1979 SC Chewed a Valve - Total Rebuild

[Flat6pac]

The 964 cam carriers were in the mix at the 89 production run, maybe even 88.
Get the cylinder dividers powder coated and never be concerned in the future.
Bruce

[mikedsilva]

Originally Posted by OsoMoore

Sandblasting cleared off the rust? What did it cost you to get the blasting plus coating done?

dont buy new ones. Total waste of money. Powdercoaters will blast and coat those for a pretty small amount of money.
If you aren't too bothered, just get some flat black paint from your autostore and have at it. Don't overthink this part of your build. Unless you are building an "instagram engine"....

[Henry Schmidt]

Originally Posted by Flat6pac

The 964 cam carriers were in the mix at the 89 production run, maybe even 88.

I'm confused. What is the relevance of that comment? Were you commenting on my conversion?

[Flat6pac]

I was just saying the 964 cam carriers were in production in 89 for the 3.2 so the change was worked in pre 964 runs.
I didn’t recall in 225 postings your conversion was involved

Bruce

[OsoMoore]

Originally Posted by mikedsilva

dont buy new ones. Total waste of money. Powdercoaters will blast and coat those for a pretty small amount of money.
If you aren't too bothered, just get some flat black paint from your autostore and have at it. Don't overthink this part of your build. Unless you are building an "instagram engine"....

I'm just having a little difficulty finding someone to do it. I messaged three different companies which I discerned from Google searching did blasting and didn't get any replies. I'm going to get on the phones on Monday I guess.

This is currently holding up my rebuild progress.

[mikedsilva]

Originally Posted by OsoMoore

I'm just having a little difficulty finding someone to do it. I messaged three different companies which I discerned from Google searching did blasting and didn't get any replies. I'm going to get on the phones on Monday I guess.

This is currently holding up my rebuild progress.

https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=powdercoating&find_loc=Milwaukee%2C+WI

[Henry Schmidt]

Originally Posted by Flat6pac

I was just saying the 964 cam carriers were in production in 89 for the 3.2 so the change was worked in pre 964 runs.
I didn’t recall in 225 postings your conversion was involved

Bruce

We build a lot of engines from scratch (no core) so sourcing things like good/usable 49mm cam housings is becoming more and more difficult. This conversion is just another option.
We are also line boring 47mm 3 and 4 bearing housings to 49 mm to alleviate some of the sourcing issues.