1966 Corvette L72 Light Refresh

[napa68]

Originally Posted by TimG

Tim, I know you hesitated to pull that motor, but I'm sure you will be glad you did it once the car is all back together. Those numbers are great.

As we know, these cars car prove to be a rabbit hole. Just how far do you want to chase it down? Now I can run thing like a rented mule

[dykstra]

Originally Posted by napa68

As we know, these cars car prove to be a rabbit hole. Just how far do you want to chase it down? Now I can run thing like a rented mule

Video of said action will be greatly appreciated……..

[Arrowsmith]

Originally Posted by napa68

As we know, these cars car prove to be a rabbit hole. Just how far do you want to chase it down? Now I can run thing like a rented mule

You're telling me....L-O-L....W

[napa68]

Today was focused on the rear end, or at least as far as I could get with the parts I have. USPS was kind enough to delay (lose) some parts I needed to get the rear end finished. I reinstalled the original rotors on the rebuilt trailering arms, checked them for runout, adjusted the new parking brake shoes, and installed the arms in the car.

I was able to get the runout to .003 on the right side, and .007 on the left. It's a bit more than spec, but I'd like to retain the original rotors if possible.



I installed new toe shims for the rear arms, set up like it came apart. Everything is in there temporarily, so it's not such a job for the alignment shop when I bring it in. The parts missing are some washers that get installed with the rear camber adjustment bolts. I cannot install the links, nor the shock mounts and shocks until I have those.

[cheveslakr]

It's fairly straightforward to get those rotors next to perfect. I cut 1.5" square shims with a half inch hole in the center out of a beer can and stuffed them behind the rotor in the inboard areas. Got my originals to within .002 on both sides. Like yourself, I wanted to use the originals, having very little faith in the aftermarket. One of mine even had a groove in it, but I'm still more than happy to reuse that. Brakes turned out very good. ... oh, and loving the build updates.

[napa68]

Originally Posted by cheveslakr

It's fairly straightforward to get those rotors next to perfect. I cut 1.5" square shims with a half inch hole in the center out of a beer can and stuffed them behind the rotor in the inboard areas. Got my originals to within .002 on both sides. Like yourself, I wanted to use the originals, having very little faith in the aftermarket. One of mine even had a groove in it, but I'm still more than happy to reuse that. Brakes turned out very good. ... oh, and loving the build updates.

I ordered some shims from McMaster Carr yesterday. I should have them on Monday. I'll take a swing at getting the runout closer

Thanks for the props!

[napa68]

Today I finished up the rear suspension assembly (my missing parts came in).


While this car is not an F41 car, I have had these really nice original and almost perfectly dated F41 shocks in my stash. I could not think of a better home for them.