lol Ramone....lol.
hey body men; what should i do to bring back the factory shine from an 83 GM single stage paintjob? the car in question is the Ciera lol; but here's the link to the album full of the most recent pics
1983 Ciera Coupe
as you can see; its got SOME shine back from the washing and most notably, on the sides...however, the upper surface is duller than the sides, and the trunk lid is the worse offender in terms of finish...
related note; Dr Frankenstein, how is the turbo Super Duty thing going? and the LUV?
I havent done much to the Luv lately.... funds have been tight with the new house coming along.... and well the women have been bleeding me dry too.
The blower Kits are almost complete, need to machine the last of the crank spacers and they will be available... so buick blower kits are on the way next.
The Super Duty has been where most of my time has been spent... with the parts availability very quickly dissapearing its getting harder to build her by the week. bearings, rods, stupid little things, havent been made in 20 years already... so its ben a challange.
however, so far.... things are looking good. and right now I have an expiramental motor about to be ready to assemble. and since this is a buick forum, i dont think there are too many SD guys around so I can spill a few beans. the idea here was for pure data.... if it holds... well great... means more power for the actual SD block. I only have 2.... I cant risk f-ucking them up.
OK...
the foundation: I used a 91 postal truck production block, best stocker out there you can find. after inspection, I used deck ticklers to machine it and bored .030 over. this leaves my walls kinda thin, but thats the idea... i need to see its limits at that wall thickness. 2 things these have issues with, oiling and warpage. the deck was plugged with corks and tape, block rolled over and a 3/4" of hard block added to the deck from the water jacket, this will help stabalize the deck under boost. same goes for the bottom of the bores as well. all of the block side main saddles have a.050 groove added to about 3/4s of the saddle... this allows me to drill 4 extra holes in the bearing... giving the rods a better chance at oil. inside all deburred and coated in epoxy paint.
Crank, well it is a genuine PMS forged crank, fully counterweighted ans knife edged. since rods and bearings were such a pain to obtain, I have made adjustments, I had the rod journals turned down to chevy 2.0's, this allows me to use a more common bearing, and I had the journal offset ground to add some stroke, finalizes at 3.30. the rods are LONGER then stock, i cant say cause the formula for the particular rod length is secret but I do notch the fron side of each rod with a 30* triangle cut.... this causes the rod to spray the cylinder and piston with oil... promoting cooling (*hint hint... i do it to buicks too*). pistons are off the shelf turbo units that are very light... and reverse dome. the idea, behind the offset grind and the special rods pistons are to obtain a 1.90-1 rod stroke ratio.... which theroetically should unload the cylinder bores enough to make 30+ lbs of boost possible on stock bores.
cylinder head... not sure yet.... torn between a super duty head and trying to see what i can get out of the stocker... so who knows.
to date, thats where were at.... superduty is leading the pack right now...
thats my little big penis. LMAO
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