Serendipity 6.2 ( AKA Dipity's rebuild) (1 Viewer)

[fourtrax]

Well made some progress this weekend with some help from Darren.

 

[SFROMAN]

very cool
Is there a sign up roster for v8 swaps?
Haha

 

[fourtrax]

separated the 6L80/Engine.
pulled the pan and the 6L80 looks to be in good shape nothing unusually in the pan. the magnet was almost clean.
i'll install new input and output seal, along with a new filter and torque convertor.

Pulled the engine apart and everything looked good on the heads, only had 2 broken exhaust bolts to deal with. The cam bearings had some wear (normal from what i have read) and the cylinder walls had a few little hot spots you might say . looks like it might have had a couple long periods between oil changes. i think it will hone out without much fuss. all the bearing in the bottom end looked excellent. pistons has a little "varnish" on the ring ledges. I figured i'm in it this far lets go ahead and freshen it up. dropped it off at eh machine shop they said they were 2+ months backlogged but, might get to it a little quicker since they aren't having to put it back together. so back in pause mode.

only grabbed a couple pictures, as I was in a hurry to get it to the machine shop. got there 2 minutes before they closed.

 

[White Stripe]

I have the stage 2 v2 cam. I really wish I went with the truck norris cam though. But it hadn't come out yet at the time.

 

[fourtrax]

Made a trip to the machine shop to bring home some clean parts

 

[fourtrax]

Everything was cleaned and still in standard range,. Except one rocker. That was about to let go.

I already had a trunion bearing upgrade so we should be good once the bearings and rings arrive.

 

[White Sheep]

So I guess they didn't need it for 2 months. . Awesome sauce!

 

[fourtrax]

The long wait was if they put it together

 

[fourtrax]

Torqueing down the next to last main cap bolt and bamm. So much for trying to reuse. Luckily it came out it one piece. Waiting on a new bolt set.

 

[fourtrax]

Waiting on my motor mount plate to come in

 

[fourtrax]

Making progress, the escalade motor mounts are going to work.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Sex machine bro.

 

[fourtrax]

Modifying the skid plate to move the engine forward about 1.5 inches. Need to make some spacers and add filler stock for the offset plate and drill/slot some holes

 

[fourtrax]

The escalade motor mounts were way to big,
Got some new ones, GM # 25828247

 

[fourtrax]

Made some progress today. also ordered new body mount bushings, and some lizard skin products. going to lay down some sound deadening, then heat control, then cover it with some raptor liner as a top coat on the underside.