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Small update today, been a while, but we're still alive!

 

Today, things were accomplished!

1) Met Kraz @ Clarks auto and dropped of clutch and flywheel

2) Cleaned up garage a bit

...a) Got transmisson out from under the car

...B ) Cleaned out crap pile under the car (cardboard soaked with oil and topped with kitty litter

...c) Turned car around so it's easier to work on

 

Next:

Get peanut head back from Clarks, start Port and Polish.

Get peanut head back to Clarks, valve job

Get head, block, back from Clarks; get new pistons from ebay; get other shit together

REBUILD THIS BEAST!

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Alrighty, since last update a few things have happened.

1) Car has been moved to a new safe location!

2) Car got a mild paint job!

3) I finished as best I could the port and polish, which is quite the pain on a L head vs a Z head

4) Something else might have happened this weekend, but as I was away and have yet to talk to the rest of the team I don't know what it is.

 

Pictures!

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Our theme has changed by the way. I'll just say that Ming the Merciless would disprove. :)

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Hahaha...Great writing! great story! I look forward to seeing more pics and hearing all about it! When is the next chance to get this thing on a track? How much do you think you guys have in it at this point? Time and money? I love it man! keep it up! Racing can be so much fun! :cool:

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Hahaha...Great writing! great story! I look forward to seeing more pics and hearing all about it! When is the next chance to get this thing on a track? How much do you think you guys have in it at this point? Time and money? I love it man! keep it up! Racing can be so much fun! :cool:

Thanks for the kind words :)

Unfortunately, next track time will most likely be the Friday before Sears Pointless, March 5th. I think for the first race, we had dropped about $5000 on the whole project, including safety, race equipment (suits, helmets, etc), gas and travel stuff. Pretty cheap as far as racing goes I think.

 

Also, some more super sekret pics:

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Man I crack myself up sometimes. Crank the car on saturday? Yeah right.

So, the jerks at the shop that was doing some work on the engine decided to wait to the last possible minute to finish stuff. Thus, we got the block really late, and the engine still isn't running. Great.

Anyway, here's some pics:

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