Project 68 The Great One

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sweet... now get to work.

I am at work ;)

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stopped by the shop today to get some pics of the motor

over all they said it was in good shape and had rebuilt before

bearing were in good shape and they said the cylinders were in good shape so they may just hone them

the cam however has been wiped but i got a new cam to go in it anyways

tomorrow the block gets hot tanked

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well my brother decided to do some work on the firewall while I was out of town

not to shabby of a start

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checked on the motor today

well they tried honing it but had issues so they decided to bore it out more

it was 40 over now its 60 over

the block is in the cast gray color right now but will be painted pontiac metallic blue









need to order my headers and I also ordered new valve covers for the motor

[jackfrost]

those are very nice covers... engine looks good. i just got mine back as well. i love freshly machine metal.

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those are very nice covers... engine looks good. i just got mine back as well. i love freshly machine metal.

who did your work? Kammer and Kammer in Huber Heights is doing mine

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who did your work? Kammer and Kammer in Huber Heights is doing mine

Dayton Crankshaft on Davis Ave. those guys are great, and will talk your ear off about cars any day.

[Motown 454]

Hi Andrew you guys are doing an awesome job. I've been watching for a while and look forward to your updates.
Wayne

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Hi Andrew you guys are doing an awesome job. I've been watching for a while and look forward to your updates.
Wayne

andrew???

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^^^....I think he was referencing Andrews thread by mistake, Andrew has the GTO Version 2.0 thread.

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My brother and I got some work done on the GTO today and found of course more rust spots but they dont look to bad

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[gearheads78]

looking good

I really like the valve covers

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well some slight bad news

I got a call saturday morning from a buddy who visits the shop frequently and they found a crack on one of the heads after cleaning them up. Crack is on the exterior but the thermostat hole I havent seen it yet but my brother and dad went to check it out. might be fixable but might be looking for another set of heads.

If I buy heads i'm not going real pricey i wouldn't mind finding just a nice decent set to get me buy for a couple years till I decide to go for some nicer heads $1,500-$2,000 is not in my budget for heads

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did some more sanding got rid of most of the old seam sealer around the wiper motor area



also gave the brake booster a shot of paint

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Head Pics my brother took these and sent them to me

they look pretty good except for the crack








You can see the crack in these pics

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well my brother talked to a friend of his who's family is in the race shop business and said head is toast I'm going to stop by the shop where the engine is at to talk to them about options

[jackfrost]

that's too bad. but core cast iron heads shouldn't be too expensive.

unless these are some rare casting?