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I might be able to hit up the C&C, never been to one, though I'm not a coffee guys, so that doesn't help. If Woodward was too hot, need to go earlier in the year, every friday/saturday evening. North of 14mile is usually a bit more chill. Thankfully my wife enjoys it, and doesn't mind letting me go if she's not up for it.
Even those tires might look odd, but I'm guessing it can be made to work. Down side of working with a platform that was focused on cornering much more than straight line I suppose.
Yeah, I'd rather drink a Monster then Coffee myself lol. But its a cool turn out.
I'll definitely come out a few nights on woodward, maybe not as much on the dream cruise though. She did say she'd go if my car was done though. So we'll see!
Just some odds and ends getting tydied up.
Car will be back in 10 days!!
Have about 1500$ worth of minor but critical parts on their way to Sheldon.
Corvette accessory drive for the procharger, bunch of AN fittings for fuel, tubing and silicone couplers for the IC
Read diff solid mounted and 3.9 FD TT Auto Ring & Pinion installed until 8.8 from Ronin arrives
Brake lines ran, just need to be flared. All sub frames should be mounted tonight. Car is starting to look like it will meet the deadline! Sheldon is ****** killing it!
-Mustang rack mounts braced
-Brake lines need to be flared
-Clutch pedal is welded and reinforced (common problem on these)
-Master Cyl installed
-Pedal installed
-Throttle cable ran
-Rear subframe reinstalled
Sheldon plans on doing the Engine and Trans tonight.
I'm driving out there tomorrow to drop off a few more parts. Vette Alternator, PS pump, and bracket.
Some more progress.
Sheldon pulled 24 hours between work and my car 2 days ago.. went to work at 6, came home, worked on my car til 6, then back to work. Pretty sure he took last night off to rest. He'll be back at it tonight.
Pretty ******' crazy dedication right there.
Ran into some issues; vette alternator is in place of where the fusebox would be going. Balancer doesn't line up with the vette alternator either, about .5" too close to the motor. So chances are the seller sold me the wrong balancer (LS7 maybe?)
Sheldon made a bracket for the F-body to fit in place with the Vette accessory drive.
So the fuse box has to go on the passanger side where the vette alternator placement is.
Bracket was shaved for a clean look since sheldon fabbed a vette spaced low mount alt bracket similar to an F-body bracket.
Best feeling in the world seeing this project so complete. Sheldon is a beast putting in an insane amount of 450+ hours of labor in less then 2 months! Very excited to have this home and crack a beer open with the mastermind. The water pump gasket needs to be replaced and brakes need to be bled but I should get a feel of taming the beast this week!
There is a start up video but audio is distorted and it was shut off fairly quick due to the waterpump pissing (previous builder who stole parts must had tried to **** with the motor also)
Simple fix, just a PITA to disassemble it all for something so simple, and reassemble it again.
Will post a video of it running soon! And I have a nice HD 4K camera to record it when its home for everyone!
I'll have some 4k vids soon!
Exhaust just SLAUGHTERs the mic on the camera phone lol.
This has got to be one of the most amazing days of my life.
Its also my girlfriends birthday. Funny how I get a present even on her 21st lol
Sheldon is a godsend. He not only cleaned up after someone elses mess, but he's managed to dish in close to 500 hours on this thing. He has really set the bar for swapped RX8s, let alone swapped cars in general. I'm very, very proud to call this mine and I'm forever grateful to have Sheldon work with me in this build.
I've not only met my future builder but a damn good friend also.
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I'll have some 4k vids soon!
