Forbidden Fruit, 6.8L PI 2v v10 build

[garrittpwl]

Another piece of the bottom end puzzle! Main studs!!!! Waiting on the side cap bolts now.. should be here between now and monday night .


Very exciting

Did you have to get two sets or were you able to source the correct amount for the v10?

 

[Snorky]

Did you have to get two sets or were you able to source the correct amount for the v10?

I bought the extra mains worth of arp straight from arp. Those are in the engine already. They made the main bores rounder and more in spec. Was shocked since I was expecting them to distort them more, making them more egged.

 

[Snorky]

Correction... logistics have surprised me once again. Arp side bolts have arrived. I am impressed... the studs were scheduled for tomorrow and the side bolts were for Monday. And here they both are. Ups guy has been running nitromethane.

 

[Snorky]

Nothing exciting this post as I spent yesterday being Paul Bunyan cutting down a 90 ft Norway maple with a hollow base in my front yard. But today I power washed and scrubbed red cars inner fender liners. Scuffed Them up and sprayed them satin black. Nice and pretty. When I get the car back next century I intend to do the rears as well.

I also tried spraying the spare tail light bezels gloss black but they turned out horrible. So I will need to resand and finish those. Have my new 3rd brake light and rear bumper reflectors ready to in as well. Oh and my new ebay tires came in. 265/35/18 lexani lxuhp-207s. 187 shipped to my door. Now I'm eyeballing up a set of the 285/35/18s for the rear. praying this thing get sprayed asap so I can just slam it all together and start cruising.