Wednesday, February 3, 2016

February Update

Well the last few months hasn't seen nearly as much work as I had hoped on the car.  But good news is that in the last few weeks I have made some good progress on it.

As of today everything is out of the car that needs to be other then the rear end.  I am ready to start putting things back together this weekend and hope to make some good progress on it.

So the current plan is to install the new clutch/flywheel and transmission on Saturday.  Once those are all in I can reinstall the headers and super charger.  With all of that being out I am working on removing the power steering pump and extra pulleys from the belt system for the super charger.  Doing this will help simplify the system and remove some parasitic drag on things, freeing up some power.  Probably won't make much of a difference but its worth it just to remove unneeded parts.  Once the headers are back in I can reconnect the steering column and then install the shocks.  Then the front end is done. 

The rear end is coming out this weekend to head into a shop to have the 3.636 ring and pinion installed.  I should have it back in just a day or two after dropping it off.  The following weekend I should be able to get the rear end installed and hopefully fire up the car.

Things are starting to progress finally!