A peak at whats going on!

g36 monkey · Aug 26, 2015

everything you post makes me drool!

ttocs · Aug 27, 2015

g36 monkey said:
everything you post makes me drool!

I heard a while back that any post makes you drool. wooden, metal or other

g36 monkey · Aug 30, 2015

ttocs said:
I heard a while back that any post makes you drool. wooden, metal or other

That's supposed to be a secret!

95opal · Oct 2, 2015

Final assembly is underway.

new one piece hardend pushrods

comp cams ultra pro magnum chromemoly rockers

ready to start setting valve lash

valve lash set intake gasket mock up

boom intake on and torqued to spec

Had to notch the valve cover to clear the blower intake elbow. Hopefully finish polishing them up and installed over the weekend.

And a better pic of the smoothed cowl Im patiently waiting on to return from my painter

With a little luck I will have this motor wrapped up this week and start to fully concentrate on the interior fabrication.

Tony · Oct 2, 2015

looks awesome man that intake is polished to the max lol. are the v/c's black on sides polished on tops?

95opal · Oct 3, 2015

Tony said:
looks awesome man that intake is polished to the max lol. are the v/c's black on sides polished on tops?

Used to be polished to the max, I had it chrome powder coated for ease of maintenance. Yes the covers are black and polished, see below

evilcw311 · Oct 3, 2015

95opal said:
Used to be polished to the max, I had it chrome powder coated for ease of maintenance. Yes the covers are black and polished, see below

That pic.................

..........I need a towel.......... $-)

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castine917 · Oct 3, 2015

Which headers are you using? They appear to have good clearance and the 3 inch wide bolt pattern.

95opal said:

g36 monkey · Oct 4, 2015

Damn, I'm excited!

duh09 · Oct 5, 2015

I've heard the chrome powdercoating doesn't hold up particularly well compared to other powdercoating finishes. I was wanting to get a lot of stuff on my supermoto build chrome powder'd but was a little nervous about it but if you're putting it on this car, then I think I may have to rethink my plans because I'm getting tired of polishing little bits lol.

95opal · Oct 7, 2015

castine917 said:
Which headers are you using? They appear to have good clearance and the 3 inch wide bolt pattern.

The headers are modified BBK's that I had ceramic coated

g36 monkey said:
Damn, I'm excited!

Don't get to excited still battling some clearance issues but I do have them sorted out now. Just had to do a little reworking of the driverside valve cover lol

duh09 said:
I've heard the chrome powdercoating doesn't hold up particularly well compared to other powdercoating finishes. I was wanting to get a lot of stuff on my supermoto build chrome powder'd but was a little nervous about it but if you're putting it on this car, then I think I may have to rethink my plans because I'm getting tired of polishing little bits lol.

I haven't heard of any real known issues with the chrome powder compared to other colors. I do know from previous things Ive had coated that any type of cleaner besides soap and water will kill the powder. In my case I went with the chrome powder because polishing that lower intake constantly would be the death of me. If the powder fails I can simple pop the lower off and have it repowdered. Not ideal I know but sure beats trying to keep all those small pockets and curves polished on the lower.

g36 monkey · Oct 7, 2015

Hopefully that chrome holds up then! And man there will be a lot of little things that hem up here and there but it's coming!

95opal · Oct 8, 2015

g36 monkey said:
Hopefully that chrome holds up then! And man there will be a lot of little things that hem up here and there but it's coming!

Only time will tell with the powder, not really worried about it. Always a ton of tweeking , it never ends lol.
Anyway cover is back in one piece and I re sprayed both of them last night so that issue is over on to the next lol

g36 monkey · Oct 10, 2015

Looks killer!

95opal · Oct 23, 2015

Mile stone reached,,, all wiring and plumbing complete in the bay just waiting on my painter to finish up the firewall cover, rad cover and cowl panel and we can drop the hood on and close it.

brendancunningham · Oct 23, 2015

I just read this whole thread now I have to change my underwear.
This build is amazing, mad props

g36 monkey · Oct 24, 2015

That looks incredible! Try to get some shots of it standing back so we can see it in all it's capacious glory!

The question is, have you started it yet?!?

95opal · Oct 25, 2015

g36 monkey said:
That looks incredible! Try to get some shots of it standing back so we can see it in all it's capacious glory!

The question is, have you started it yet?!?

Tew I was trying to show the injector wiring and modified valve covers lol. Ill post complete pics once all the panels are in and right now my painter is holding me up on that. As far as starting her im still a bit away from that as i need to wire up the fuel pump, fuel pump controller and water pump. All that is on hold till I can complete the center console that will house the switch panel for all that stuff. So your going to have to wait on the start up vids for a while as I just started making the templates for the console. I have about a month to get shit done before I head yourvway for the winter. More than likely it will be an early summer start up as theres no way i will be getting everything done that is needed to start her up before I leave. I also need to get a start up tune as im a but worried these 80# injectors will wash the cylinder walls if i try to get it running on my old tune. So hang in there a little longer lol