Building a 1961 Corvette Stocker - Page 2

jims5600 · 10-24-2015, 05:35 PM

Rory I hope you keep us up to date on your build. Iam a Corvette
fanatic and will really enjoy following your progress.
Best of luck!
Jimmy

Rory Christianson · 10-25-2015, 10:46 AM

Thanks Jimmy
Glad to hear your a vette fan will have to talk vettes sometime
I will sure try to keep some updates coming

Found a 12 bolt housing I had around the shop, I will have to remove the factory brackets and install new spring pads shorten it a bit , I picked up new Ford big bearing housing ends for it, I picked up some 5.57 gears for it and found a spool I had around the shop
I just bought a core 283 long block yesterday to redo and made a deal on a metric 200 that I will have to go through and rebuild.
Long ways to go but it's a start

Geerhead55 · 10-25-2015, 03:47 PM

Which of the 283 combos are you considering? Sounds like a new Corvette coming to division 6,, I'm hoping you can make it to Missions' divisional next spring. It would be great to see the car and meet you as well. Take care and keep us posted,, I'm hoping winter won't be too hard on you all up there this year,, good luck.
Danny Durham

Tom Meyer · 10-25-2015, 06:47 PM

Make sure you have a good thick 283 core block before you do anything to the block. The cam tunnel should be centered and the clys soniced for thickness. Some guys are sleveing down 4in blocks to get thick cly. I know they are hard to find but a 721 block from 64 chevy II are as about as good as stock block as you can find, thick cly walls strong main webbing and high nickel content. Tom

Rory Christianson · 10-25-2015, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Geerhead55

Which of the 283 combos are you considering? Sounds like a new Corvette coming to division 6,, I'm hoping you can make it to Missions' divisional next spring. It would be great to see the car and meet you as well. Take care and keep us posted,, I'm hoping winter won't be too hard on you all up there this year,, good luck.
Danny Durham

Thanks Danny
I think I am going to try the 245hp automatic dual carb combo
I am sure going to try and have it ready for spring and would like to go to Mission for sure.
I am hoping for a mild winter but at least I should be inside working to try and get this done.
Thanks for the Good Luck and would really like to meet you next year

Rory Christianson · 10-25-2015, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

Make sure you have a good thick 283 core block before you do anything to the block. The cam tunnel should be centered and the clys soniced for thickness. Some guys are sleveing down 4in blocks to get thick cly. Tom

Thanks for the much needed info , I have to get back into remembering and studying everything I need to know to build a stocker again. I Get away for a bIt and forget everything again , so I can use all the refreshing I can get
I was thinking of picking up a sonic tester possibly off ebay not sure how good they are ? But thought it might be worth owning
Thanks again

10-24-2015, 05:35 PM	#11
jims5600 Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 125 Likes: 47 Liked 21 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Building a 1961 Corvette Stocker Rory I hope you keep us up to date on your build. Iam a Corvette fanatic and will really enjoy following your progress. Best of luck! Jimmy

10-25-2015, 10:46 AM	#12
Rory Christianson Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: canada Posts: 128 Likes: 3 Liked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Building a 1961 Corvette Stocker Thanks Jimmy Glad to hear your a vette fan will have to talk vettes sometime I will sure try to keep some updates coming Found a 12 bolt housing I had around the shop, I will have to remove the factory brackets and install new spring pads shorten it a bit , I picked up new Ford big bearing housing ends for it, I picked up some 5.57 gears for it and found a spool I had around the shop I just bought a core 283 long block yesterday to redo and made a deal on a metric 200 that I will have to go through and rebuild. Long ways to go but it's a start

10-25-2015, 03:47 PM	#13
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Building a 1961 Corvette Stocker Which of the 283 combos are you considering? Sounds like a new Corvette coming to division 6,, I'm hoping you can make it to Missions' divisional next spring. It would be great to see the car and meet you as well. Take care and keep us posted,, I'm hoping winter won't be too hard on you all up there this year,, good luck. Danny Durham

10-25-2015, 06:47 PM	#14
Tom Meyer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pierce NE Posts: 910 Likes: 58 Liked 324 Times in 109 Posts	Re: Building a 1961 Corvette Stocker Make sure you have a good thick 283 core block before you do anything to the block. The cam tunnel should be centered and the clys soniced for thickness. Some guys are sleveing down 4in blocks to get thick cly. I know they are hard to find but a 721 block from 64 chevy II are as about as good as stock block as you can find, thick cly walls strong main webbing and high nickel content. Tom __________________ Tom Meyer 5240 SS Stock ??? Last edited by Tom Meyer; 10-26-2015 at 07:58 AM.