Barn Find 442 W30

[Canuck]

Ryan
PS: Didn’t you have another NOS block? 350?

Don't know of any, but you could check with Mike Fusick and I will ask the fellow that I got this one from.

I am saving all the GM boxes and wrappers and going to create a Christmas tree out of them. Cause opening NOS parts is like Christmas.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Originally Posted by Canuck

Ryan
PS: Didn’t you have another NOS block? 350?

Don't know of any, but you could check with Mike Fusick and I will ask the fellow that I got this one from.

I am saving all the GM boxes and wrappers and going to create a Christmas tree out of them. Cause opening NOS parts is like Christmas.

I don’t need an NOS block I just thought you had posted pictures of all the markings on an NOS block....

Ryan

[Tracker1]

A brand new W-30 455 in a box. IT IS CHRISTMAS!!

[Canuck]

It’s been three years since I provided an update on this project. While Mark progressed with the body rebuild,I did some mechanical stuff at my shop.
Here is the progress on the engine.


I had a nicely restored oil pan and then found an NOS one. Stripped off the factory black ‘parts department” paint and got it ready for the car.




Wanting to maintain an assembly line look,I kept the paint thin on the underside of the oil pan. On the original cars examined at MCACN I noticed the pans paint was thin. I prepped the pan and sprayed with a Matte clear. The blue paint was sprayed on from the sides.


I shot a few photos of the internals before the pan went back on,showing the original stamping son the rods and pistons.

[Canuck]

The block is a nos short block I acquired and I described in an earlier post that I had my machine shop go through it and did a real blueprint and balance.

Trial fit of NOS aluminum intake. It had rough broach marks on one side so I had it machined. 10 thousand for a better fit.


I wanted to preserve the assembly line markings so on the left side I sprayed in Matt clear before applying Olds Blue.



I find the best way to get a nice coat of Olds blue is to apply GM corporate blue as its non metallic. After that usually two coats of Olds blue does the job. I preserves some of the brown paint daubs that were inspection marks.




The engine assembly has the rolling NOS parts.
Short block
Oil pan
Oil baffle
Ring gear
Timing cover
Timing marker
Water pump
All head internals
Lifters
Internal oil baffle
Aluminum intake
Heat stove
Engine hook
More to come.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Have you crested 1000 NOS parts?

Ryan W31

[Canuck]

994

[Canuck]

Got the intake back from the machine shop and dry fitted and then did another fit with the NOS steel gasket.



Observations of original W30 cars show no paint on the heads on either side of the intake and none on the steel gasket.
It is believed a template was used to cover the intake and other items like the hook, thermostat housing and other small parts were painted as they lay on top of the template.
I have seen engines with no paint on these items to some that had a partial coat. I opted for the latter and painted about 3/4 of the surface area of these parts.



More Nos parts used here.
Balancer
Lower pully
Starter bracket
Fuel pump
Temp sending unit
Coil bracket

Manifolds were media blaster and a graphite was applied, burnished with 000 steel wool, one more coat of graphite applied and then heated with a heat gun to cure the graphite.
Final look is fresh cast iron.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Hit EBay and grab 6 NOS goodies!!

Ryan W31.

[RPOLS3]

Looks great Paul!