August 28, 2011
Installed a Wilwood proportioning valve and ran all the brake lines. Also ran the front air lines to the trunk area. Kevin has been helping a lot with the bodywork.
Total man-hours: 420
July 23, 2011
Installed Wilwood 4 Piston 11″ rear brakes and Magnaflow y-pipes with electrical cutouts.
Total man-hours: 376
June 6, 2011
Back to bodywork. FML.
June 5, 2011
Welded and painted the crossmember to accommodate the boxed frame. Also worked on the exhaust alignment.
Total man-hours: 237
May 28, 2011
Built the 3rd member for the Ford 9 inch and installed it and hooked up the driveshaft. Also mocked up the Magnaflow exhaust and installed the water pump.
Total man-hours: 229
May 22, 2011
Finished up the WRX (for now)…
May 12 and 13, 2011
Spent 4 hours aligning and installing the bellhousing, flywheel, clutch and transmission.
Also, spent 6 hours installing the valvetrain, headers, starter, valve covers, carburetor and air cleaner.
Also installed the rear air springs and new u-joints in the drive shaft.
Total man-hours: 221
May 10 and 11, 2011
Spent 8 hours installing the short block and assembling the top end of the motor.
Also spent 4 hours painting the rear end housing and installing it.
Total man-hours: 210
May 6 and 7, 2011
Spent 8 hours painting the engine block and accessories and bolting on the oil pump, pan, front cover and harmonic balancer.
Also spent 8 hours painting the sway bars and spindles and bolting on the front suspension.
Total man-hours: 196
February 17, 2011
Picked up my short block from R&R. Need to wait till spring to paint and assemble the rest of the engine.
Winter update:
I have decided to drop the EFI for now, my budget is getting out of control. It is something I can always add down the road.
I have hired Jason Rushforth to design the paint job due to my lack of imagination of paint schemes.
My short block is at R&R Machine in Londonderry being machined and assembled. It will be a 498 with 10:1 compression.
Bodywork sucks and I may hire someone in the spring to do it for me.