Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

Thanks Jim! I totally forgot about this one...

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

Saturday:

Arrival by Rich's truck.
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Headers installed = all 28 bolts (later LT5s have 14 bolts per side).
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Dropped under the hood.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps52add033.jpg



Darrin in action!
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps2162348e.jpg

Jim doing something...
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...pse2274892.jpg

Almost there!
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3272dd2c.jpg

As of 7 pm today, intake plenum/throttle body, camshaft sensor, PROM (borrowing a limp home chip while waiting for Marc's new chip to deal with secondary removal) and exhaust.
Hopefully she will start with no issue...

WAZOO gang and out of town visitors showed up Saturday and Sunday to help - what a group!!!

Also check out "LT5 installation" in the General section posted by Jim.

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

O.K. Since starting this thread on 7/18/2013 after concluding my head gasket had failed (actual failure happened on late April 2013) I declare my 380 project is 98% complete. I am expecting a PROM unit from Marc in 2-3 days and some fine tuning to continue.
I went up to Jim's garage yesterday and expected to wrap up in 2-3 hours. Boy, was I wrong. It took 7 hours of chasing some mundane problems to sort things out enough to turn the key. 380 LT5 started after about 3-4 seconds of cranking and came to life. Drove my Z around the block to make sure all vital signs are good and the car to be drivable before heading back to my home about 65 miles south of Jim's.
What a drive back home. To be able to drive without a fear of running my radiator dry AND running a brand new, bored and stroked (lightly) motor I actually helped build! It took a lot of restraint not to take her to the redline.
Just can't wait to put 500 miles, an oil change and take her out for a few revs to 7000 rpm!

Thank to all who actually made this possible and cheered me on. Now my Z is also a secondchance.

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Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

When is the dyno scheduled!:cheers: Congrats Yun!

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

Perhaps around 2,500-3,000 miles?
Thanks for your fine work and help!

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

Outstanding! Congrats on the new baby! Gonna be killer when she's broken in!! :cheers:

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Awesome story! Sounds like a great bunch of guys there - very cool how they all work together to get this done. :cheers:

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

That's awesome Yun, I know you will be please with the outcome the first time you hit that 7,000 RPM mark!!

So, I guess you can now pick up where you left off with the brake upgrades :-D
Rich

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

Now that I have about 500 miles and fresh oil and vacuum leak is fixed (thanks Jerry for thicker gaskets!) I went out for a drive and stepped on it up to 6,500. What a rush!!! Ask me if I miss secondaries?! - a little bit. Use to feel like opening up secondaries on four barrel carbs...:cheers:

Re: Secondchance - 380 build begins!
 

Do you miss your secondaries?