[Project] Project: 1967 Firebird 326 Rebuild

[Lucky SOB]

Some of you might remember this car from the Meet and Greets at Kensington. My Dad bought this car for my Mom, basically in pieces about 20 years ago and had it mildly restored.
Well it has some decent leaks and the engine is just tired. The goal is to keep it a good cruiser and not have to worry about reliability... and clean up the engine bay. It only sees a hundred or two Woodward miles each year, and the old rope seals are likely just rotted out. Time for a rebuild!

Engine:
1. Remove
2. Disassemble
3. Send out to be acid dipped and machined
4. Paint / Rebuild back to factory stock with new components as required

Transmission:
1. Remove
2. Send to RC Trans and Gear for inspection / rebuild

Engine Bay:
1. Spray new satin black

Suspension:
1. All new bushings
2. New springs
3. Inspect brakes and shocks

Yesterday was day 1 of tear down and getting ready to pick the engine and transmission out the top. Joel and Kolin came over to help and in a few hours I think we made some good progress! We got the exhaust separated from the manifolds, carburetor removed, radiator removed and most of the wires, hoses and vacuum lines disconnected. Next weekend we'll remove the hood and pull the engine and transmission out! This car/engine is 100x easier to work on than a LT1 or LS1...















Looks like someone drove over the hood insulation before installing it...

[OIF1VET]

Who's fricken garage is that? Wow!

[ryanwarby01]

Everything looks awesome. This will be a fun project. Tin Indian makes new rear main seals that replace the rope style seals.

[Lucky SOB]

Who's fricken garage is that? Wow!

Not quite a garage

[OIF1VET]

Not quite a garage

Brent's basement?

[bri2203]

Sounds like a fun project.
You didn't say anything about it but it would be a good idea to rebuild the carburetor(I am surprised it still has the ID tag) so it has the proper seals for today crappy fuels. I would also have the radiator pressured checked and make sure it has good flow. People rarely change their coolant and the tube usually get clogged. Rebuilt motors are more likely to run hot than ones that have been broken in.
Be sure to use a racing oil or a ZDDP additive in the oil.
Let me know if you need me to point you in a direction.

[TylerT/AZ28]

this looks like its bout to be awesome!

[JoeliusZ28]

i still think you should put a picture of a 400 in the engine bay for your dad

[meissen]

Is this at your dad's company? That's quite the setup - I'd be afraid of dripping oil on the ground Looking forward to following this thread.

[TylerT/AZ28]

i would too but the floors look like thats some pretty good epoxy coating

[farmington]

Personally, I think that the 'Bird is crying out for a crate LS3 and 4l60e, myself.

[Darren]

Looks like some fun! I'd love to come hang out, help lol.

Its at his dads office guys

[bigjon88]

Awesome ya hit me and Darren up I'd come get dirty

[nascarnate326]

Would your mom really get mad if it magically got a LSx installed? You could paint it blue and everything

[TylerT/AZ28]

dont they make tripower fuel injection setups for lsx's too and other retro looking stuff?