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unfortunately not. I am shooting for the October race mainly because of my work schedule.
Been playing around with hand lettering. mainly so i could do this car. Decided to give it a try tonight. Its not perfect but it will do for now ....
In the end i pulled the block totally down scrapped my cam bearings and oil galley plugs and basically started over. it made for a very hard week....
So i did this....[ATTACH]
Rod bolts hit the block, so been busy straightening this mess out. [ATTACH]
I'm back in the garage tomorrow morning, I went to the Meltdown (without the car) and then when i got home i had some family issues that i had to...
my sister lives in Eau Claire =)
And did a mock up, the Wife finished painting the windows and i finished tin work and then we installed them so i could post some pics tonight,...
finished the tin work up tonight, except for the trans tunnel. [ATTACH]
Not gonna make it. =( Got parts at the machine shop that wont be ready. Very bummed about it, becasue i probably wont have the car for the...
Ric, i assume you will be there?
Lookin very forward to seeing you there Scott
Yes sir, the Ol" Ph2000 It's Actually the first machine i worked on in a shop roughly 25 years ago. So when one came up available in good shape...
Is anyone other than me still thrashing to finish there car???? Im very close.....
And then the messy part. Hope to finish them tomorrow. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] I needed to step away from the car tonight and get the motor finished up. I think having it complete will make me feel like this is...
Yeah that blue looks great, i will look today at work.
I will check tomorrow, i think Napa Sells nightshade
Not bad i suck at spraying so mine have stripes, but they look pretty good none the less. I did cheat though. Im not using paint, i have a friend...
There are some out there that do. With us using adjustable clutches it helps to have the access holes. I tried it without, and its alot of extra work
LOL I haven't been on here in a long while.....forgot how catty it gets ;)
And then after doing that i indicated in the Bellhousing mouth to see if it's concentric to the Crank. I have .006 of runout. so i will have to...
Hated to do it , but need to make "adjustments" to my bellhousing so i can adjust the clutch.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Started engine assembly today. Got the general block prep done and then got the crank in. From there i started to set up the clutch. I figured it...
Im warming up to the color. Cleaned the garage tonight in preparation[ATTACH] for assembling the short block tomorrow. In doing so i had to pull...
Then spent the rest of the day prepping and "painting" the car. Which by the way was supposed to be black...so why is it gray? Ps the wife has...
Purchased a paint gun from work with the intentions of getting the car into one color. decided to try tinting the windows also[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A friend came in and finished TIG welding the cage the other night. Can finally start assembly on the car. Was bending brake lines tonight but no...
appreciated either way
bummer man.
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