arg. its been a frustrating week.
i didnt do 2 things myself on my car. the machine work, and the freeze out plugs. i had the machine shop put em in, cause he had the block, a press, and he said he knew how.
so, this week, i started blowing freeze plugs. on wednesday, i blew the first one. the hard to get to one, in the rear. took all day, but i got it. heck yeah. problem solved. i looked at the old one.i realized he put it in backwards. crap. that prolly means the same for all. but, lets hope it was a one time mistake, i cant check the others, cause he covered em in RTV. so i run it to make sure. everythings ok, it seems. inspect the engine.... oh god. i knew it overheated when it blew the plug, but i wasnt hoping that bad. cracked head, ive got water collecting around the #2 spark plug. arrgh. thursday. goin to work. pop!
the front one. stuck on rte 109 for 3 1/2 hours. one of you shoulda visited me, i was in dunkin doughnuts for the whole morning.
so. towed home. replaced the blown plug, and decided instead of goin to work, ill replace the other two.
the car places around here dont have the right size, and only 2 that are small enough. so i decided to re use one (in the easily replaceable spot) hoping it will hold. go driving, pop. it didnt hold. arg, now things are getting hairy. i go, find a big stupid plug that wont fit, grind it down, pop it in (went like a glove, for once) and... okay.... so far no poped plugs, and its the weekend. im sure its saving itself for when i go to work monday.
the most annoying thing, it i gotta reset the valves because of the overheat... ive got suddenly low oil pressure (dropped below 50 psi at a stop light...) the oil isnt watery (yet) and im suddenly getting a huge stumble, like i gotta give it gas to get it over a ceartan rpm for it to actually go. arg. i want to shoot someone.
i mean, the freeze out plugs, the broke fuel sender... i never want to pay someone else to do something for me again. because they dont give a fuck. ill work my ass off putting it in, spend all the money, and it wont work. well, id better get out there. check timing, and the valves, so i can drive with out a effen stumble. but still with low pressure, a cracked head, no fuel gauge. no tach (that broke randomly too), and intermittent head lights.

3 grand well spent, i guess. ive never seen an engine get overhauled, and work worse then it had been.

i could drive her right now. but the stupid flat...ugh.
she runs well, sounds like we need to adjust the valves again, ones makin a little noise... everythings goin well, my dad rewired the alt wire he fried, mostly, he only has a bit left to do...

haha. almost man. almost. i gotta put the last bit of ex on, the you know, little stuff. shifter, driveshaft etc etc.
i wana drive right now. tonight would be perfect...

oh... i gotta pick a radio...

She runs. got oil pressure. yeehaw
its so close. i think its so good looking.
i gotta straighten out the timing... and my dad fried the alt wire, but alls good.

oh. the exaust isnt on. so it should be "that loud, glorius noise"

anotther rained out long island weekend. this is now 4 weekends ive lost completly to rain during this build. i should be drving it already.
its amazing around here. it will be nice all week, then bam, rain rain rain all weekend. it will clear up by monday, as it always does. i like the rain. i like being in it. but not when im working, cause then you get cold and misrable.

so, i the mean time, i do inside stuff. not much to do, really. i should go get a throttle cable from the bike shop... prolly osme other stuff too.

mabie i should learn and practice an anti-rain dance for next weekend. im sure ill need it.

engines in. good stuff. she's pretty.
i cant wait to... do everything with it.
even driving to work will be fun for a week or two, then again once its broken in proper.

it was easyier then i though, dropping it in.
the hard thing was the effen transmission crossmember. god. what a hassel. 4 bolts. almost an hour *shakes head*
but im lucky, nothing broke, and the rest went as easy as i could have hoped.

its pretty.
i cant wait.

progress!

the engine is complete!

well.
as comlete as i want it before i put it in.
everything went more or less smothly, becides some missing bolts here and there (4x hardware store trips)
its all together now, the eng and transmission, and i got some awesome pics of the build process, and one i love of my holding the t'mission.
fun, man. this is the fun part, ill miss it when its done.