So, what did you do today?

[Pranav]

Haven't touched the car since TWS. Feels good.

[Supercharged111]

I haven't touched mine since October and I'm getting itchy. I snagged some nice clean spindles yesterday in hopes of undoing what I did this year.

[Pranav]

I've been messing with my truck, cleaning up wiring for my auxiliary stuff and giving it a much overdue detail. Up next clean up garage and hopefully buy/setup a new welder. Next up do some quick work on the trailer, THEN I'll finally touch the car.

[Supercharged111]

Next up for me is swapping the marine intake onto my truck, then dyno prep Camaro, then track prep it. Before Hallett I really need to repack all 4 trailer bearings though. Then I can get the supercharger on the truck.

[marshall_mosty]

Have the engine at the builder. Injectors are out being cleaned. New fuel pressure regulator and gauge ready to install and have the transmission ready to go back together (replacing leaking cluster race)... The most of all this will happen the week of Christmas.

[Fbody383]

Got one of the blind hole bearings out of an input shaft... the one without the new bearing on it. Worst case just order another input shaft bearing. Plan L, or whatever we're on, may be to weld a nut to the race to get it pulled.

[marshall_mosty]

My car ate 4 pistons, bearings (both rod and main) was well as the rings... JOY!!!
Merry Christmas to me...


Going forward to not do this again
1. Degree the short block and scribe a "perfect" 10-deg BTDC mark on the balancer
2. Use 45psi of static fuel pressure (vacuum pulled)
3. Not going over 32-deg total timing on the tune
4. Putting in new "quick bleed" lifters that are supposed to tolerate high RPM better
5. New fuel pressure regulator and guage

[Supercharged111]

Exotic lifters for an AI engine? Seems overkill.

[marshall_mosty]

Exotic lifters for an AI engine? Seems overkill.

No, just the $185 Ford Racing lifters vs. the "stock" $135 lifters...

[Fbody383]

Apparently, if you don't line up #29 and #35 (1st and 2nd gear blocker rings) when you press the 1/2 slider hub onto the mainshaft, you will push the keys out of the slider assembly. Only takes 2... maybe 3 tries to get it right.