April 22, 2012
Spent six hours installing Wilwood 14″ 6 piston brakes, terminating air lines and setting the ride height of the rolling chassis. Also tightened all suspension bolts and greased ball joints. Spent two hours making repairs to the radiator core support and priming it.
Total man-hours: 524
March 23, 2012
Installed a Weldon fuel system, including two fuel filters, fuel pump, fuel tank return fitting and two -8AN fuel lines line. Also installed two Ride Tech air compressors.
Installed a March serpentine pulley system and R&M spark plug wire looms.
Total man-hours: 516
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.