C3 Corvette Engine Swap Pt. 3: It runs!!! (Sort of....)
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Here it is! It finally runs without making any horrendous noises! David and I swap the flex plate for Mikey, pulling the trans and reinstalling it. We fired it up with open headers, but ran into a slight problem.... come along and have some fun while we get this American Classic up and running!!
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That orange is beautiful! Of course as a Tennessean, I have to say that. But it's true! Lol
I am partial to the orange as well! Very beautiful color!
I just finished watching all three videos in this series. You really do things right. I appreciate your attention to detail and honesty when things happen with any build. I subscribed to your channel and hit the notification bell. Looking forward to part 4!
Part 4 is finally on the way! COVID kind of sidelined a lot of things, but we are back!!
Pure genius! I can’t wait to finish this with you!
Had no idea how you were gonna pull it off but you did good work
Thanks Cap'n.... you'll see that thing hauling ass around town in no time!!
Excited to change out that oil pressure sender. I was looking online as to what these things look like inside and the contacts could of easily broke when I was twisting the body thinking the entire thing was coming out... wrong I was.
We live and learn.... I've learned many things at my own expense working on cars!!
Yep. Always get a new flex plate for the automatic and a flywheel for the manual from the company that makes or sells the engine.
We did, I came with a balanced damper and flexplate. We are thinking it was damaged in shipping.
@@Paulie_KITT yes, makes sense. I didn't think about that. I'm thinking about dropping an engine in my Corvette C3. Can you tell me how long it takes to put an engine in hrs? My old engine is out, so I'm just needed a rough low to high hrs of installing a new engine. This will be a first for me. And much appreciated of you getting back to me.
@@JH-jh2oe having not done it before, I'd plan on 6 hrs or more. This one took a while because we wanted to detail the engine bay, fix some wiring, and rework the fuel system. Don't forget to swap the motor mounts too! Let me know if you need anything else!
@@Paulie_KITT greatly appreciated bro. Yes new motor mounts definitely.☕
@@Paulie_KITT What do you think about a 383 stroker from GM in a 1977 Corvette? 4 speed manual...... thanks for your knowledge and support here.
I put anoil sending unit just above the oil filter and got no oil pressure to the gauge on a 350 chevy engine, I had to put the sending unit on top of the engine behind the intake manifold and got pressure to the gauge
What year block is that 350?
@@Paulie_KITT i believe it was a 1986 block
Very Cool
I’ve been looking at a Hot Rod Company 383 for my 73 Stingray. Waiting for your review of their 355 before I pull the trigger. Curious what your experience with them was like.
Message me Clay - im 9 months in!
Hi, great video. Can you tell me what engine it (brand, item #) is and where you got it from? I am looking to swap my 1978 C3 185 engine. Do you know how much an install at a shop would cost? I would buy a fully dressed one with around 350 HP for a daily driver. Any suggestions and what to buy and where would be great. Thanks
This is a 355 from the Hot Rod Company. Not sure what a shop would charge to install it, as that depends on labor rates in your area. I highly recommend HRC, just give them a call and they will build whatever you want, with a warranty! You can't go wrong! Let me know if you need anything else!
I purchased a GM Performance engine from Jegs a few years back to put in my 93 S10. It was a awesome engine. It was the HO 350 HO/330hp. They have a huge selection of crate engines, and do have a 355hp one that I believe is called a ZZ4. I think they have a ZZ5 version now though with around 400 hp, that has a little better designed set of heads. These are brand new, standard bore 4 bolt main engines. They are built stout and right! Hope this helps you out.
@@1980bwc thanks for your great information ...I will look into these ...have a great day and stay safe!
I know I'm a little color blind but weren't the fenders blue before? Why are they red now?
did you prime the oil pump before you put the distributor in??
It was previously broken in by the builder, but we did prime it before we fired it up for the first time.
Please tell me what the “seat of the pants” is like with the new engine compared to the stock motor.
Mikey would be best to ask, but you're going from 280(ish) HP to almost 425 at your wheels. When he hit it on the highway it chirped the tires when it downshifted!
Why don’t you do more videos on the caddy?
Funny you say that... I've got 2 videos I'm going to upload in the coming days about her!
Awesome, I have 1993 Cadillac sedan deville and there’s not a lot of videos on the 1989-1993 body style. Or the 4.9 liter motor. Looking forward for your upcoming videos. Thanks paulie
When is new video coming out?
Once the Corona pandemic has subsided a bit we will be able to reconvene and finish this project. Stay tuned, we will have a blast and a surprise or two!
Lets be friends looks like I will be in touch with you Thanks in advance I like the fuel inline bracket solution not sure what I will do I need to install fuel pump for my motor. HRC did a breakin video for my motor as well.
Well if you have any questions go ahead and hit me up!
@@Paulie_KITT Thanks I wondering if I have enough ceiling clearance? I have 7.5 ft in my garage what yours how high is yours, I notice you pick your motor outside?
Shim the stater
It has shims in it from when we were troubleshooting the noise that turned out to be the bent flex plate. I think it has too many, but I will measure it once I get back to it!
Cool
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas
station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel
pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in
the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems,
turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and
New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be
done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of
crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.:-(