T-minus 95 Days

[AdvAutoBob]

and counting...

[TheSilverBuick]

My car is running! I need to do a rear axle swap and install the second fuel pump. Hopefully A/C will work as well.

[MR P-BODY]

I should start testing this coming week.... I sure hope
I dont run into any MAJOR problems

[LAGNAF]

damn..... And I haven't even started on my engine pull to freshen it up..

my two girls softball should by done by end of July. I'll hit it hard then.

[MR P-BODY]

damn..... And I haven't even started on my engine pull to freshen it up..

my two girls softball should by done by end of July. I'll hit it hard then.

LOL... I sold my kid YEARS ago... could have got a better price if I would have sold
him at a younger age... LOL

[squirrel]

hmmmm.....supposed to pick up the reciprocating assembly from the balance shop this week. Cam is on order, might take a couple weeks. At least the car is still running good with the old engine. And I haven't started on suspension work, or fuel system mods, etc. Tried to get the lettering done, but the striper got sick and didn't make it.

[AdvAutoBob]

My shortblock is done, but the heads aren't yet.. plus have to do piston/valve clearance check, measure for pushrods, and set up the shaft rockers...

and wire, plumb the car, assemble the body, etc. etc.

still PLENTY OF TIME! <---- my mantra for the past couple of months

[JeffMcKC]

Ordered the cam today, heads went out last week, will drop the block off next week to get the lifters bored out and bushed. Still need to remake the intake and install the new EFI switch gears and plenty more but I started early this year.

[TheEngineWorks.com]

My junk has been running well since the end of November, been to the track many times since February, with a shit-ton of miles on it, probably wearing it out.. It's kinda' scary, the whole car has not really given me a single problem since it's been up and going again, probably have a good couple thousand miles on it, too. I could only be so lucky that it performs this way at DW, but you know how that goes, whatever can happen, will happen at DW!

I got JW Transmissions doing a TH400, it'll be going in the car soon, and a Racepak data logger should be here next week, can't wait to have the dash in the car, with everything right in front of me on one screen. Be the first time the car will have a fuel level gauge, might not run outta gas anymore, I won't miss that!

Getting to work on Luke's Boss 331 from the white Maverick that he screamed to the moon all week last year until it finally beat some intake keepers outta it on the final day, and dropped a valve.. Hurt the factory iron head, sent that out to be cast iron welded, got that back, looks good, so it's on the road to recovery! Gonna lighten up a few things in the valve train to allow it to run up a little higher, AND more importantly, SETTING THE REV LIMITER!

[CDMBill]

One bright spot in my sea of carnage is how well the .904 Isky Easy roll lifters in the bushed lifter bores performed. They came out looking perfect even the pair on the broken valve cylinder. They are rebuildable so I expect I'll be doing that as a pre-caution. Not a cheap operation but very worth it in my view. You sound like you are way too ahead of the game for June Jeff.

[CDMBill]

My junk has been running well since the end of November, been to the track many times since February, with a shit-ton of miles on it, probably wearing it out.. It's kinda' scary, the whole car has not really given me a single problem since it's been up and going again, probably have a good couple thousand miles on it, too. I could only be so lucky that it performs this way at DW, but you know how that goes, whatever can happen, will happen at DW!

I got JW Transmissions doing a TH400, it'll be going in the car soon, and a Racepak data logger should be here next week, can't wait to have the dash in the car, with everything right in front of me on one screen. Be the first time the car will have a fuel level gauge, might not run outta gas anymore, I won't miss that!

Are you building a two speed TH or a 2.10 gear deal?

[TheEngineWorks.com]

Are you building a two speed TH or a 2.10 gear deal?

I'm going 3 speed, and staying with the 2.48 gear right now, but could end up with a 2.10, time will tell what it wants. The car leaves like an old milk truck now, even though the 60 ain't bad, so I'm figuring I could get away with the 2.48 first. I got the RacePak going in, so I will have some data from the glide before the 400 goes in. JW is doing the trans, and they won't have the ultra bell for my combo til at least the end of this month, so trans won't go in until sometime in July..

[JeffMcKC]

One bright spot in my sea of carnage is how well the .904 Isky Easy roll lifters in the bushed lifter bores performed. They came out looking perfect even the pair on the broken valve cylinder. They are rebuildable so I expect I'll be doing that as a pre-caution. Not a cheap operation but very worth it in my view. You sound like you are way too ahead of the game for June Jeff.

Docs my Co pilot he is doing a check list I think LOL

[whichdoctor]

Docs my Co pilot he is doing a check list I think LOL

I find that funny because as a youth I was at a national event in the pits and the two brothers next to us in the pit area (Bob and Jim S.) were getting their asses chewed out by their dad who I distinctly heard yell, "THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS HAVE ON YOUR LIST IS ASSHOLE".
I expect my list for this year will be better than theirs.

[TheSilverBuick]