I bought my old 93 Z28 back, now it needs some TLC

[JoeliusZ28]

Aww dang that sucks!!


Congrats on the house nick!

[mcalus]

Let's start this post off with good news

Long story short o found my motor mounts at my friends house, I must have taken them there to sand blast. I also found the 6 little torx bolts to my tb cover plate thing. Double WOOT!

We installed:
Hub
Crank pulley
EWP
Opti
And the other egr plate

We got the old rubbers out and the new polys in the motor mounts.







For what ever reason, the washer that I got with the arp hub bolt was too big (width wise) so I'll have to hunt down one of them.
I left the EWP thermostat housing bolts in my box at work.
I need to get a few nuts. One for egr plate the other for motor mount bolt.
I'm going to spray the mm brackets at work this week.
Next I gotta buy the trans kit, I spoke with the builder today. He said to let him know when it came in...there goes my tax return.

Suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome

[ryanwarby01]

Nice progress, looks great! I'm looking forward to hearing this run.

[mcalus]

Nice progress, looks great! I'm looking forward to hearing this run.

Thanks! Me too, it's my first cammed car so I'm pretty stoked it won't sound as nice as yours though

[jderry]

Is there a different part number from ARP for the bolt with a correct washer?

[xDetroitMetalx]

For what ever reason, the washer that I got with the arp hub bolt was too big (width wise) so I'll have to hunt down one of them.

That effing sucks, I just ordered one of those for mine yesterday... Same item number as yours

[mcalus]

Is there a different part number from ARP for the bolt with a correct washer?

I'm not sure, my friend ordered it through his store.

That effing sucks, I just ordered one of those for mine yesterday... Same item number as yours

My only guess is because it's made for a standard 350. I'm not sure though. I'm just going to get a hardened washer of the proper size.

[mcalus]

I grinded down the motor mount brackets today. They were very rusty. They really needed to be sandblasted but who's really going to see them? Good enough for the chicks I'm dating!

[mcalus]

I'm looking to get my trans kit this weekend.

The only thing it doesn't include is the forward drum reinforcement
http://www.monstertrans.com/store/pr...87%252d93.html

[xDetroitMetalx]

My only guess is because it's made for a standard 350. I'm not sure though. I'm just going to get a hardened washer of the proper size.

You're right. After reading what you said I looked at applications and it says nothing about GENII motors being able to use them. In fact, there are no balancer crank bolts that I saw once I narrowed it down to LT1 only on Summit. I got mine today and I hate to tell you (especially since I told you to get it) but I would just return it and go to a dealer and get a new one. The ARP bolt is much longer than the OEM bolt and having the correct size bolt and material in the crank is crucial. You don't want it to bottom out the threads and not really sit tight when you think it is. Basically that whole ARP bolt kit is wrong washer bolt and all, it just isn't worth the risk to make it work IMO. I will be returning mine tomorrow, I was really disappointed.

Reading some more:

http://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-mo...ti-damper.html

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/lt1-...-short-809540/

[mcalus]

Well that blows, what if I doubled up the washer? Do you have a link to the proper washer and bolt?

[ryanwarby01]

I ended up getting mine at Fastenal.

[mcalus]

Do you guys know the length of the bolt? I'd rather grind mine down a little.

Edit: I guess the monster trans rebuilds kits aren't great but I have only heard that from one person. I have seen kits from $450-$800+

I did just make an expensive purchase though

[98blackbeauty]

do you have harmonic balancer on already? Either way you can measure the depth of the threaded hole and then the hub of the balancer. If its on already then measure from balancer to bottom of hole, then measure from balancer to landing in balancer, subtract the difference and I would allow 1/4 inch to not bottom out. Depth gauge would be best but there are a lot of ways to improvise. One word of caution: be careful that shank of bolt is not to long and hits threads before bolt threads bottom out.

If I were you I would go to dealer and buy the correct bolt and washer!

[mcalus]

Yes the harmonic balancer is on. I can't seem to get the bolt through gm. I lost my stock one or id compare it to that. I found out the stock length so when I get home I am going to determine if it is too long or not. If not I just need to find the correct size hardend washer.