So I'm on Woodward with my 12 year old son in the '80 pro-street.
I stop to top off at the Speedway in Birmingham and when I re-start the motor it sounds amazingly like a pushrod end or rocker arm breaks and starts
making racket. Oh well, I got another 427 I was gonna drop in it after
the cruise anyway.Funny thing is, after sitting for about 15 minutes while I
pull both valve covers off the hot s.o.b.,just to find no damage anywhere,
it drives back home to Pontiac without giving up the ghost.Must have been
trying to tell me something though.At least the other motor is the better of the two anyway.

 

dang, thats not the right spot to have car trouble's. glad it fixed it self at least long enough for you to get it home. I was there with my dad in his T/A. TONS of cool cars out. awesome!
chris

 

Old motor is out......please standby.

 

New motor is in and it's a monster.
I went ahead and put the 4500 stall converter in the car also.
I missed Woodward by a day, but the rest of the summer should be fun!

 

ayeah? whats this engine include? 4500 conv. is pretty serious for a big block car. what does that thing foot brake to? I do miss my big block. maybe one day I'll rebuild it and put it in the Iroc.
chris

 

The car is a '80 Z-28.It got a backhalf tub job about 14 years ago.
Ladder bar, coil over suspension w/ 9 inch rear. 4.88 gears and spool.
The new motor is a .030" over 427.
13.5-1 Arias pistons, Lunati Pro-mod rods, Steel crank, -840 Chevy
rect. port heads w 2.30/1.90 valves, Holley strip dominator intake,830
double pumper,Crane .630 lift solid flat tappet cam.Heads and intake are
aggressively ported and epoxied.
It is very snotty indeed!