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

[mcalus]

thanks joel. i will probably will pm you with questions if iys cool, i dont know very much about internals.

I will be working on it tonight, should have it out tonight too!

since i can powder coat stuff i am probably going to do a lot on it including the timing chain, valve covers, coolant neck, etc.any suggstions on colors? i think red wont look good with the purple engine bay. I was thinking about a charcoal?

[98blackbeauty]

well before you waste a lot of time power coating those items, most will not show. timing cover is under and behind opti and water pump, even the water pump inlet neck is under the CAI. The valve covers you will see but with 1:6 roller rockers you will need higher valve covers.

[MunsterZ28]

well before you waste a lot of time power coating those items, most will not show. timing cover is under and behind opti and water pump, even the water pump inlet neck is under the CAI. The valve covers you will see but with 1:6 roller rockers you will need higher valve covers.

i have gm performance 1.6 roller rockers out of the lt4 hot cam kit and didnt need taller valve covers. may all depend on the brand. just throwing that out there.

[JoeliusZ28]

well before you waste a lot of time power coating those items, most will not show. timing cover is under and behind opti and water pump, even the water pump inlet neck is under the CAI. The valve covers you will see but with 1:6 roller rockers you will need higher valve covers.

I am running stock valve covers with 1.6 roller rockers, just had to trim the bracing on the insides.

yea its cool if you PM me. Also kyle (phantom383) would be a good resource for 93-specific questions since he has built at least 2 now.

[mcalus]

well before you waste a lot of time power coating those items, most will not show. timing cover is under and behind opti and water pump, even the water pump inlet neck is under the CAI. The valve covers you will see but with 1:6 roller rockers you will need higher valve covers.

Good call on the neck, and timing chain cover i might just do so it looks better for uhh... the opti

i have gm performance 1.6 roller rockers out of the lt4 hot cam kit and didnt need taller valve covers. may all depend on the brand. just throwing that out there.

Good to know! Thanks Fred!

I am running stock valve covers with 1.6 roller rockers, just had to trim the bracing on the insides.

yea its cool if you PM me. Also kyle (phantom383) would be a good resource for 93-specific questions since he has built at least 2 now.

Sounds good, I appericate the good people on this site.

[92conv]

Wow, I haven't been in your threadd for little while, but boy nice progress. Like Joel said, Kyle (Phantom383) should be alot of help when it comes to '93 specific questions. Keep up the good work!!!

[mcalus]

Wow, I haven't been in your threadd for little while, but boy nice progress. Like Joel said, Kyle (Phantom383) should be alot of help when it comes to '93 specific questions. Keep up the good work!!!

thank you! keep looking cause i hope to get the engine out tonight!

[meissen]

Shhhhh guys, you HAVE to get taller valve covers for the 1.6 roller rockers!





Atleast that's why I told my dad I needed the Canton valve covers.

[MunsterZ28]

Shhhhh guys, you HAVE to get taller valve covers for the 1.6 roller rockers!





Atleast that's why I told my dad I needed the Canton valve covers.

uh oh B's busted. lol larry time to take the keys away for a few days

[mcalus]

Shhhhh guys, you HAVE to get taller valve covers for the 1.6 roller rockers!





Atleast that's why I told my dad I needed the Canton valve covers.

haha fred is right, your busted!

[mcalus]

Got some more done to it this past Friday, my computer has been giving me problems and I had to work a 13 hour shift yesterday ... so sorry for the delay on pics and a update.

I still am not sure what exactly I want to do to the engine when I get it out.

It took us a bit to get the gas lines off because the quick disconnect my buddy had was for a ford so it didn't work. So we make shifted one of our own out of a WD 40 cap (the red thing everyone throws on the ground when you buy a new one) We wrapped it around the line, shoved it up into the slot and they popped right off.







My buddy kinda pissed me off, cause after he got there, worked on getting the exhaust off then left 30 min later because he wanted to go "watch a movie" with his ex... makes sense to me...

So I took my anger out on the rest of the exhaust and went to town with the sawsall



Also got the driveshaft out.



Rearend has seen better days



Rotors are near new so i am going to keep these guys on for now, calipers could use some new paint, pretty sure I still have a can of this gray color laying around, haha 2 years! Going to have to put another coat on.




Check out that wonderful oil leak, cant wait to powdercoat the oil pan, will look so much better, I wont have to get a deeper one will I? What is the point of a deeper pan? More capacity for bigger CI?




Borrowed the wheel idea from Larry works great!




Drive shaft has also seen better days. Should I paint it? I shouldn't have to upgrade to aluminum should I?



Crossmember




What do I have to disconnect for the trans? Is it the line? how far will I have to take it out?




Interior with carpet back in since the phone pics were blurry, still need to detail the dash and the door panels. Then I am going to plastic repair the dash and give it a good coat of matte black paint.





So far all I have left before the engine drops is the the bolts that hook up my front cradle I think 6 or 8 bolts, then the trans mount bolts, and what ever I have to take apart from the shifter, which is??? Also, where should I dissconnect the brake lines from? I believe that is it. Not very much trans fluid came out of the trans when the driveshaft was removed not a good sign, fortintually the trans shifted well other than when you put it in drive it took about 5 or 6 seconds then would go in. Any suggestions on that?


Ok so answers to qustions I need before working on it again (which will be tues)

Shifter disconnect?

Brake lines?

Why the trans takes a min to go into drive?

Also the other random q's in the post..

Thanks!

[my1994z28]

Just disconnect the shifter cable from the trans

[Gottork]

in the car that carpet looks new.. nice job..

so what are the plans for this car, race car or street strip?

[mcalus]

Just disconnect the shifter cable from the trans

easy enough! thanks!

in the car that carpet looks new.. nice job..

so what are the plans for this car, race car or street strip?

thank you! right now going for a strip/weekend driver. who knows if ill change my mind tho.


also, where is my best bet to get new nuts and bolts? i havent broken or rounded any YET but some are looking quite rusted.

[Gottork]

around here you can get them by the pund at a local store, but where your at, not sure on nuts and bolts.

I can say I wish I had the dedication and single mindedness to stay with one project, but now I am forcing myself to do it.. not much fun

good luck and will stay up to date on your thread..nice job