Project Old School update

[CruizinKev]

nice project! covers look awesome

[minendrews68]

ANDREW!...Lookin' good, keep it up, 'cause since your ahead of me, I'll probably be asking you some questions when I run into them.

Carl

[Andrew McBride]

I picked up my modified F-body oil pan about a week ago. I had another stock F-body pan that is next to it for comparison. A buddy of mine who welded it did a fantastic job.



Got my new wilwood master cylinder. I waited for a month to get this thing in because the black ones were on back order through the dealer I went with.

Also, p/u an 02' Camaro radiator and fan set-up from a friend who had a wrecked Z28, the price was right! Free. The friend who welded my oil pan is going to help me weld some mounting brackets and then a piece of 3" aluminum channel to cover the top of the radiator. It should fit well and look pretty good. I am going to clean it up and paint the radiator 30% semi gloss like all my other parts.


I bought a stock pwr steering set-up off of ebay. The new ones were pricey, so I found a low mileage unit that should work great with my stock accessories.

I haven't got the motor back together, but here is a picture of the water pump painted up. I am trying my best to make it look kinda like an old school block, and I think it should turn out pretty cool when I am done. The alternator, all the bracketry, pulleys are painted a low semi gloss with Dupont high heat paint and so far everything has came out looking pretty good to me.

[zbugger]

Looks good Andrew. Way to go on the progress. Now I gotta do the same on mine.

[Jim Nilsen]

Wow, those covers really are creative. I like the way they look so far. You have me all ready to go with LS envy.

The engine really cleaned up nice and to have the wife help had to be fun, it seems to take so long doing it by yourself sometimes.

I got my power steering system off of ebay for $75 and so far it has worked with no problems, a new pulley and 2 new hoses and it was a done deal. Hope yours works as well.

Have a great holiday and look forward to a good year ahead.

[Motown 454]

Nice progress. The covers look great..

[Andrew McBride]

Here is my LS1 all painted up. The intake will be painted silver also. I was happy with the way it turned out.

[Smock67]

wow man the block came out awesome your hard work certainly paid off.

[bonecrrusher]

5 year build thread? Holy****! Engine looks awesome!

[Andrew McBride]

5 year build thread? Holy****! Engine looks awesome!

Yeah, well I have had the car since I was in High School. I will be done with college in May. I haven't had the $ to finish the car, and instead I work on little things to try and improve the car as much as possible. Hopefully things will change once I start making $ instead of paying it out in tuition!! My thoughts are I would rather do it right the first time and have a nice driver in the end.

Thanks for the compliment!!

[venturabeachpup]

Oh hec ya!!! That ls1 is pretty! Good job. Keep us posted on the brakes too.

[bonecrrusher]

Trust me I understand about time... It took me 6 years to to finish up undergrad and grad school... I got a nice paying job, and 2 weeks later I bought my Vette, lol! It only had 7k miles on it when I got it.

I also know about funds, I just bought a house on Wednesday! So no more car projects for awhile, haha!

[LeighP]

Engine looks great....leave the CORVETTE in silver like an alloy cover...looks good!

[Andrew McBride]

This weekend I made a little progress on the motor and front suspension. I am sending my power steering box off for upgrades and then it is done.

I also decided to paint the intake a cast color. Still a long ways to go but hopefully once we get into our new house I will have more updates. Trying to work on my car an hour away at my parents place has been a bit challenging.

Here are the pictures

[Motown 454]

It looks great nice work.

[bonecrrusher]

Looking nice!

[Andrew McBride]

My father helped me this past weekend on my car. We got the LS1 in the camaro. There hasn't been a motor in the car in almost 8 years, so it was nice to see more of the car coming together!
Also, I installed a set of bolt in subframe connectors that I bought used off of craigslist. They needed a little welding and paint, but they are finally in.
I am going back and triple checking all my bolts and hopefully before too long I can purchase a T56 for the car.

I hope to get the caprice tank re-installed this next weekend.

[minendrews68]

OK, I'm jealous....I told you you'd finish first!.. Mine is still sitting where it was when you saw it last. I think since it's not eating anything I'll just leave it alone until I can gather up some more money and time to start again. Man the motor looks good.

How's that new home coming. We still need to talk about your kitchen....

Carl

[Andrew McBride]

Carl,

glad to hear you are keeping the car. I will give you a shout soon. The house is great. I am about to get the garage finished up and hopefully I can bring the car down to the new house and really start making some progress.

[Andrew McBride]

I picked up a 2000 SS T56 w/ 90K this past weekend. I spent an hour or so scrubbing on it this evening. I was told it was in good working order, but I am going to have a trans shop go through it before installing it.