Thanks bud I am waiting to hear back from the machinist I called last week I didnt call anymore because I didnt want to bother him during the holiday week I will call back on Monday. So nothing is official yet. But this is the plan.Looks great! build it! do it! make it happen! I'll cheer ya the whole way...
I love it!! I considered taking mine back to a slant six but I never found one locally and I had this extra 318 laying around and I thought it would be an easy regasket and drop in type deal but I didnt follow the plan and it got all jacked up along the way Haha. The pitted bores are completely my fault tho. Oh well I got all winter to get the engine done before spring there isn't much else I can get done to the car without the engine. I need to paint the engine bay but it's too cold for painting now.My $.02, and worth exactly what you're paying for it...
The answer is what j par said in post #2. Figure out what you want the car to do, then stick with your plan. When you have the goal firmly in mind, work backwards from there for which parts you want. Some choices will affect other choices, much like photography. You can't change one part of taking a photo without changing the rest of the parts. For me, I wanted a certain look stance-wise, so I started with wheel/tire sizes and reverse-engineered it from there.
I've been accumulating parts for about a year and a half for my build, and I'm just about ready to turn wrenches to make it happen. I can't tell you how many times I saw something appealing/interesting (SQUIRREL!) to tear off in another direction. Luckily, I've not actually gone down any side roads. But it's hard to resist the urge. This is a slant build, beefed up to be a fun driver but it won't scare any V8 in the neighborhood. I wanted spunky performance, good mileage (via an 833 OD tranny), running well on pump gas, and having the right "look" for wheels and tires. I have all these in hand, and by all accounts will wind up with exactly what I wanted.
So why do I still slobber over the BB 69 Darts I see??It's a disease, but right now I can't afford more than one project.
Why are you calling your machinist? Is he working on your engine already?
No I called him to check prices on cleaning and boring the block.
This takes us back to post #4. A phone call is not how you do this. Machinists are a fickle bunch and good ones have no time for idle talk. They see AND hear posers every day. If you are serious, go talk to them with your block and plan in hand.
That's fine and all but I'm not gonna just hand my block over to someone without some sorta price in mind.
Understandable. And not what I suggested you to do.
You can only have that if you know what you're doing to begin with.
Thank you excellent advice!! Happy Thanksgiving buddy!
Maybe cause its missing all of the pages. LOL
The first book I bought in the late 70's starting out.
Talks about the development of the w2 with Bob Mullen. Came from porting a J HEAD and using clay to shape the right turn and floor.
It's full of things people start threads and ask about here.lol
Just joking. It's so worn from use that the cover fell off and all the pages are gone is how the pic looks. Bad Joke as usual for me.
A pic from the net, that's why I didnt pay it any mind. Mine is in another room and I dont feel like getting up to take a pic. ha
I bought that 1st edition book (and a bunch of others soon afterwards) back in 83.
I will check that one out! I love the old school books back before everyone relied on machines and computers to do all the hard work.
What are you suggesting exactly? Go over with block in hand and ask him how much? I guess you are right I still haven't heard back from him I called again this morning he didn't even answer.
