All done!!!

Total cost $1,285

Here is a rundown of what I had done...

Disassemble the engine
Hot tank for cleaning / degreasing
Mag the block ( check for any cracks )
Decked the head gasket surface, just enough to clean it up
Polished the crankshaft
Fully balanced the rotating assembly
New cam bearings, rod bearings, main bearings, and rings
New oil pump and pickup
New brass soft plugs
Honed the cylinders
Comp Cams 280H cam installed ( not included in above price )
ARP rod bolts installed ( not included in above price )
Rods resized after ARP rod bolts installed
All Fel Pro gaskets
I also had them completely assemble the short block for me

Additional cost was about $350 - $400 for the ARP bolts, camshaft, shift kit, trans fluid / filter, break in oil, Valvoline VR-1 20w50 race oil, and two oil filters.

The engine should be painted tomorrow and the installation will begin as soon as the paint is cured enough to handle.


Funny thing is that the engine already had a Comp Cams 280H cam in it, the same cam that I just bought for it. Good thing I didn't go with a smaller cam

The guy that built the engine for me said to expect about 9.5:1 compression and about 350 - 375 hp. I plugged some numbers in camquest ( free program from Comp Cams ) and I came up with 370 hp and 440 ft. lbs. That should be close to what I end up at! I hope the car show in a couple weeks has a mobile chassis dyno again this year... if they do I will be on it!

Hoping to kill a couple G8s at the track during the Michigan meet on June 6th

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

Awesome! Pretty cool the car is hidden in the background in that pic too...

Off the truck, inspecting it and getting ready to paint.


Very nice!


Ready to paint


All done




Still a ton more work to do! ( I LOVE the photobucket app on my Droid! Uploads the pics to my account as soon as I take them )

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

Better hope you never take a picture of something you don't want to...LOL

Nice work Ryan!

LOL Mike!


Lookin' good Ryan. Excited I get to see it in person in just a week!

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'93 SSE "Guinevere" RIP 1993 - 2019
'01 SSEi "Chloe" Mods: Intense FWI | GenV | WBS Intercooled | 3.2 MPS | 1.9 YT Rockers | SSAC Headers | N* TB | TEP Trans | 3.29 FDR | Torsen LSD
DTM Tuned | Dual AeroForce | Solid Mounts | 255 Walbro Pump | Fuel Logs | GXP STB & Sway Bars | CSS Lowering Springs | GXP Brakes | Disabled DRL
Magnaflow Mufflers | Magnaflow Cat | GXP Seats & Trim | 35 % Tint | Cleared & Tinted Tails | repinS Retrofited Morimoto Mini H1 | 19" GT500 Wheels
'09 G8 GT "Abigail" Mods: Rotofab | LS3 Heads, Intake & Cam | Kooks LT | Solo Exhaust | Tien Springs w/ GXP Struts | Whiteline Swaybars | BMR Subframe Connectors
Achievements: Guinevere - 264k mi | 16.27 @ 84.10mph | March '11 COTM :: Chloe - 223k mi | 13.85 @ 102mph | January '09 COTM :: Abigail - 192k mi | 12.85 @ 112mph

Got a little more done, just got the heads off the Blazer about ten minutes ago and came in to wash up. It sucks working under a droplight at night.... bugs love it though







Heads and intake will be cleaned up and installed tomorrow, and the engine will be dropped in as well. Hoping to have it running sometime tomorrow evening or Sunday early afternoon

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

Don't forget to cut your grass!

Looks purdy i must say...

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Jason Z - Exposed Autos

2001 BMW 330i - Titanium Silver - Sport Package - 3 Pedals - Koni Yellow/H&R Sport
2006 Volkswagen GTI - (gone) Tornado Red - DSG, Stage II~280hp/325tq
1993 Pontiac Bonneville - (gone) Purple Pearl H4U/SLE. Loud

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It's been a very long time, but, I am still around!

Taking a break from the heat for a couple minutes



Intake, as you can see, is not bolted on yet, just setting there.

The engine should be all bolted in in the next few hours

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

where is your white tent?

That wasn't mine, I borrowed it from a friend at work. I do still have it though, never thought to use it Oh well, it will only take more time now to set it up then it would be worth to me for the comfort

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

I find between three to four inches is ideal to keep weeds under control and the grass nice and lush.

Again, excited to see it coming back to life.

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not gonna be up for next weekend?

Looking sweet Ryan!

Did I miss the info on the heads? I see that they were on the Blazer, but whats the scoop with those?

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92 Olds 98. L67, Gen 3 M62, 2.55 pulley, FWI, PLIM, 1.8 YTs.

I was going to ask the same thing but I think it's all there in his siggy. First thing I noticed was the intake, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that an Edelbrock Performer for fuelie heads?

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Dale

These are the heads I have, but mine are about two or three years old - http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TFS-30400001-M64/

The intake is just a standard Edelbrock Performer intake, but will eventually be swapped out for a Performer RPM or RPM air gap intake.


This is the last pic I took of it, but since this pic I have the headers bolted on as well as the alternator and PS pump. Tomorrow all I need to do is hook up the radiator, header collectors, carb, plug wires, shift kit, then break the cam in. Should be on the road by mid day

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

I wanna come out there just to stare at the *dang* thing...

I would have had it done last night but we had to go to a friends house for a bonfire and that set me back a couple hours. Now, it is raining and I have to wait for it to clear up a bit

There really isn't much more to do, the shift kit was pretty much kicking my ass yesterday and cost me a lot of time, but that is almost done. Just have to bolt the valve body back in and filter / pan then do a little more work with the 2nd gear apply piston. Shouldn't take long really. Bolt up the header collectors to the exhaust, throw the carb on, prime the oil system, drop in the distributor and fire it up

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

mmm i see 2nd gen ram parts

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LUCAS Member # 534.
96 olds cutlass supreme SL 4 door 3100 4t60 *3.33 gears* *Fe1* 115K bone stock DD

Got it done, took it for a drive. Holds great oil pressure, about 60 at idle. MUCH better then the 15 - 20 at idle before the rebuild! I still need to play with the timing to get it just right, but it does run now.

Pics and videos will come later, it started to downpour right when we got done

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one