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General Discussion / Re: Camaro sunoco 1969 tribut
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General Discussion / Re: Camaro sunoco 1969 tribut
« on: July 26, 2020, 08:35:29 PM »
Wow, the car looks stunning so far and I'm honored that you followed my ZL-1 built thread! 
Keep up the good work, brother!
Keep up the good work, brother!
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Garage Talk / Re: Outstanding car designs
« on: June 13, 2020, 07:35:06 AM »
As much as I love my 69 Camaro there’s nothing that compete with a 1937 Delahaye
Type: Type 135 MS Special Roadster when it comes to outstanding design, period!
Type: Type 135 MS Special Roadster when it comes to outstanding design, period!
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General Discussion / Re: C.I Exhasut Manifolds, paint or no paint
« on: June 09, 2020, 06:17:29 AM »
Perfect Mike, I’ll try this during the winter!
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General Discussion / Re: C.I Exhasut Manifolds, paint or no paint
« on: June 08, 2020, 05:58:47 AM »Yes, that's the very one.Great!
And it wouldn’t be a problem to add this despite the manifolds is used but fairly new and already mounted?
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General Discussion / Re: C.I Exhasut Manifolds, paint or no paint
« on: June 07, 2020, 07:28:23 PM »I bought mine at Home Depot. Yes, it's the Blaster Graphite Dry lube spray.
What I did with the can was to put it upside down and using a brick to place on the can to hold the nozzle in until the propellant was gone. Then using a can opener, open the bottom and pour the contents into an empty jar. I used a 1" foam paint pad to apply the graphite onto the manifolds. After it dries, and a few engine cycles later, the slight gloss from the solvent will be gone. If you rub your hand on it you can possibly get some minor smudge on your skin but it washes off easy. Any touch-ups are easy by using a cotton ball dipped in graphite. Keep mixing the jar to keep the graphite suspended in the solvent.
Mike
Wow, you mean like this one:
https://blastercorp.com/product/graphite-dry-lubricant/
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General Discussion / Re: C.I Exhasut Manifolds, paint or no paint
« on: June 06, 2020, 07:18:30 AM »Graphite spray works excellent and doesn't burn or peel off with age. It can be applied with a foam brush and can be touched up easily with a cotton ball dipped in the graphite solution. It is a little darker than natural cast iron but it outperforms paint. You can get a can of graphite spray from places like Home Depot. I use it on my BB stock manifolds after the 1200 degree paints failed after a few months, even with following the cure steps to the letter.Where do you get this spray...I can’t find any products to buy?
Mike
It’s not graphite spray that works as lubrication you mean, huh?
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General Discussion / Re: Camaro sunoco 1969 tribut
« on: May 22, 2020, 06:42:50 AM »Cool! I also built my own ZL-1 engine and put in my X44 Camaro!Wow, you’re really cookin with gas here!thank you
Very serious and super interesting build thread, I love it!
Are you going to have a ZL-1 engine in it too, due to your nice nick name?
I mounted several aluminum motors in several SB and BB cars.
I mounted a ZL1 in a 1968 camaro.
And my camaro will receive a DONOVAN cross-ram aluminum SB.
I like the aluminum engine or my nickname.
You can se my build thread here, http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=13680.0
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General Discussion / Re: Camaro sunoco 1969 tribut
« on: May 16, 2020, 07:29:02 AM »
Wow, you’re really cookin with gas here! 
Very serious and super interesting build thread, I love it!
Are you going to have a ZL-1 engine in it too, due to your nice nick name?
Very serious and super interesting build thread, I love it!
Are you going to have a ZL-1 engine in it too, due to your nice nick name?
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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: December 06, 2019, 07:28:10 PM »
As I wrote above I couldn't use the air fitting, it didn't fit my heads specially when the manifolds are mounted so I had to go with the old school way with a cable inserted in the plug hole.
I also used two different tools if you read a couple of posts back and this last one was absolute must to reach no 7 valves when the engine still is in the car....
This worked perfect for me and cot nothing cause I lended the tools!
I also used two different tools if you read a couple of posts back and this last one was absolute must to reach no 7 valves when the engine still is in the car....
This worked perfect for me and cot nothing cause I lended the tools!
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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: December 06, 2019, 06:37:04 AM »A nice addition to anyone's toy,err, tool box.Yuup but in my case as a poor Camaro-owner, a borrowed item!
It’s like $ 210 in US but smooth like warm butter to use....
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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: December 05, 2019, 10:23:44 PM »
I finally got the last seal in place, this was a job that took a while but it was quite fun when you're not in a hurry.! 
I had to change to another, and extremly serious, valve compression tool from LSM Racing Products.
This was because the lack of space for the other tool when trying to remove the spring for the intake valve of cyl no 7.
I also needed to take the the lid of the wiper motor as well to gain those extra space for the new tool.
But this spring compression tool worked lika a charm and was extremly simple and safe to use and of course made in USA!
Now it´s time for my back to rest and I will continue next time with valve adjustments and my goal is to have that part done before X-mas!
I had to change to another, and extremly serious, valve compression tool from LSM Racing Products.
This was because the lack of space for the other tool when trying to remove the spring for the intake valve of cyl no 7.
I also needed to take the the lid of the wiper motor as well to gain those extra space for the new tool.
But this spring compression tool worked lika a charm and was extremly simple and safe to use and of course made in USA!
