The Bald Eagle Machine Chronicles

[SlowLS1]

Looks like a fun little project. A LS swap would look nice in it too

[The_bald_eagle_machine]

Well what was going to be a "simple" fix and flip is quickly turning into a complete basket case project. I tore the head down only to find a really nice Fel Pro headgasket. That was in fact so new and nice that i could read the name on it and remove it in one piece(its a graphite gasket). Inside the motor, half of the valvetrain was rusty from water. When the head came out 3 of the 4 cylinders had rust flashing in them, and only one had good crosshatching. Tried soaking them down for the last few days in marvel mystery oil only to discover that one of the pistons has a really bad wrist pin and the piston is freely moving back and forth in the cylinder. The s10 is back on the facebook marketplace as it sits. I'm not interested in a full motor rebuild or replacement. Man.... I tell you what, I have had a bad run of just buying complete junk for cars lately.

[The_bald_eagle_machine]

Well guys, the day has come... I have officially sold the Camaro this morning. I sold it to a younger version of myself who wants to track the car at Sebring raceway and drag race it at the local Florida tracks. So anyone local might be seeing a white 5th gen with a Torqstorm out there racing. I got 25k cash for the car, which was what i wanted for it. I essentially got my mod money back out of the car. So i didn't lose much. The car was alot of fun, but I really miss my old school stuff. Probably going to LS Turbo swap this new S10 that I picked up. Ill probably post pictures on here in the next day or so... That being said, I am still in the middle of developing a new crash bar that will fit the Zl1 bumper.

[The_bald_eagle_machine]

The last pictures that I will ever take of the Camaro.

[SlowLS1]

A sad day. Here's to the next project!