1971 Corvette Hot Rod Build

[Arrowsmith]

Moving right along...

Hour and a half spent on the little red Corvette this afternoon. Everything is unhooked topside. Need to get the starter wires and exhaust manifolds unhooked and then drain the fluids. At that point I can get to work yarding out the Muncie. In case some are wondering… roughly 1/2 the fasteners were loose (even the tach drive cable...yikes). Somewhere along the line someone took the distributor apart and didn’t install any shims (don’t need them…right? ). Has about 1/4 inch of end play. When I started it before it idled pretty well but today when I winged the throttle it was breaking up right away. 😉....Hmmm..

Also, ordered a new crank and rods from Molnar today (Tom is a great guy and he's forgotten more about cranks and connecting rods than many in the business know). I already have a set of Mahle 4.500-inch bore pistons. Since I don't want to mix gas, this engine will be a little bigger than the LS6 converted to an LS7 I had in the blue Corvette. This one will be a pump gas friendly 509. It should amount to the same thing in terms of power.

Having fun...