Engine removal

Today we removed the mill from Red. Here's an illustrated report:

Our weapon of choice

The Target

CarToon guiding the motor and hoist

Yes, the motor is really out of the car

Floating motor

Checking the internal of the engine. Most of the main bearings where slightly damaged due to the bad lifter probably. Also the cilinder walls have some slight damage. The oilpump was completely gone. We are going to turn that piece of iron into a nice statue or something like that.

Pistons removed, some pushrod bearings where not "that good".

Heads. Seemed that 1 valve was new, the rest looked "original". These are close chamber heads.

The Aftermath: mission accomplished

I hate headers...

Hm...this is not right...and what's with the orange spray-markings on the timing-chian's shackles?

Finally Part II

How many things can go wrong transporting a car from the US to The Netherlands...well...too many...One the things was that for some reason, Red's title and Bill Of Sale didn't come with the car and got stuck somewhere in Newark. But...after 5 (!) weeks, they finally arrived:

Prostockhemi.com

Also nice and tons of early b-body pictures:

http://www.prostockhemi.com/

Superstockhemi.com

Nice: http://www.superstockhemi.com/

Red 'n Blue

MoparMax: Nostalgia Dragracing

Mopar Max features a nicely illustrated article about Nostalgia Dragracing:

http://www.moparmax.com/events/2008/iii_8-beaver-1.html

1964 Plymouth Savoy

Found this one on www.rayskillmanclassiccars.com. Not for sale, but still a very nice car. Don't like the lift-off hood though...

Progress on Red's mill

Because we didn't have a engine-jack, we where forced to do as much as possible with the engine in the car. The engine is now disconneted from the headers and tranny.

Workbench ready for engine parts. Keep it clean!


Hood removed


Engine almost ready to be dismouted from the car.


Tools tools tools tools...


...and tools and tools and tools all over the place.

VRÔÔÔÔÔÔ!!!!!

TURN THAT SUCKER UP!!!

German Mopar Nationals 2008

The annual German Mopar Nats is the largest Mopar meet in our neighborhood and is still growing every year. The new location was perfect and about 300 cars where there to show and shine on saturday. Ofcourse, there where some early b-bodies but not much. Here's some pics.

You can see more of the meet here and here

1964 Dodge Polara, fresh from Ebay. Had a 440.

Oliver Zinn's 1963 Plymouth Belvedere, blow hemi, 780hp at the wheels

1963 Plymouth Savoy, bought via Ebay. I also found this car there and even the Coronet isn't running...I'm glad I didn't bought this one.

Oliver Zinn's 1962 Plymouth Sport Fury...multi cui Indy X-ram

1964 Dodge Polara 500, hemi powered

1963 Dodge 440, 318cui poly

1964 Dodge Polara, for sale (no engine and tranny). Very nice car.

Rattler

I don't know where I got this one, but I think now's a proper time to use it:"Assumption is the mother of all fuckups". We assumed the intake-valve of cilinder #7 was bent. We where wrong...

As you can see on the pictures below, my bumbstick was a little bit hungry and started to eat lifters:

Bad lifter on the right


Bad lifter on the right, zoomed in. Surface completely gone.


Bad oil is the cause of this.

Jarno, Andy and Antoon inspecting the intake-valve on cilinder# 7.


A familiar sight which I'm getting used to right now: a red car with an open hood and half an engine in it...* sigh *


Can you say Purple Cam?

THE best Superstock movie EVER!

Check the most awesome footage ever shot from inside @1:56 - 2:12. OMG!!

Credits: Casey.

Headlight bezel

Kurt was so kind to stuff the trunk of Red with all kinds of goodies. Amoung them where some grill pieces to turn the standard grill into a superstock look. To do so, you have to cut the original headlight bezels into pieces. I thought to myself: why not get a set of spare bezels? Until I found this:

Oh my god look at the price of that thing!

Kentucky Colonel

Found this one for sale on eBay. People are actually bidding on this multi-dollar car...



eBay link

Random Red

It was raining and Red was still parked outside so...I just HAD to turn her around so I could make the tight turn into the garage...

Wrenchin'

Antoon (CarToon) and me wrenchin' on Red's valvetrain.

1962 Plymouth Sport Fury

While "Red" was waiting in the container to be transported, she had good company. Check out Jim Roos' Fury. Oldskool...I like...

Motortalk

Well...after last tuesday's dissapointment, we started talking and discussing of what can be wrong with the engine. It has to be something in the valvetrain area of cilinder# 7. That's where we found a bent pushrod (intake valve).

What if the pushrods that where initially installed where incorrect and are too long. Could this mean that they will "squash" the lifters so they act like solid lifters? We don't know. We're going to check on that next week.

There was some good news: the new headlights fit like a glove. They have different lenses because of Dutch Law regulations. Also, the handbrake-cable which was touching the exhaust when enabled, is now fixed.

Pain in the head(s)

We installed the new pushrods. After starting the engine, the rattling sound is still present. We did some testing to exclude things but there where some dark clouds gathering in the shed...Conclusion: bent valve in cylinder# 7.

I know that people can run out of luck but can people run out of bad luck?

Paperwork

Not much to post this week, sorry

My car is getting a new set of lifters and pushrods because two where bent. Don't know what caused it, but it has to be replaced. So...where going to do that.

Also, my paperwork is roaming around somewhere in transportland. I'm sick and tired of making "nice" phonecalls every day and getting the same answers. This "process" is killing me. It all started on the 12th of december 2007....I believe I can say my middle name is "patience".

Smoking down the track

Red on the road

Here are some shots of "Red" filmed with my cellphone. The odometer was disconnected so we just had to test it. It's not legal to drive on the Dutch roads...yet...but hey...I just couldn't resist...

Max on a stand (by Dale Reed)

Four 26

FINALLY!!!