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FranV8, I used my paint gun!

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rayquayle Club Member Location: Coneythorpe, North Yorkshire Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 585 View user's profile	Sun 31 Jul 11 21:02 FranV8, I used my paint gun! Fran, since you made me feel guilty about having the gear and not using it, decided to break out the gun and paint the new block Chevy orange. What do you think? -------------------- Ray Quayle '86 Indy PaceCar, 4+3 (6895 of 7315) NCM Founder #2896 NCM Lifetime #672 Graduate of Gordon's School CCCUK #961 Ray's Corvette Page
5 USA Club Member Steve C Location: CCCUK Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 620 View user's profile	Sun 31 Jul 11 23:16 Re: FranV8, I used my paint gun! rayquayle wrote (View Post):What do you think? I think it's upside down. And very orange! -------------------- My Corvette was red!
rayquayle Club Member Location: Coneythorpe, North Yorkshire Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 585 View user's profile	Sun 31 Jul 11 23:32 Re: FranV8, I used my paint gun! 5 USA wrote (View Post):rayquayle wrote (View Post):What do you think? I think it's upside down. You know what? I do believe you're right! I knew I came to the right place for help. -------------------- Ray Quayle '86 Indy PaceCar, 4+3 (6895 of 7315) NCM Founder #2896 NCM Lifetime #672 Graduate of Gordon's School CCCUK #961 Ray's Corvette Page
FranV8 Club Member Location: Cambridgeshire Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 1124 Age: 37 View user's profile	Sun 31 Jul 11 23:47 To be truthful Ray, I'm a little miffed. You're going to end up with a C4 that will be better than when it left the factory, and whatever I do I'm unlikely to end up with the same quality of end result. Seriously, lovely job. What paint did you use? Bet you were pleased with the result and had to keep going back and looking at it whilst it was drying. Colour - big throwback to small and big blocks of the sixties? You'l have to polish your heads now! -------------------- 1995 Corvette LT1 6-Speed Coupe 1990 Japanese thingy (MX5) 2007 Honda UFO Previous 1986 Corvette Z51 Coupe
rayquayle Club Member Location: Coneythorpe, North Yorkshire Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 585 View user's profile	Mon 01 Aug 11 01:10 FranV8 wrote (View Post):What paint did you use? Bet you were pleased with the result and had to keep going back and looking at it whilst it was drying. Colour - big throwback to small and big blocks of the sixties? You'l have to polish your heads now! I used POR15. The normal POR15 underneath and then the POR15 Engine Enamel topcoat. I didn't get the chance to keep looking while it was drying. I shot it and then drove down to Cambs for my work week. Didn't get to see it until I got home Sunday morning. I installed the freeze plugs and snapped a few shots. Just put in the cam bearings tonight. I couldn't decide on the factory black or the Chevy orange of old. Finally went with the classic. Not sure if I'll polish those AFR heads or not. I'll certainly think about it! -------------------- Ray Quayle '86 Indy PaceCar, 4+3 (6895 of 7315) NCM Founder #2896 NCM Lifetime #672 Graduate of Gordon's School CCCUK #961 Ray's Corvette Page
FranV8 Club Member Location: Cambridgeshire Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 1124 Age: 37 View user's profile	Tue 02 Aug 11 13:18 How do you get teh cam bearings in? Do they get line bored afterward? Looking good Ray, how's the progress with the rest of the car? -------------------- 1995 Corvette LT1 6-Speed Coupe 1990 Japanese thingy (MX5) 2007 Honda UFO Previous 1986 Corvette Z51 Coupe
rayquayle Club Member Location: Coneythorpe, North Yorkshire Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 585 View user's profile	Tue 02 Aug 11 17:03 FranV8 wrote (View Post):How do you get teh cam bearings in? Do they get line bored afterward? Looking good Ray, how's the progress with the rest of the car? As you mentioned it, there is, as you would expect a tool for installing cam bearings. You line up the bearing, fit the tool and hammer it in. Haven't done much with the rest of the car, but will get on it as soon as the engine is built. -------------------- Ray Quayle '86 Indy PaceCar, 4+3 (6895 of 7315) NCM Founder #2896 NCM Lifetime #672 Graduate of Gordon's School CCCUK #961 Ray's Corvette Page
FranV8 Club Member Location: Cambridgeshire Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 1124 Age: 37 View user's profile	Tue 02 Aug 11 19:53 Nice Ray. You really ought be setting up your own Corvette shop! I see you have 4 bolt mains, I didn't think these were stock on the C4? And I'd love to measure up your x-brace! -------------------- 1995 Corvette LT1 6-Speed Coupe 1990 Japanese thingy (MX5) 2007 Honda UFO Previous 1986 Corvette Z51 Coupe
rayquayle Club Member Location: Coneythorpe, North Yorkshire Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 585 View user's profile	Tue 02 Aug 11 21:11 FranV8 wrote (View Post):I see you have 4 bolt mains, I didn't think these were stock on the C4? And I'd love to measure up your x-brace! Quite right. As you'll recall from the earlier posts with pics of my original block, it was a two bolt main. This the the late model replacement roller block with 4 bolt mains I decided to go with when I opted to keep my original block all original. -------------------- Ray Quayle '86 Indy PaceCar, 4+3 (6895 of 7315) NCM Founder #2896 NCM Lifetime #672 Graduate of Gordon's School CCCUK #961 Ray's Corvette Page

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