Well... it's getting there...
The engine and auto tranny are out.. tomorrow night the getrag mounts get welded in.
I also finished the head... home port & polish... 1mm oversize SS valves from Karo... Fel-Pro valve stem seals... stock springs, retainers, locks...
The new head:
Close up of one of the exhaust ports. I didn't really do much to the intake ports, just removed the ugly slag bits.. I did quite a bit to the exhaust ports though, port-matched it to the Bill's i-Performance header.. and the exhaust gasket. Probably took off about 1/8th of an inch all the way around.. knife-edged the piece between the two runners in each port..
Here's a stock head vs the ported one:
And with the valves installed:
It's no Induction Dynamics head... nor RSM or J-Body Performance.. but aside from time and the parts, it cost me very little to do it... about 6 hours with the die grinder and various carbide bits, sanding rolls and cross-buffs.. then $250 for the oversize valves to be put in. I'm guessing the total is close to $1000 Canadian now.. just for the head! Yow!
<a href="http://www.lenkorules.com/"><img src="http://s93165229.onlinehome.us/images/zm/sig/LRDCsig3.jpg"></a>
awesome... damn cheap too
1000$ canadian = like 35$ american
LE61T PTE6262 Powered 
QBE (73H 800573D 0N3) wrote:awesome... damn cheap too
1000$ canadian = like 35$ american
HAHAHA
___________________________________________________________
$1000 for some head? Yikes!
__________________________________________________________________
Performance cars do not win car shows and show cars do not win races.
It's up to you to decide which you'd rather win.
QBE (73H 800573D 0N3) wrote:awesome... damn cheap too
1000$ canadian = like 35$ american
OMG... i bursted out laughin when i read that... So true, so true....
LMAO Phil..
Not any more, its more like 800CDN = 35 american.... our dollar is goin up!!
<Img src="http://www.icefire.ca/stylez24/stylez05sig.jpg">
Official member - www.ontarioCAVS.com & J-Body Club of Ontario
lookin good lenko
You better hurry...you got like...3 weeks? maybe 4 lol
Very nice man, one question.. When you guys do your own port and polishing how do you know how much to grind off and where to stop? Do you use a tool to measure? Yeah, it confuses the hell outta me ha..
Keep it up.
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
______________________
WHITECAVY no more
2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
306 TQ
looking good
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
can you document swapping the auto tranny with the getrag PLEASE, with pictures
Isn't this BFZ 3?
Gray -> White -> Red
<a href="http://webpages.charter.net/nightmare-32/">
</a>
...Oh no I'm a big bad fake moderator...[
]Support the ORG, go Premium
<a href="http://www.j-body.org/forums/rules.php">Please, read the rules.</a> | Retired Sig Maker Count: 74</a> | <a href="http://www.j-body.org/~gatewayjbody">Gateway J-body's</a>
the white one wasn't dubbed a BFZ tho.. i can't remember what it was (or is for the time being)
its still BFZ3 to me also
LOL
hey john , you usually have to cook head in the oven , not on the stove !!!! the stove heats uneven , and it will taste bad when you get to the raw parts of the head
looks like alot of fun
looks good is that for the vert? i wish i had the time and know how to do that.
very, very nice.....and what does BFZ stand for?
"Official Jewish J-Body"
so after it is all done how much better will these mod be as far as preformance? meaning hp and tq?
WHITECAVY wrote:Very nice man, one question.. When you guys do your own port and polishing how do you know how much to grind off and where to stop? Do you use a tool to measure? Yeah, it confuses the hell outta me ha..
Keep it up.
If i'm not mistaken he bought two heads and actually cut one in half so he could see how much material that could be removed.
I think it looks incredible, I only wish I had the time to do something like that.
Looks great! now gimmie the part number on that 2.4 exhaust gasket
Machzel08 wrote:very, very nice.....and what does BFZ stand for?
bottle fed zed.
John - looks great man, keep up the awesome work.
Eh, I hope it's back together by the time I have to leave for the Bash!! I've got a car show the week before it... I was shooting for then... but now I'm not so sure
For the P&P, I did cut a spare head in half, then quartered it.. so I knew how thick the walls were. They're damn thick!! I didn't take out TOO much.. about 1/3 of what is there.. so there's still plenty of meat left.
I've been taking pics of the progress so far... much more than just these few pics... but I'm going to assume... if you don't know how to take the old transmission out, you're on your own LOL
The white 'vert was the Zex Machine... not exactly a fitting name, since I never really ran the Zex kit on it... but it was installed, so...
I guess I could call this one the Blown Zed... (Canadian, eh?) Boosted Zed? Bah.. let's get it running first
I'll grab that part number for ya when I get home!! I'm at work right now..
<a href="http://www.lenkorules.com/"><img src="http://s93165229.onlinehome.us/images/zm/sig/LRDCsig3.jpg"></a>
Keep up the good work Lenko!
WHERE'S THE TRAILER?
Good work thus far, month until bash, dammit!
Trailer is on hold... it's standing up against the wall, behind the red 'vert.. you can't even get to it yet!!
It'll have to wait until I have the red car out and running... and the Alero IRS swap done... so I have a suspension on it...
<a href="http://www.lenkorules.com/"><img src="http://s93165229.onlinehome.us/images/zm/sig/LRDCsig3.jpg"></a>
what do you use to polish the head. coould us eagly polish, the one use on my rims. and just clean the hell out of head. dont think i could port it. but seeriously do you have to be exact or measure when you poort your head. and what exactly are you porting. please help.
