Saabel Garage; GMC Typhoon #FinnTyphoon

[keme]

Maybe it's your luck you didn't drove to Gatebil.

Better next year after a winter with dynotests.

And it's a very nice car, perfect for a hot summernight.

Have to say you are correct about the Gatebil. Luckily there are plenty of Gatebil´s to come and I am very sure I´ll get to drive this to some event.

Started the winter season today. Hope I get the engine lifted off next week.

[keme]

And the engine is out. Next it goes to engine stand and gets completely disassembled.

[keme]

Almost got the engine disassembled. Didn´t have proper damper tool so I couldn´t get yet the crankshaft and cam removed, but it will be properly torn apart this weekend.

[keme]

Got the engine disassembled completely.



Otherwise engine looked decent, but the end bearing looks a bit odd. Like it would be very worn, but still it doesn´t look like it had been destroyed just now.



Also camshaft looked a bit weird. It had almost flat spots where the lifter "goes up" on the lifter ramp.



Have to think a bit if I ditch this cam and buy "some V6" cam from Rockauto at 70$ price. I am pretty sure any cam would work decently.

[Thunderbo1t]

Melling (and others) sell the Syclone/Typhoon cam as a stage one performance cam, with a steep mark up so $77 seems like a bargain, and i guess "some V6 cam" will be smaller.
Elgin E-1033-P
Federal Mogul CS-1051M
Mahle/Clevite 229-1881
Melling 22119