Got the crank, pistons and cam in. Waiting for water pump on Wednesday. D&D was out of stock of Neopreme rear main seals, so I bought a Felpro BS 30135 and cut 7/32″ off each half. Seems to fit good.
Camshaft is stock spec by Elgin. Looks high quaility and is a CWC cast cam.

Yes, they move about 1/8″ end to end. Can you get me the contact number for your guy? Thanks Jensen.

The 4 short springs can rotate in the holders, how loose is that?

Exhaust manifolds and turbo pipe were both ceramic coated by Olympic Coatings in Escondido, CA. Way cheaper then Jet-Hot.

Since I was missing the spare Turbo Rocket Fluid bottle, I made one. I just need a label now:

the lid is from a large size model paint jar, the bottle is pretty close and came from here:

compare:

Got the block back, but still waiting for parts. Bored .030″ over due to scratches, had to deck due to some minor corrosion, but the block numbers were deep enough to stay.

Motor is almost out of the machine shop and will be ready for me to assemble this weekend. In the meantime, I went ahead and detailed under the hood. I ordered a couple spray cans from TCP made to the factory color Cirrus Blue. I left all the yellow inspection stamps intact. The undercoating in the trans tunnel has more on the left side. Maybe for…[Read more]

I will go with the stock cam, probably better for the Turbo also. Here is the original fan and fan clutch. Clutch has 2200 stamped an it and a date code in ink (can’t make it out). Still waiting for the machine shop for the motor. Had to bore .030″ over. Trans is cleaned up, it was painted blue, so I think it had been rebuilt at some time. Car has…[Read more]

While cleaning off the Generator brackets, I found that they are chrome or nickle plated! is this the way they come from the factory?

Subframe is done. trying to choose which cam to use-stock or D&D street strip

Check with Fusick, they have repros
http://www.fusick.com

Thanks, mine was painted white at some time. Can’t tell by the photos of other cars. So I will strip it off.

Owner died two years ago and his family sold this car to me. I don’t know, but possible they tried to sell months ago? so may be same one? Its all original, been sitting 20+ years on blocks, no turbo (looking for one), factory A/C, power windows, Cirrus Blue with white roof, blue interior, needs carpet. No rust at all, just dings and bad paint.…[Read more]

I just bought a 1962 JetFire out of a garage in Los Angeles. A/C and power windows. Same one?