85z28 BBC swap

[85z28kid]

well decided i should start a thread on my swap. its going to be put in hopefully today but we'll see.

pics of the headers they are ed quay 2 1/4" primaries with 3.5" collectors.... should be a fun fit!!

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some pics of the enigne bay after the motor was pulled... excuse the HUGE mess blowing both radiator hoses destroyed the engine bay...

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gunna clean up some of the engine bay and redo my brake lines since i went to a manual setup... cobbeled it together to drive it up north.

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the dirty little motor to she didnt like getting overheated. the intake got dirty as hell.... gunna run distilled water in the new motor so it doesnt build rust.

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excuse the shitty pics iphones take horrible pics.

[Gregs_gsxr]

sweet, cant wait to see it go in, blows my mine that the weight of the whole engine is hung by the intake threads with 4 small bolts.

[85z28kid]

yea it aint to bad thats just the small block i just pulled it out... i dont dont pick up iron headed bigblocks with a plate i use chains... so much safer cuz big blocks are a lot heavier than small blocks.

ill see if my step mom will let me us the good camera to take pics..

[TylerT/AZ28]

i know whats going in it hehe. bout time you made this thread

[85z28kid]

Yea hopes and dreams lol. I'm trying to get it in but haven't got to far.... Tv in the barn is VERY distracting lol

[Gregs_gsxr]

yea it aint to bad thats just the small block i just pulled it out... i dont dont pick up iron headed bigblocks with a plate i use chains... so much safer cuz big blocks are a lot heavier than small blocks.

ill see if my step mom will let me us the good camera to take pics..

OH I thought that was the BB going in, not realizing that pic is from what you took out of the car.

[85z28kid]

Yea that's just the little baby motor. The big block is a lot bigger than that unfortunately.

Still haven't got anything done. Still watching tv. Lol

[Gregs_gsxr]

Yea that's just the little baby motor. The big block is a lot bigger than that unfortunately.

Still haven't got anything done. Still watching tv. Lol

lazy !

[85z28kid]

I know it sucks. Lol.

It's nice having it in the barn but it's hard to get work done lol

I'll hopefully get it in but I think I'm Gunna redo my brake lines tonight then do motor tomorrow.

[TylerT/AZ28]

i can come over break the tv then youll be motivated

[85z28kid]

Haha lol... Movies over now I'm Gunna go pull brakes lines off one of our old racecars and get started...
I'm getting rid of the portioning valve to clean things up and everyone says I don't need one with manual brakes.

[TylerT/AZ28]

u may want to test that theory, could end up being messy.

[85z28kid]

All the big shots on thirdgen run no valve. They run the front brake setup to line lock then t at the line lock to each front corner....

Then run the rear through a bias valve but everyone says they run it open and not even restricting it

[TylerT/AZ28]

you gonna do line lock as well?

[85z28kid]

Want to really bad but don't have one at the moment so not right now...

It's Gunna be a racecar soon so it WILL have it hopefully soon aswell but we'll see.

Just relocated my bypass regulator on the fire wall.., so much cleaner instead of on the inner fender like everyone else.