Well the rebuild has finally commenced! Ok, really the tear down has commenced. We started yesterday after giving the Bomber a tune-up so I can drive it during the rebuild. So as of now, the engine is OUT! Almost all the gaskets were shot. Someone had the engine apart before, so we're going to check the numbers to see if it's even the original engine. Whoever had it apart was an idiot though, there's bolts missing and gaskets put on the wrong sides...Here's a whole bunch of pics.
















It rained off and on all day today, but I could luckily use my parent's canopy so at least the bay would stay dry to work. Btw, that's the bf tearing it apart, aka microkid. The block is out and sitting on the driveway until tomorrow. He's gonna take it and tear that apart and then deliver it at the beginning of next week to Pharro Performance for the machine work. Until then it's my job to clean everything up in the mean time. The bay will get nice and cleaned up considering everything is coated in oil from all the gasket leaks and coolant from the tear down. I still have some parts to get and the rest have to come by mail. I have neon pink wiring looming to replace some of the black (not all, just the smaller stuff) and I have to get black engine paint to paint the block, intake, and valve covers. The grooves on the intake and valve covers will be filled in with matching pink enamel as well as '3800 series II' lettering will be painted pink to match my stripes and air box. She'll be one sexy looking engine bay when I get done with it. Pics will follow everything of course.

 

looks like your doing good i would paint the actual bay too have fun with the degreaser and scrubber

 

Thread is now a sticky as promised.

Looking great so far

 

Thanks nj, hopefully people will notice the thread being way on top now

 

Looking good. I noticed it at the top of the page immediately.

 

yea, there were definitly some loose bolts. 2 loose grounds, a couple loose engine mount bolts, and a missing bellhousing bolt. now comes the fun part of finding a match. oh well, thats not the hard part...

 

Looks like a lot of progress already. At least when it's done you know it will be done right this time. I'm kinda scared what I'd find if I tore the LS1 down, haha.
I'm liking the color scheme btw.. I did flat black and hot pink on my Monte Carlo's engine and it looks sweet. VHT makes a hot pink engine paint if you decide to go that route. Definitely looking forward to pics of the finished product.

 

The camaro version of heart surgery. Wish you a good recovery Sophie - what a beautiful car.

 

Yes, it was definitely an open-heart surgery. Case took the engine last night home with him so he can tear it apart. I've been in the process of cleaning everything up so I can prep it for paint. It's taking forever. Today we're suppose to head over to Pharro to check out the place. I need to make sure I can trust these people with my girl.

 

for the bellhousing to block
auto is a m12x1.75x45
manual 5 sp m12x1.75x45
manual 6 sp 3/8-16x1.25