Roadkill's 1983 Chevy Z28 - (Work Starts on Page 5)

[art b]

looks like youve been busy....

[Roadkill]

Tomorrow should see the POR15'ing completed and the first batch of front-end shiny things going in.

[F Body]

Quoting: Roadkill

the first batch of front-end shiny things going in.

Looking good, we likes shiny

[Gator]

it aint going to rust

[Roadkill]

Todays progress.  Thanks to all involved.





Just gotta get the idler arm and steering links / tie rods on tomorrow then the wheels can go back on !

[Roadkill]

P.S.

Yes, it ALL fitted, no drilling or butchering.

Yet again, Spohn come with my full recommendation.



EDIT

Struts are Tokico, Springs are Eibach, spindles are stock GM - everything else was Spohn or Spohn supplied.

[EDGE]

lookin good dude...... lookin good

[art b]

all looks very nice.....  

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Roadkill

Yes, it ALL fitted, no drilling or butchering.

Yet again, Spohn come with my full recommendation.

[Fieldy]

niiiice....

[Gator]

great work people looks ace

[Roadkill]

Going back out in a minute to (hopefully) get the steering links and rods on . . .

[art b]

bank holiday FTW....

[Roadkill]

Steering on but the idler arm is really a two-man job so that'll be being done a bit later.



Pics to follow, obviously.

[Roadkill]

Todays work - thanks Ryan :

All steering links on, idler & pitman on, roughly tracked (Most bits finger-tight at the moment), wheels re-fitted and dropped back to the floor.

The rest of the engine bay has now been completed with POR15.

[Gator]

i bet you cant stop looking at it can ya ?


very nice so its not far off an engine going in then

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Gator

i bet you cant stop looking at it can ya ?

No comment.

Quoting: Gator

its not far off an engine going in

Yes and no.

There's still a lot of work to do over summer but the engine will be being brought back to Castle Roadkill this month for semi-teardown and inspection . . . . And paint, obviously.

[ianjpage]

looking very good mate

[Roadkill]

The LT-1 (along with the T56) has now been moved to Castle Roadkill for inspection and "rebuild" (Cheers Ian ).

I use "" as nothing is being uprated YET except the oil pan and the fact that all the injection crap is being torn off.

Pictures will follow . . . I'll probably start tearing into it tomorrow at some point.

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Roadkill

Cheers Ian

No problems mate - thanks for your help in removing the window motors

[art b]

nice one
that garage is like a clowns pocket.... the amount of stuff you squeeze into it...

[Roadkill]

Stripped off the exhaust manifolds, loom, air con, alternator and FI manifold last night.

There's a F*cking engine underneath all that crap !!!

Will be rotating the assembly, removing a few more bits topside then attacking the bottom end.

Mental note - drain oil first.

[55starchief]

More bits for ebay then

[Roadkill]

Quick picture round-up of this weekends work . . .

The LT1 - moved saturday morning.

Looks F*cking frightening like that.



Mid way through - the HEI test-fitted.  Totally alien to the LT1.



The Aftermath !



A cools video - by request.

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Have now cleared up a HELL of a lot . . . Not managed to get everything sorted yet . . . there's still crap everywhere . . .

[Gator]

cool strip down is always fun and you have one of them totaly ace tool cabinets a mechanic i know has the huge one must be 6 ft by 5 ft high