In high school i took on the challenge, of making an 82 diesel buick run. My dad had got it for my mom in the early 90's (he was in love with his 6.2/6.5 gm diesels and figured how bad could it be). he had a head put on it and got it running and my mom drove it and hated every minute. in 95 is lost the lower rad hose and lost the engine. fast forward to 2006/2007 i tore it down and finally managed to get it rebuild and running well about 2012 after hunting down hard to find parts , making young mistakes and or course hot rod'n it.
this cart got a 4 speed manual from an 84 Chevy celb, custom flywheel. the engine was fully balanced, full roller valve train, custom cam grind, arp bolt (where i could find ones that would work).
in 2012 after having this on and off the street sence 2008 i just wanted to see what she would do. so i started making a run from Fort Collins to Laramie, Wy. i was running about 95-100 based on the tach at 2/3 peddle and out of revs (fun but stupid). coming up on the forks i started to shut down, popped her into neutral looked at the oil gauge, no pressure at idle, 30 psi at 2500. when i got her home i found the crank touched the bearings so i pulled the motor out of the car and scraped it. stupid me should have been running the car that hard with the coolant temp at 220F, i think i thinned out the oil, young fun
any here are some picture of the finished thing
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.886869138100215&type=1
this cart got a 4 speed manual from an 84 Chevy celb, custom flywheel. the engine was fully balanced, full roller valve train, custom cam grind, arp bolt (where i could find ones that would work).
in 2012 after having this on and off the street sence 2008 i just wanted to see what she would do. so i started making a run from Fort Collins to Laramie, Wy. i was running about 95-100 based on the tach at 2/3 peddle and out of revs (fun but stupid). coming up on the forks i started to shut down, popped her into neutral looked at the oil gauge, no pressure at idle, 30 psi at 2500. when i got her home i found the crank touched the bearings so i pulled the motor out of the car and scraped it. stupid me should have been running the car that hard with the coolant temp at 220F, i think i thinned out the oil, young fun
any here are some picture of the finished thing
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.886869138100215&type=1
I was sick one day and I put it on out of curiosity and I love it despite being way way out of the target age. Sadly there is hardly any good shows on tv anymore or I probably wouldn't have cared.
