Meissen's LT1 Build-up Thread

[meissen]

Bwahaha yeah I used it to pound out one of the bolts that holds the shock to the lower a-arm. One tap and the bolt went flying out from under the a-arm and went flying into the corner of the garage (away from my car, thankfully)

[DETROITMUSCLE]

Yep same thing I did put grease on the bolts and lots of loctite as well.

[JoeliusZ28]

holy **** im having a hard time keeping up with this thread!!! awesome progress brian. Didnt you have a bunch of those front end parts replaced after the accident? Only makes sense to use the fresh ones.

[nascarnate326]

Are you right on schedule? Looks like your making lots of progress really fast. At this rate you will be done my st pattys day

[98blackbeauty]

Yeah we could but B has a number if things he wants to clean up in the engine bay before we put the LT1 in.

[meissen]

Monday-Friday - Get the shocks, springs, and motor mounts all put onto the v8 kframe. Drop the v6 kframe and get the steering components put onto the v8 kframe. Mount the LT1 onto the kframe. Roll the kframe and the LT1 under Red Alert to just store it while we're not working on it. Get v6 kframe out of the garage.

Sat & Sun (21st and 22nd) - Paint v8 lower control arms, spindle, etc. Start painting the under carraige.

Mon-Fri (23rd to 27th) - Continue sporadically painting the undercarraige as time allows

Sat & Sun (28th and 1st) - Out of town, won't be working on the project

Mon-Fri (2nd to 6th) - Continue sporadically painting the undercarriage as time allows

Sat & Sun (7th and 8th) - Finish painting the undercarraige, start working on the engine bay

Mon-Fri (9th to 13th) - Continue working on engine bay as time allows, have to close up the holes, sand the rust down, paint with por 15, and repaint the engine bay with red paint.

Sat & Sun (14th and 15th) - Finish up the engine bay

Mon-Fri (16th to 20th) - Misc finishing up

Sat & Sun (21st and 22nd) - Start connecting up the LT1

Mon-Fri (23rd to 27th) - Finish connecting up the LT1

Saturday - March 28th - Fire up the LT1 for the first time, have Steve do a preliminary
Sunday - March 29th - Bring Red Alert to Steve for tuning

Everything in green is accomplished, everything in red still has to go. Not too bad. I was pretty generous with the amount of time it'd take to paint the undercarriage. Hopefully school won't interfere too much.

[JoeliusZ28]

what kind of paint are you using brian? I regret using rustoleum on mine now, I should have used chasis saver.

[bumpin_z]

Can't let that Pesky school thing interfere with whats really inmportant! But seriously it sounds like everything is coming together nicely, good luck!

[meissen]

what kind of paint are you using brian? I regret using rustoleum on mine now, I should have used chasis saver.

My dad and I used "Rust Stop" from ACE on the kframe and suspension parts up front. The under carriage and everything else will be coated with POR-15. I have 2 pints of POR15 but my dad decided to go out and buy the Rust Stop to use on the Kframe instead for some reason.

Can't let that Pesky school thing interfere with whats really inmportant! But seriously it sounds like everything is coming together nicely, good luck!

I was planning on taking a week off from work but then I got a project thing all lined up - I'm booked at work until March 30th.

[98blackbeauty]

Brian will need to get more things on his list greened. I finished kframe, got rack mounted and tie rods connected, and brake lines. tomorrow I might try and lower the engine on to the k rame by myself.

[Darren]

Brian will need to get more things on his list greened. I finished kframe, got rack mounted and tie rods connected, and brake lines. tomorrow I might try and lower the engine on to the k rame by myself.

Brian get your dad some diner you are working him way to hard! haha Nice work it looks so good!

[Formula Z]

its hard to keep up with all this reading. good job guys

[MP81]

Good work Larry!

Be careful mating the engine and the K-frame! Good luck to you, sir!

[meissen]

Updating the project plan!

Monday-Friday - Get the shocks, springs, and motor mounts all put onto the v8 kframe. Drop the v6 kframe and get the steering components put onto the v8 kframe. Mount the LT1 onto the kframe. Roll the kframe and the LT1 under Red Alert to just store it while we're not working on it. Get v6 kframe out of the garage.

Sat & Sun (21st and 22nd) - Paint v8 lower control arms, spindle, etc. Start painting the under carraige.

Mon-Fri (23rd to 27th) - Continue sporadically painting the undercarraige as time allows

Sat & Sun (28th and 1st) - Out of town, won't be working on the project

Mon-Fri (2nd to 6th) - Continue sporadically painting the undercarriage as time allows

Sat & Sun (7th and 8th) - Finish painting the undercarriage, start working on the engine bay

Mon-Fri (9th to 13th) - Continue working on engine bay as time allows, have to close up the holes, sand the rust down, paint with por 15, and repaint the engine bay with red paint.

Sat & Sun (14th and 15th) - Finish up the engine bay

Mon-Fri (16th to 20th) - Misc finishing up

Sat & Sun (21st and 22nd) - Start connecting up the LT1

Mon-Fri (23rd to 27th) - Finish connecting up the LT1

Saturday - March 28th - Fire up the LT1 for the first time, have Steve do a preliminary
Sunday - March 29th - Bring Red Alert to Steve for tuning

And MY GOD!!!!! is the steering rack clean! I never knew part of the steering rack was bare aluminum - I always thought it was all painted black. Damn.

[MP81]

You're right...that is awefully clean!