1978 Pontiac Firebird Week 2009 06 21

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Ok,  here is the long lost update for the Week of 2009 06 21. It is actually a depressing update as after two runs down the track with the rebuilt engine it is blown up again. This is the story of getting it out and find out what damage has been done

	Well I picked a great day to pull the engine out to see what is wrong. Come on don’t give me a hard time I know it has been a long time since I put out an update. This is a depressing topic. Two runs down the track and the engine is toast again.
	We have to get the car from the foot of the drive way into the garage out of the rain. I wonder what the best way to do that is?
	I know get a bunch of good friends over and take as much weight as you can off the car and then put the expert from Fire Ball Racing behind the wheel and push it up the driveway.
	Ok, the front clip is gone.
	Up the driveway it goes. That was all I had planned for, but it was decided by over welling odds that the engine had to come out.
	To keep the troops happy you have to feed them.
	So I hope I did not miss anyone, it has been over a month since this meeting of the car nuts, from left to right Barry Moore, Steve Walzack, Jim Boehly, Lenny Ball, Vince Falco, Don Goodman, Tom Deyle, and my son George Lever who was taking the pictures. That’s right, you might even see another picture of the fat guy in the orange shirt again.
	There was a traffic jam on Hearthstone lane this evening.
	So here is the project.
	And this is how we get it out. Oh my gosh, there is the fat guy in the orange shirt. I swear that is the only shirt he owns, and ever time he is in the picture, there is no work going on. This project would move faster if he would just stay home.
	Engine mount bolts coming out, well at lest Tom is doing some work.
	Almost out.
Pulled the plugs and found this. They were all gapped when they went in. Looks like a sign of what is to come.
	Lets open the bottom and see what we can see
	Does not look good, there is metal pieces!
	I do not think that the two bearing half’s are supposed to be staked one on top of the other.
	Pictures are worth a thousand words at this point.
What to do, what to do, I know, lets spend some money, lets build a stroker!