So what did you do today?

[MustangMike]

Ripped down my Asian 440 BB #2 today and replace the New West piston with an OEM Stihl 460 piston, which is lighter.

As a result, I think I got rid of the excessive vibration problem. OEM 460 is only 12% heavier than 440 piston, a Meteor 460 or New West BB is 20% heavier, and they just over load the little crank.

I'll save the heavier pistons for 460 builds, the heavier crank handles them just fine.

 

[Bigmac]

Ripped down my Asian 440 BB #2 today and replace the New West piston with an OEM Stihl 460 piston, which is lighter.

As a result, I think I got rid of the excessive vibration problem. OEM 460 is only 12% heavier than 440 piston, a Meteor 460 or New West BB is 20% heavier, and they just over load the little crank.

I'll save the heavier pistons for 460 builds, the heavier crank handles them just fine.

Nice! It is what I noticed switching around different top ends, on my ms460 the big bore pistons were heavy and vibrative! Is the skirt length the same from the BB to meteor?

 

[Bigmac]

Just finished up for the day, it got dark fast!got most of the columns rebuilt!

 

[MustangMike]

The New West BB pistons seem to have dimensions identical to OEM. The Meteor have slightly wider skirts. All 3 seem to have the same crown height and readily inter change, but the OEM are lighter than the other two (as are the OEM wrist pins, but I was already using one of them).

 

[MustangMike]

Well … I turned 66!!!

 

[Rob Stafari]

Happy Birthday Mike! Cheers to many more!

 

[Wilhelm]

I second that, happy birthday!

 

[MG porting]

Well … I turned 66!!!

Happy birthday Mike.

 

[MG porting]

I changed the oil in my old highboy this morning before it gets to hot it needed it bad. Lol. But she's happy now.

 

[Bigmac]

Got about three hours in tonight after work, got my shoulder cap in and one post is ready for paint.

 

[MG porting]

Got about three hours in tonight after work, got my shoulder cap in and one post is ready for paint.View attachment 136126View attachment 136125 View attachment 136127

Camaro looks good oh I meant the post look good. Lol

 

[Bigmac]

Camaro looks good oh I meant the post look good. Lol

This is for @MG porting.....I got the columns all caulking...
Lol

 

[MG porting]

This is for @MG porting.....I got the columns all caulking...View attachment 136278View attachment 136279 View attachment 136277
Lol

Lol. You big teez. Looks good!

 

[MustangMike]

Wow, very nice Z!!! Back in the day, when I had my first Mustang (a Black 67 Fastback with a 289) one of my best friends had a Blue 69 Z-28.

We paled around all over together, and did insane stuff. One time we were coming up on a slow moving car like it was standing still and he passes on the left (in the wrong way lane) and I pass on the right (on the shoulder). We were young, crazy, and had a lot of fun.

Another guy I know bought it, restored it, and it is still in pristine condition (and he has 3 of them).

 

[Dub11]

Wow, very nice Z!!! Back in the day, when I had my first Mustang (a Black 67 Fastback with a 289) on of my best friends had a Blue 69 Z-28.

We paled around all over together, and did insane stuff. One time we were coming up on a slow moving car like it was standing still and he passes on the left (in the wrong way lane) and I pass on the right (on the shoulder). We were young, crazy, and had a lot of fun.

Another guy I know bought it, restored it, and it is still in pristine condition (and he has 3 of them).

Now that guy with the 3 Camaros is a hoarder!

 

[MustangMike]

No, 3 69 Z-28 Camaros! But our other friend was the hoarder, had 20+ muscle cars at a time, sent people all over the Country to look/check out before he purchased, and his 55 Chevy was in Hot Rod magazine 3 times.

 

[Bigmac]

Thanks Mike, she has been a good fun car, got it from the original owner and over time did a full resto...lots of time!

 

[Bigmac]

Got two coats of paint on after work!

 

[fearofpavement]

Nice porch posts. I like seeing good craftsmanship. (ps, it's rare)

 

[fearofpavement]

Watched the northern lights from 0100 to 0300 this morning and then slept a few hours (not enough). It's thunderstorming here in Yellowknife, NT so we're in a McDonalds catching up on internet stuff. We've been car camping on this trip as all our funds are going into the gas tank. (gas about $5 per gallon here in this part of Canada.) The last few days visibility has been obscured by smoke from BC fires. (we're headed to BC later in the trip. I think we're north of most of the smoke now. Probably be in the Yukon before the week is out.