well I spent most of the weekend putting the motor together.

I have been running into many little problems but so far its comming together. First I put the old LT4 ED timing set on the motor and I just didnt like the amout of slop that was in the chain. It doesnt have many mile on the timing set but its was used from the old motor so I ordered a Cloyes double roller. Put that on Saturday morning. I degreed the cam and it is supposed to be installed at 108ICL. actual came in at 107. I'm leaving it there. I decided its not worth the hastle of trying to move it with offset bushings.

I had to clearance the timing cover a bit for the new chain... put the oil pump and pan on. Today I checked piston to valve clearance and came up with .120" intake and .200"+ on the exhaust. This was really good news for me because I was really worried about this with close to .700" lift. But all is ok.

Got the heads on tonight and it looks great. But I noticed that the front oil drain hole is blocked by the head gasket and casting on the block. I will have to pull the head again to clearance the block. I'll start working on that this week.

Hopefully I'll have itback in the car in the next 3-4 weekends or so.

heres a pic of the progress:

 

Looking good! I'll get the injectors to you ASAP. Keep forgeting to put them in the truck when I'm home.

 

John, I'll get them from you someday... I dont need them today or anything. They will probably be one of the last things to go on. I dont plan on installing any fuel rails till the motor is in the car anyway.

 

I can't wait to see you make some runs. Been a long time, man.
I'm putting money down that there will be some air under the front tires...

 

The Projectz28 is 97TransAm's R&D vehicle?????

 

sssssshhhhhh!!!!! (Pretty cool, though, don't you think? )