So, I've been liquidating all of my Fiat stuff, to make room (and time) for my latest acquisition. But as I got right down to it, I just couldn't part with my "driver".
SO, I decided to just add a few minor touches and drive it this year.
Basically, the plan was to de-smog it. Just pull off all the smog equipment (my car no longer needs emissions control in Utah) and clean up the bay.
well.. then I decided that rather than trying to plug all the emissions crap, I needed to add the dual carbs.
I've got a set I was planning to sell, so not a huge deal. except they're 44's. They were planned for my big-valve, Big Cam, Big-Port, Hi-Comp monster 2L motor, for which I already sold all the parts. So I can't really dump them onto the stock 1800 I've got.
So I decided I'd add a cam on the intake side and put a header on the other end to free-up the breathing. unfortunately I already sold my cams... so I'm buying a cam.
Well, I've also got a nicer head-casting than the one that's on it, with a recent "freshen-up", so I'll swap the head out.
While I'm at it, my trans is missing 1st gear, so I'm putting in another trans. and while I'm in that deep, I'll put on a lightened flywheel (I already sold my alu flywheel....anyone got one to spare?)
And if I'm into it that far, I might as well put in some Hi-Comp pistons... which I ALSO already sold.
SO that means I'm pulling the motor. And of course, I need to get rid of all that crappy wiring left over from the PO... so I'll be rewiring the engine-bay.
And since I've got the trans out, I'm going to pull out the seats and carpets and redo the carpet, change-out the seats for my low-back ones. They'll of course need a cross-bar added to the rollbar behind the seatbacks to attach the 4-point harnesses to, so that's on the list... and I need to build my shelf in place of the rear seats.
as long as the motor is out, I'm going to put in the springs and shocks I've been rat-holing for 2 years.
And I need to get my wheels refinished.
All of that because I decided to desmog it.
I just hope I can get it done before spring!
what the hell is wrong with me?