Now it´s time for my back to rest and I will continue next time with valve adjustments and my goal is to have that part done before X-mas!
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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: November 10, 2019, 05:46:43 PM »
Got my valve holder thing home the other day but I couldn´t use it because the threads are too short to reach the spark plug hole...I had to go with the old school trick with a small rope or electric cable instead and it worked just fine!
Cylinder 1 is done and no 6 is the next to go before I turn the engine 90 degrees and do the next in pair.
I will take my time with this and it´s so nice to work on my Camaro at home instead of working on my 1971 Chris Craft XK-19 that's in a cold boat shed 9 miles from home!
To be continued in a slow pace...
Cylinder 1 is done and no 6 is the next to go before I turn the engine 90 degrees and do the next in pair.
I will take my time with this and it´s so nice to work on my Camaro at home instead of working on my 1971 Chris Craft XK-19 that's in a cold boat shed 9 miles from home!
To be continued in a slow pace...
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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: November 04, 2019, 06:44:29 AM »keep up the good work.Thanks my friends!
Yes valve seals can make a huge difference, especially if yours were loose or letting oil get by. (ask me how I know..lol)
The right tool makes it easy process. should be done pretty quick. Maybe have it back on the road before snow?
Hopefully you are right but I will use the long winter here in Sweden to work properly on it.
Just realized that I have to take the wiper engine away to get acces for the valve compression tool.....
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Mild Modifications / Re: The Hugger goes ZL-1....
« on: November 03, 2019, 09:48:10 PM »
Well, I haven't stopped working on the ZL-1 but autumn is always a busy time with a lot of other things to take care of.
But here is an update to keep you guys warm!
Regarding the rather high oil consumption that we have had since we fired the engine up it was a huge approvement when I mounted the oil bypass valve that was missing and didn't come with the ZL-1 block! I still think it smokes to much when you hit the pedal-to-the-metal but I don't know...it´s a complete new engine with very few miles on it and maybe its normal?
Then I remembered something that my engine guy said about the valve stem seals and that he had to reuse the ones that came with the heads from US because he had trouble finding seals with high quality to fit inside the double springs....you can see the white and rather stiff seals through the springs here:
Hmm, could changing the seals be a solution for decreasing the oil consumption?
I had to try so I took a valve cover of, removed a set of springs and checked the white seal....it was very loose on the valve guide but ok with the valve stem.
Could these little suckers really work as small pumps and shot so much oil into to the cylinders that it would cause gun smoke from the exhaust!?
Well I think they can so I will change them and preferable without taking the engine out too...
I asked some of the big block buddies I have and they all preferred the seals made of Viton.
Checking the interweb gave me a company with a lot of fun stuff for us Chevy-guys, LPC or Liberty Performance Components https://www.libertyperformance.com
LPC had the perfect Viton seals for me that actually fit the valve guides on my heads so I don't need to machine the guides to make the seals to fit!
I placed an order and had the lite bag with the seals within a week here in Sweden!
Not hard to see the difference between the seals, huh?
Test fitted a seal and I think this is going to be just perfect:
Sadly I couldn't finish the job cause the spak plug because the air valve holder didn't fit my heads when the manifolds are mounted and I don't want to take them of. I ordered this one below that will make it easier to mount but it hasn't arrived from the US yet:
So this is how it looks in the engine bay right now:
I will take my time to finish this properly and do the valve adjust next spring and hopefully we will have a ZL-1 in the Hugger that's smokes a little bit less!
But here is an update to keep you guys warm!
Regarding the rather high oil consumption that we have had since we fired the engine up it was a huge approvement when I mounted the oil bypass valve that was missing and didn't come with the ZL-1 block! I still think it smokes to much when you hit the pedal-to-the-metal but I don't know...it´s a complete new engine with very few miles on it and maybe its normal?
Then I remembered something that my engine guy said about the valve stem seals and that he had to reuse the ones that came with the heads from US because he had trouble finding seals with high quality to fit inside the double springs....you can see the white and rather stiff seals through the springs here:
Hmm, could changing the seals be a solution for decreasing the oil consumption?
I had to try so I took a valve cover of, removed a set of springs and checked the white seal....it was very loose on the valve guide but ok with the valve stem.
Could these little suckers really work as small pumps and shot so much oil into to the cylinders that it would cause gun smoke from the exhaust!?
Well I think they can so I will change them and preferable without taking the engine out too...
I asked some of the big block buddies I have and they all preferred the seals made of Viton.
Checking the interweb gave me a company with a lot of fun stuff for us Chevy-guys, LPC or Liberty Performance Components https://www.libertyperformance.com
LPC had the perfect Viton seals for me that actually fit the valve guides on my heads so I don't need to machine the guides to make the seals to fit!
I placed an order and had the lite bag with the seals within a week here in Sweden!
Not hard to see the difference between the seals, huh?
Test fitted a seal and I think this is going to be just perfect:
Sadly I couldn't finish the job cause the spak plug because the air valve holder didn't fit my heads when the manifolds are mounted and I don't want to take them of. I ordered this one below that will make it easier to mount but it hasn't arrived from the US yet:
So this is how it looks in the engine bay right now:
I will take my time to finish this properly and do the valve adjust next spring and hopefully we will have a ZL-1 in the Hugger that's smokes a little bit less!