H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.

Nmbr1GMfan · 08-10-2019, 07:43 PM

Autumn and my son in law took the car to a friend today so we could get a little help replacing the rear firewall since the one I built was slightly less than ideal haha.

Nmbr1GMfan · 08-10-2019, 08:02 PM

Did some lifter things, wash tank things and more measuring things. Back at it tomorrow.

Nmbr1GMfan · 08-11-2019, 09:42 PM

We ran out this morning to peek at the new firewall and it's coming along nicely. made a little headway today checking stuff, cleaning parts and decking the block. Just ordered parts we need for this week, I feel some next day shipments are on the horizon.

Nmbr1GMfan · 08-12-2019, 09:20 PM

Had an abbreviated day today but still managed to get the block washed and all the rings filed. Cam came in today and lots of parts showing up tomorrow.

Nmbr1GMfan · 08-13-2019, 09:28 PM

Not sure why bearing issues seem to follow me around but I've bounced back and fourth between Clevite and King bearings and let me tell you the King's are far superior. Every King set measures dead on and the Clevites seem to not be consistent with their coatings. Didn't get the results I was looking for so I next dayed a set of King's for tomorrow, hopefully that takes care of that. We did manage to salvage some time and get the rods on the pistons, get the rings on, freeze plugs in, as many cam bearings in as we could still on the stand, installed the dowels and cleaned up the rear cap for the oil pump. Autumn helped out on some big boy stuff today too. Fingers crossed for the bearings tomorrow and we'll start final assembly.

Nmbr1GMfan · 08-14-2019, 10:09 PM

It does seem like these updates are getting later and later doesn't it? Ahhh bearings you can count on (still not impressed with Dart's machining). Seems like all we do is measure stuff and wash stuff, but every once in a while we actually torque stuff for a final time, and we got to do just a little of that today. Started by getting it off the stand onto a cart to finish the last two cam bearings and freeze plugs, then off to the washer for the final time. then finally had some bearing luck. Pulled the oil pump apart to clean it and off we went finally getting into final assembly. Stay tuned, more tomorrow.

Frank Castros · 08-15-2019, 06:40 PM

What an education for this young racer.

08-10-2019, 07:43 PM	#1
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Autumn and my son in law took the car to a friend today so we could get a little help replacing the rear firewall since the one I built was slightly less than ideal haha. __________________ Todd Greene

08-10-2019, 08:02 PM	#2
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Did some lifter things, wash tank things and more measuring things. Back at it tomorrow. __________________ Todd Greene

08-11-2019, 09:42 PM	#3
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. We ran out this morning to peek at the new firewall and it's coming along nicely. made a little headway today checking stuff, cleaning parts and decking the block. Just ordered parts we need for this week, I feel some next day shipments are on the horizon. __________________ Todd Greene

08-12-2019, 09:20 PM	#4
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Had an abbreviated day today but still managed to get the block washed and all the rings filed. Cam came in today and lots of parts showing up tomorrow. __________________ Todd Greene

08-13-2019, 09:28 PM	#5
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. Not sure why bearing issues seem to follow me around but I've bounced back and fourth between Clevite and King bearings and let me tell you the King's are far superior. Every King set measures dead on and the Clevites seem to not be consistent with their coatings. Didn't get the results I was looking for so I next dayed a set of King's for tomorrow, hopefully that takes care of that. We did manage to salvage some time and get the rods on the pistons, get the rings on, freeze plugs in, as many cam bearings in as we could still on the stand, installed the dowels and cleaned up the rear cap for the oil pump. Autumn helped out on some big boy stuff today too. Fingers crossed for the bearings tomorrow and we'll start final assembly. __________________ Todd Greene

08-14-2019, 10:09 PM	#6
Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,955 Times in 492 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. It does seem like these updates are getting later and later doesn't it? Ahhh bearings you can count on (still not impressed with Dart's machining). Seems like all we do is measure stuff and wash stuff, but every once in a while we actually torque stuff for a final time, and we got to do just a little of that today. Started by getting it off the stand onto a cart to finish the last two cam bearings and freeze plugs, then off to the washer for the final time. then finally had some bearing luck. Pulled the oil pump apart to clean it and off we went finally getting into final assembly. Stay tuned, more tomorrow. __________________ Todd Greene

08-15-2019, 06:40 PM	#7
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 3,004 Likes: 2,668 Liked 2,753 Times in 974 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. What an education for this young racer.