Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Thanks for the Birthday wishes Jason:-)

Thanks for the compliment and feedback Patton:-)

Ryan

PS: I got a way better face shield and an extra lens..... hope I can see what the heck I am grinding this weekend.......

[daverd]

Good progress Ryan !
I gotta get started on mine someday.......

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

The girls were away this weekend so Jamie and I got a couple visits to the igloo.

I wire wheeled more floor, the area above the rear end, and started the passenger rear wheel well. Found a few small rust spots but nothing major.

We removed the master cylinder for rebuild, the clutch and brake pedals for new bushings and to remove the extra brackets welded onto the clutch. We took the heater box off and started to look at how to get the heater core out.

We (Jamie) removed the clutch shaft bellows off the firewall.

Lots of fun, and lots more to go.

Pictures tomorrow.

PS: I looked at my schedule and with this slow period I am two months behind:-( And the floors/firewall are 19 visits away from done. Time to add a mid week visit somehow.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Nick Morocco is busy working on my third Muncie. (That is totally reasonable right?)

The M22Z gear set is on order and he is getting a Heim joint linkage to reduce the friction in all the swivel points. (Don't tell the purists) (Do tell the DAY-2 guys)

This Trans will be a mix of Frankenstein parts as numbers are not a concern, but it will be the same input and output spline as my other Muncies. 10 spline input, 27 spline output.

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Pictures:-)

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

More Pictures:-)

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Fun with my son:-)

Ryan

[Postsedan]

Locate and find your hidden firewall VIN stamp....I think I see an upside down 2?

Stick your hand way down the heater blower hole and see how much debris and leaves are trapped inside the bottom cowl corners.....use a long vacuum hose and air hose to loosen the debris and suck it all up. Also check how weak the metal is in the lower firewall drop corners.....very prone to rust in that weak area.

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I will check Dan, I remember finding the VIN on the frame:-) Now I need to find it on the firewall under the heater box:-)

I pulled out a lot of insulation material that someone made a home out of:-(

I will clean and check the cowl as you mentioned, so far looks perfect:-)

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I stopped at the machine shop to see my engine progress and to pick up unneeded items to take home.

They are progressing well.

Block and heads are magnafluxed and hot tanked and or shot blasted.
Crank is machined 0.010" 0.010"
They bolted the main caps with ARP bolts and line honed.
Clevite bearings have arrived.
The decks have been cleaned up (0.006" by memory)
Heads have bronze guide liners installed and they are starting to measure for W31 sized valve cutting, and hardened exhaust valve seat cutting.
The valves are just in the heads for mock up.

The only issue right now is 350 Olds piston availability. The block is already 0.030" over and the machinist has measured each bore and is not comfortable re-honing/re-ringing. I was going to use the old faithful, cost effective TRW/Speed Pro Forged Piston and 5/64, 5/64, 3/16 rings but they only come in standard or 0.030", so the machinist is quoting Wiseco 0.040" semi-custom pistons with better/thinner rings 1/16, 1/16, 3/16. Lots of options and I have researched the heck out of them.

Ryan