55.2-59 1958 Saab story

[gottattooz]

Well, a little forehead smack and some good news. I found the oil leak. Josh (maddkidd) had a corvette oil pan on the saab when I bought it. I put the original pan back on. It never dawned on me that the original oil pan has its own dipstick tube hole. So, along with me motor mounts and other miscellaneous bits and pieces, I ordered a correct dipstick tube for the oil pan and a plug for the hole in the block.

Josh

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by gottattooz

Well, a little forehead smack and some good news. I found the oil leak. Josh (maddkidd) had a corvette oil pan on the saab when I bought it. I put the original pan back on. It never dawned on me that the original oil pan has its own dipstick tube hole. So, along with me motor mounts and other miscellaneous bits and pieces, I ordered a correct dipstick tube for the oil pan and a plug for the hole in the block.

Josh

Thank you, dipstick tube hole, for making Josh get a new Cam and more power!!

[gottattooz]

Here's the list of goodies that are showing up.

Speed engineering headers with cat delete y-pipe.

243 aluminum heads to replace the 317 heads. From what I'm reading online, the 243 heads (64.5 cc chambers) should bump up the compression ratio from 9.4 to 10.2 compared to the 317 heads (71.5 cc chambers). I don't know how accurate that is, but I did the same thing on my jeep with a similar camshaft and it pulls strong on 87 octane

Truck norris cam kit with new lifters, trays, springs, push rods, valve guide seals.

I also gotta all new belts, tensioner and idler pulley.

I'm having a tough time removing the transmission oil pan. It's been sealed with gray rtv and it's not letting loose. I'll keep you posted

Josh

[gottattooz]

Well I finally got the trans oil pan off, so I could unplug the input shaft speed sensor. What I didn't know was there is another sensor the pokes up into the front pump, and I broke that, so after replacing the input speed sensor, I still spent another $130 for a harness and a filter kit.

Josh

[gottattooz]

Chipping away. Replaced the motor mounts, camshaft, lifters and trays and valve springs. Still waiting on more parts, but it's good to make progress.

Josh

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by gottattooz

Chipping away. Replaced the motor mounts, camshaft, lifters and trays and valve springs. Still waiting on more parts, but it's good to make progress.

Josh

all forward progress is good! Motor mounts are an underrated step, for sure.

maybe you can etch/sharpie the cam specs inside the timing cover? Cams become a mystery once they're out of the box, it seems. You just gotta remember or keep a build sheet.

[Madkidd007]

Originally Posted by daveshilling

all forward progress is good! Motor mounts are an underrated step, for sure.

maybe you can etch/sharpie the cam specs inside the timing cover? Cams become a mystery once they're out of the box, it seems. You just gotta remember or keep a build sheet.

Once they are in a motor who cares though? Not like it has to ever be reference again even though the truck Norris specs are as easy to find as google searching it

[Rickysnickers]

Originally Posted by daveshilling

maybe you can etch/sharpie the cam specs inside the timing cover?

Excellent idea!!! Never thought of doing that.