| Here is a shot of the fuel line, fuel
filter and battery cable all clamped in place which was soooo much
easier to do now without the body on. It's hard to see but notice the purple clamps
that were used to hold the lines in place. I think those two colors look
good together which is the theme I've been going for. To bad you won't be able
to see them once the body is on.
I plan on putting in the motor and transmission
over the weekend which will be much easier now that the body is off too. I
know how tight it is getting the engine and trans out with the body on so this should
make things go a little easier and a lot less scratches to deal with
later on.
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| 7/1/05
Over the years, I've seen so many cars at this
stage on TV and in magazines that I always wondered what it would feel
like if it were mine. Well I have to say, it feels great to say the
least. Now that a few things are bolted to the chassis, I wanted to see
what it looked like with the wheels and tires on. I love the look of the
big tires in the rear.
Now it's time to put in the engine and
transmission while the body is off.
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Here you can see the engine and trans
all bolted up and my buddies Gary and K.D. giving it the once over. I
had no problems installing them with the body off. I wish it could be this
easy all the time! One of the new things I bought for the car was to be
installed before I bolted the trans to the engine. Let's take a look at
what I spent the money on.
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I didn't trust the torque converter
that I received with my transmission when I bought it because it wasn't
a very solid unit. The last thing I needed was to have my cheap
converter scatter on me and have all that metal go through my
transmission and waste it. After thinking about that for awhile, I
bought a new one from
Precision
Industries and it has some nice features. It's called the Vigilante
and is 9 1/2" diameter (a stock one is 13" diameter), the
stall is 3200 and has a single disc lock-up. They make one that is a
multi disc (three plates) for a serious horsepower car if your going to
be using the lock-up feature. Precision Industries asked me a bunch of questions before
deciding on a stall because it's a big decision. They needed to know how
heavy the car was, the horsepower that I was making, rear-end
gear, cam specs and if it was going to be a street car or a race
only car. I told them that it was going to be a street car 90% of the
time and after all those questions, they recommended the 3200 stall
speed. Precision Industries will change the stall speed ONE time within
the two year warranty period of your choice if you decide you want
something else. If you want a different stall speed, you have to send it
back to them and then they cut it apart and adjust the fins one at a
time and then weld it back together. I need to keep the original
box it came in just in case I send it back.
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