87 El Camino Daily Driver/Weekend Cruiser

[kuruption109]

Ok. Got some action. Finished up the block. Scuffed, primered, sprayed and i even tried to clear it. Didnt work out so great with the clear but its all good..

Block in high temp primer.

Sprayed. I didnt get the "Chevy blue" This is an "old Ford blue" Oh well. Im still keepin it Chevy!
Lie Melman said..Ford didnt know how to use it right. HAHA

Heads taped off..Hood job but it works..

Primered...

Sprayed..Instant "ALUMINUM"Vortech heads :wink: Picked up an extra fiddy hp from that mod!! Oh Im such a ricer now!

The paper is off. I left the tape over the exhaust holes, water pump holes and stuff till I get the motor out there...

All the pullies and brackets are getting the Melman Chrome treatment. Cant wait to get the pullies out there. Im also gonna get a clean tuff stuff alt for now til i can figure out a bracket mod for the big alt I have... Coming together. Braided hose and fittings, hid kits, re-ceramic coat theheaders, new cap/rotor and spark plugs coming soon...Imma just let the motor bake til its time to swing it out to AZ. Shootin for the weekend of sept 30th...

Thanks for checkin back 😀

Elco Warren 8)
80zBabiezCC

:shock: :shock: 8)

 

[dogsht]

Looks good so far! I like the blue block. I did the aluminum color with my GN heads and an as cast color on my Caddy heads both with black blocks and both have gotten unsolicited compliments. Like yours both had ceramic coated headers also. . I like to see the block & heads a different color. Wires that match the cap always look good to. There was a guy who recently posted pics of his 455 Olds that looked good.

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

Thanks fellas!! Its coming together. Its really all is just practice to see if i can actually do it. With the help of my 80z crew watchin over and the gbodyforum family, I will have it all back together and running soon. Just waiting on Mr. Postman to make a few deliveries and I can get things moving. For a guy startin out, this looks pretty cool "for what it is" :wink: . I should have some more updates here in a few days. Trying to get as much done as i can early so the paint has plenty of time to cure and do its thing before heading to AZ. Im gonna head out to AZ on the 17th to clean up the transmission, drop the pan on and let it sit out for a bit. Things are starting to finally come together the way I wanted. Not saying ALL shops do you in, but man! After pulling the motor, pulling the dash and other stuff I found out the hard way how shops get over on you with the "they wont see this" shoddy *ss work. :evil: Headed out to the garage now to check on things..

Thanks for checkin back 😀

Elco Warren 8)
80zBabiezCC

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

Got everything apart and ready for Chrome, powdercoat and ceramic coating. Gettin my "coating" game up!! Bought to shine one time!!! Also getting all my rubber hoses, power steering hoses and all done in braid. Hittin the hose man up on Tuesday first thing in the morning..

Got the fan assy done but I took it all apart to redo it. Had some runs. I think I can get it better without the fans in the way...Waiting for the paint to harden/cure and then Imma sand all the runs out and re-spray..

So far so good. Making good time. Imma swang the parts out to Mel and get em chromed out in two weeks. Cant wait...

Elco Warren 8)

 

[LSCustoms]

i told you to take that stuff off the fan shroud, but no, you told me, it will be alright... i told you one run and you will be sanding it down with your OCD a$$. im gonna drop off my fan shroud, you can leave the runs 8)

 

[kuruption109]

i told you to take that stuff off the fan shroud, but no, you told me, it will be alright... i told you one run and you will be sanding it down with your OCD a$$. im gonna drop off my fan shroud, you can leave the runs 8)

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

i told you to take that stuff off the fan shroud, but no, you told me, it will be alright... i told you one run and you will be sanding it down with your OCD a$$. im gonna drop off my fan shroud, you can leave the runs 8)

No trick... You said take the wiring sh*t off. I didnt care about overspray on the wires cuz acetone wipes that shiz right off. Runs happen. 😛 I just took the fans off so I wouldnt have to tape al that crap up again. Now what chimpy *ss chump!!! And hell naw you aint pinchin my fans off me Skippy da Lobsta!! 😛

 

[melman109]

More goodies for the Blue Carpet Treatment!

 

[mebe007]

ive got those same wire looms, except mine are the ball milled ones. looking good.

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

ive got those same wire looms, except mine are the ball milled ones. looking good.

Thanks for checkin back bruh! I have a set of Billet Specialties ball melled holders on the motor now. I got the smooth ones cuz I was gonna run a different set of valve covers. I'll save em for my Malibu...

Got some new goodies for the El

Accel HEI Corrected cap. Been wanting this for a while. It really cleans up the plug wiring by moving each bank of plug wires and routing them to each side of the car. Plugs 1-3-5-7 all run on the drivers side and plugs 2-4-6-8 run on the passengers side... This cap is for guys like us that do our own wrenching. I could see a biiig problem if a person didnt tell their mechanic that they had this setup :shock:

Looks just like a regular HEI Cap...

The "magic" happens inside. Looks like all the wires cross inside this gel like material under the cap.

Accel pigtail connector

I had to swap the plug ends so my dust cap cover could be held in place. Accel has this setup, but I couldnt find which set had the little nipples on the boots..

Wires have to be grounded..

Old cap. Just "mocking" things up

looks really clean to me. Just how I pictured it should be years ago. Cool idea..

Just have to get the serpentine brackets and pully setup cleaned up, re- ceramic coat the Doug's headers and chrome the oil pan and I'm done...
Milodon high flow oil pump and pickup lookin good. Ive officially touched every part of my car now. F#CK SHOPS!!!

Gettin there! 😀

Elco Warren 8)
80zBabiezCC