1960 Corvette 283-290 F.I. Survivor

[napa68]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

So, your first Nova ??

Nope

[napa68]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Instead of picking the engine up, maybe you could drop off the FI and have it run with that ? Or chassis dyno in the future ??

They treat me so well, I'd hate to impose on their time for an experiment. The F.I. unit will be dialed on a wide band O2. I'll be happy with a great running and driving car

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by napa68

Nope

Hmmmm.....

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Xplantdad

Hmmmm.....

Yeah, getting the feeling I haven't been on this forum long enough to know what it is.
OR, it was a horse trade with his Dad....

[napa68]

This past Sunday, I ran down to AMS to pick up the engine.
https://www.amsracingengines.com/

First of all, I cannot say enough for the way Steve at AMS treats me. He mentioned this build was "fun" for him, as nobody had even been in this engine before (especially considering it's age). He went on to say they found all of the inspection / labeling marks to be interesting, and how they survived the cleaning process. While some of the pics I am loading up here are redundant, this is the best time to document it for someone who is restoring a Flint built engine in this era.






The inside of the engine cleaned up nicely. A before and after pic



I elected not to dust any paint in on the engine. My vision for the car is a preservation and mechanical refresh. I stripped the fresher paint off of the oil pan and clutch inspection cover, just to play the part of everything else. I'll be the first to point out some people my question my decision, but once you start painting....where do you stop? In my opinion, this is playing the part of the car. One of the items I purchased for the car was a 493 water pump. I had to knock that back in order to mimic some unrestored example I have seen. While it's not undetectable, once in the car and all of the accessories are installed, it should blend in.


I was kind of chomping at the bit to get it installed. As I have mentioned in other projects, this is the part of the process I really enjoy. A few hours later, the engine, clutch, and transmission are all installed. Like many clutch install's, I found it necessary to utilize an adjustable clutch for ball to optimize the clutch fork geometry. It makes a noticeable improvement in pedal pressure. I keep one of these in stock, as I would hate to wait around for something so insignificant, yet so inaccessible. The clutch fork angle is text book with the adjustable ball.




Here is the dyno sheet. Once again, this engine is most all stock. The only real deviation are to connecting rods with are from Eagle. That was a choice strictly for durability. The KB pistons yield a compression ratio of 10.5:1. Stock Duntov 097 cam with Crower Coolface lifters. No port work, no hidden tricks. As I have touched on before, we were not chasing numbers here, just validating the package. Steve spun the engine to 5500 for testing, and it is still building power. No real sense going any further, as the combination is decidedly different than as installed. I will add that I am happy with how flat the torque curve is


I'll keep hanging parts today, and just about finished. Brian has the F.I. unit completed, and is going through the distributor as of last night.

[67since67]

As usual Tim, you've got this exactly right! Fresh engine paint in an otherwise unrestored car is always a turnoff. Love this C-1!!

[TimG]

Tim, you did the right thing by leaving the original paint as is. Someone can always come back and add paint or restore the car is they want (not that any should do that).

[MosportGreen66]

Agree with the authorities of BW and TG!
Very well done per norm Tim!