Thread: Bought an old race car today.

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I agree Paul, you are probably really anxious to get more done on your 46. I read a long time ago a golden rule of rod building. "Don't get sidetracked by any other car projects until you get one done." For some reason I seem to break that rule a lot.

Tonight I got the engine and transmission pulled out of the Camaro. Dan was worried I was doing it by myself so he came to the shop and gave me a hand.

I think I am going to leave the rear axle assembly in the Camaro so the junkman has an easier time loading it onto his rollback. The reason I am going to let it go is because I think there is a spool inside instead of a posi unit. When we were pushing the car backwards tonight into it's parking spot the inside wheel was scrubbing on the pavement, like a spool would do. Also, when I dropped the driveshaft and the rear wheels were off the ground there seems to be a lot of play in the rear end. You can turn the yoke quite a bit and there is a distinctive clunk in each direction. Does that seem normal for a spool setup? I may still pull off the rear cover to see what I can see in there.

I also got the timing cover off tonight and the timing chain is a double roller and very tight, like it should be. So I'll reuse that too. I think that is a cam button on the end of the timing gear. The cam will come out tomorrow or Saturday and then I'll tear down the rest of the engine to see what rods, etc are in there. I do know it isn't a stroker () The stroke measures just about 3.5 inches.

Don