Ah, the latest in the farcical Corvette saga. A mysterious noise has appeared!

Initial diagnostics suggest it's coming from the valvetrain on the passenger's side, but a cursory inspection didn't turn up anything obvious. Based on careful listening with a rubber hose stuck to my ear, I'm guessing it's the exhaust rocker, pushrod, or lifter on the #4 cylinder. I'll dig into it this weekend.

No automotive rebuild would be complete without at least one minor disaster. On fireup and driving around there was a clicking noise in the bellhousing with the clutch fully depressed, and an occasional bang, which I mistakenly assumed was an exhaust backfire, as it didn't really have a metallic tone to it.

Earl and I worked on the Corvette all day today, and got the new radiator installed and the engine, transmission, etc.. back in. All that remains is the exhaust system, fluids, and some electrical connections. Assuming nothing goes wrong it should be running again tomorrow!

I've been slowly working on the Corvette's engine, bolting one or two items onto it here and there. It had to happen eventually--I've pretty much run out of parts. I guess it's time to get off my ass and get it back in the car.

The cylinder heads for my Corvette finally came home. My friend Ken did a really nice port job on them, including a lot of work on the chambers to unshroud the valves and some work on the oil drainback holes. He even did it for free!

I happen to have a spare 3qt Accusump lying around from the Firebird, which will be going to a dry sump oil system eventually, so I decided to move it over to the Corvette.

So Max was visiting from Canada, and the plan was to run the 3-day event at Buttonwillow with Speed Ventures this weekend. I'd drive on Friday and Sunday, and he would drive on Saturday.