The new, new motor went in today and is about half done. I should be able to fire it up next saturday if all goes well. Stop by if you like to hear the noise... BTW: I case you didn't know, this new motor is a 383. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Cool that its back and in, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for ya this time...383 ? are you gonna run down Jim's 84? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Glad to hear the new new motor going back in. Fingers crossed for ya also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted August 20, 2006 Author Share Posted August 20, 2006 Thanks guys...Funny you should mention that Dwayne. Jim and I had talked about that same thing yesterday. I suggested we go to the track and do a side by side run. I also hope that everything goes well this time. 82 stroker vs 84 stroker, should be neat race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Everything is just about hooked up. Waiting for new valve covers and fan switch to arrive so I can fire it up. Hey Mike, where did you put the headers bolts and the stage 8 locks? Did you throw them away? J/K...I found them tucked away under some other parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F22trainer Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Everything is just about hooked up. Waiting for new valve covers and fan switch to arrive so I can fire it up. Hey Mike, where did you put the headers bolts and the stage 8 locks? Did you throw them away? J/K...I found them tucked away under some other parts. ...so that's what I had in my pocket glad to hear it is back in. Did you paint yet?hope to see you around soon.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakMajik Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Glad everything seems to be planning out ok. I'll be glad when the day comes where i can fire mine back up. Let us know how it goes at the track when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 The wait is killing me, I want to fire it up today, but it won't happen until this weekend at best. waiting for two parts to arrive. LOL...Mike U-da-Man! Stop by for the break-in if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F22trainer Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 The wait is killing me, I want to fire it up today, but it won't happen until this weekend at best. waiting for two parts to arrive. LOL...Mike U-da-Man! Stop by for the break-in if you like.When??? Might need directions again too...I'm always out that way - can't wait to hear it! Keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Will do! Nope, no paint yet, waaay tooo HOT. I'll be doing that when the temps go down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Ok...The motor install is done along with everything connected. I was going to fire it up on saturday, but I wanted to go to Phil's as well. So I'm going to fire it up tomorrow instead. Jim from the CFI forum said he'd come over and give me a hand since he's off. He just tweaked his motor in to pass emissions today so he's bringing that bin over also. Hopefully everything will go smooth and she will be running again. More later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1EvilC5 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Tom, Just drove past your neighborhood earlier around 4:30 and was wondering if you were working on it. Hope all goes well and we see you on Saturday. Phil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Should have stopped in Phil. I think I was finishing it up around that time or really close to that. I'm crossing my fingers for sure that everything goes well this time. Jim wants to go around the block after we do the cam break-in for a quick ride...Maybe I'll sneak around the block, it's not registered yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I'm sure keeping my fingers crossed for you, I hope it goes way better this time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I'm sure keeping my fingers crossed for you, I hope it goes way better this time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 If you're going to sneak it out, make it Sat and bring it by Phil's. We'd all like to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 If you're going to sneak it out, make it Sat and bring it by Phil's. We'd all like to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Sorry, no way would I drive it that far over to Phil's, even though it's only a couple miles. I feel very leery about going around the block in as it is. The way my luck has been going, a Gilbert cop will probably be waiting for me to come around the corner and ask just WTF are you doing and then slap me with a nice fine. I can wait a few more weeks to get it emissioned, registered and through some black primer on it so it doesn't look so bad as a multi color vette... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 Well, I started the new motor up and it seems to be great! Oil pressure was fine @75psi cold and @35psi warm. Engine temp stayed @ about 195-200 the entire time. No knocking or any other strange noises and that's a good thing. we swapped out the stock computer and installed the new moded comp and ran into a small snag. I'm a tad low on vacuum so we didn't balance the TBs or do any real tweaking yet. loaded the big cam and small bin files just to see how it would run seems to like either one. It was running a little lean at first, then wwe adjusted the BPW and now it's fat! LOL! Tomorrow Jim is coming over agian and we'll tweak on it more after we run the WinALDL to see what's really going on. Anyway, it sounds awesome with a very nice thump to it at idle. So, so far I'm a happy camper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1FASTC4 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Hey man... pictures... we want pictures!!!!! Show us this the heart of the beast!I have a stroker, can I run w/ you guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 I'll take a few pics tomorrow. Steve, You can run with us...you just can't use the bottle... and leave us eating your dust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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