96 Beretta Project

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Trying to keep it to only what's necessary, I am hoping to drive this car to the Denver meet this year so I don't want to go crazy and create a problem somewhere. I was going to pull the heads and change the gaskets but they haven't given me a single issue so I think I will just clean everything up, install the conversion gasket set I ordered, new Valve cover gaskets and possibly try to drill holes for the lower intake 3500 rubber gaskets some how... Or cut off the tabs on one set of them and see if they will work that way. Also I bought some cam bearings as noted so those are getting swapped out. But that's really about it. Everything else looks really good.

any suggestion or recommendation on where to position the oil holes on the cam bearings during install? This recent set I think I put at around 4-5O'clock since I think that's where the stock ones were orientated.

[mfuller]

....any suggestion or recommendation on where to position the oil holes on the cam bearings during install? This recent set I think I put at around 4-5 O'clock since I think that's where the stock ones were orientated.

Yep. Chevrolet 60-degree V6 power manual says "The oil feed hole in the cam bearings should be positioned between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock as viewed from the front of the block...."

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Ok, that settles that one... LOL they will go back in the same way I did them before.

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Timing cover all clearanced...



Crank is also done... got my gaskets this weekend so maybe tonight I'll put 90% of that together to get it cleaned up and out of the way so I can fix my subie when my tools come in tomorrow.

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Well everything is torqued and angle set (I actually have and angle wrench now! way better than using a protractor and guessing quite a bit)... just needs the timing cover and oil pan. I'm actually trying out the 3500 lim valley gaskets this time rather than a thick bead of silicone feels like it will seal pretty good,just need a dab where they meet the LIMG, and I cut the nubs off the bottom of the gasket, didn't drill the block... I'll probably drill it the next time I have it out but since the pistons and heads stayed on I didn't want to make a huge mess.

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OHHHHH AHHHHHH

[mfuller]

Nice and shiny! Who coated them?


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Competitive Edge in CT, Local to me so one day shipping time saved on the overall turn around time.

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Headers not so shiny anymore... gotta ask them if you can re-polish with any metal polish.

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Can be re-polished, scrub with white scotch brite then polish with mothers aluminum polish... nifty!

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I hope this will spur some work on the car once I get all my tools organized in it



Slight upgrade from ole faithful... I'm tired of digging for tools all the time.

[pocket-rocket]

Nice setup, what did it run you?

Let me know how the drawers feel after getting some tools in it, if you could. Been debating on saving ~$6-700 for a nice Kobalt or Craftsmen set or save some dough and go with the roller US Generals from HF.



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I loaded one drawer up with all my air tools and it's still rolls nicely. Right now it's a little tight but that's expected for brand new drawers. I'll get some pics of the drawer setups but they are done really nice and the rollers are good strong ones. I also think the sub 20* temps may be making the grease in them a bit thick so there is more resistance. The deep drawers have two rollers per side too.

I honestly feel the quality of the build is good for the price you pay and for hobbyist like us it's probably the best you'll get without breaking the bank. I looked online and people want close to 2k for a Craftsman box that is close to this setup and they want like 4k for an "extreme tools" 55" roller base ONLY, that's just obnoxious

This for example...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Worksmart-WS-MH-TSTOR-017-12-Drawer-Red-Steel-Tool-Storage-Roller-Cabinet-/190814987076?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6d75a344

You can buy near exactly the same thing from HF for $370...

This whole setup was 1093.06 with our local tax and two coupons on the base and top chest... I could have got an extra $10 off if I knew that they would take an inside track club coupon picture in the store... I thought they would only take it if it was the physical cut out coupon. I used a $30 off the base that was in their flyer there was a $40 off inside track club coupon available though, and when I picked up the rest I tried just a picture of the inside club coupon for the top that was $30 off and they took it. I only had to pay ~$700 for the rest of the setup because my Father In-law dropped of the base cabinet Friday and said he'll pick up this one and I can just get the rest.

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Tags on all the boxes for weight information.








And a few more pics


Only flaw I've found so far, right side of one drawer is a bit low... Neither drawer hits each other so honestly not a problem at all


Dual roller rails on the large roller base cabinet

[pocket-rocket]

How is the cabinet holding up?

Reason I ask is HF is having a parking lot sale, August 22-24, and the base cabinet will be on sale for $359 and the top for $279. This is a sale price without coupons.