Project: Angry Bird. LastCallKillIt's Build.

[El es Juan]

Hello ladies and gents, and welcome to LastCall's NA 3800 L26/ L36 build thread.

IT HAS BEGUN.



Parts pile:

-2008 Grand Prix L26 3800 Series III Long Block with 56K on it.

-Heads courtesy of 96RS-

-5 angle job on the valves,
-new phosphor guides
-Comp 105# springs
- Smoothed intake port/ smoothed expanded exhaust ports
-Decked .025" running stock thickness head gaskets

-ZZP GT2 Cam

• 216°/216° at .050"
• Intake Lift .317" (.507" lift at 1.6:1 rocker ratio)
• Exhaust Lift .317" (.507" lift at 1.6:1 rocker ratio)
• 111 LSA

-All new seals and gaskets for the engine, all Felpro.
-New Delphi OE Iinjectors (Well 5 of them lol Couldn't get the last one. Will be using one from the donor engine)
-Deplhi Fuel pressure regulator
-New timing chain and dampner.
-NGK TR55 plugs
-Valvoline Synpower Full Synthetic 5W30 oil
-K&N oil filter
-Duplicolor Pontiac Blue engine enamel

[El es Juan]

Engine build and swap

parts pile



Started the tear down



some of the "old" stuff

[El es Juan]

Heres a couple pics from sunday's work a friend posted on FB.

They thought this would be amusing to post on saturday lol



Scrapin gasket on sunday and hating it.

My eyes look creepy



Takin the front cover back off after paint

[El es Juan]

Down to long block last friday





moar parts



Fuel

[El es Juan]

Greasing my shaft



Balls deep



cleanin up the gasket surface



Puttin on the new heads



Torque





sexy bitch

[El es Juan]

[El es Juan]

Cam bolt wasn't tight. The cam key way is chewed off the cam, and the timing set was rubbing on the front cover. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to get it back together.

Here, enjoy the initial start up clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_2qVUDi6w

[El es Juan]

Dont really know, only thing that has been removed is the front cover/ timing set. My tools are still at my buds, so I havent got to check if the crank its self is locked or free.

I was planning to take the whole thing apart and send it to an engine shop for cleaning, and rebuild it and replace whatever.

But, now im gonna test the water instead, gonna drain the oil and see how it looks. If it aint too bad looking- install stock cam, refill, run, drain change filter- repeat a few times. After so if its still running and not having issues, and makes a good month no problems i'll feel safe putting another cam in it.

[El es Juan]

Just bought Sixshooter's GT2. The rest of the shit i'll need to swap cams and timing arrived today. Hopefully its alive again in less than a couple weeks. Pulled the plugs earlier and the bottom end at least is not locked.

[bob8703]

very nice man. sorry about the whole locking up though. Glad to see you back on though. if you ever need any help hit me up. Been too busy with work to make any friends here lol. could use a wrenching buddy haha. Keep up the work. I cant wait to see this done.