Edit... Resto mod FIRST DRIVE

[toplessexpat]

Not at all.... Alan has a car....!

[SoFlaFiat]

Hahahahahaaaaaa

Laughing myself to sleep!!

Jim, how many do you have now? Besides the one Andy is using for a BBQ?

[toplessexpat]

Besides the one I *wish* I was using as a BBQ.... The shipping was just too much so I'm going to need Beek to chop it up into bite sized pieces and send it via USPS.....

[fiat218]

Not at all.... Alan has a car....!

Lol

[fiat218]

I have 3, still working on number 4

[fiat218]

Besides the one I *wish* I was using as a BBQ.... The shipping was just too much so I'm going to need Beek to chop it up into bite sized pieces and send it via USPS.....

I would have just brought it to you no need to chop

[SoFlaFiat]

So with the engine as far along as it can get, I actually stopped and spent the day cleaning and organizing. I reassembled the spare 2L so I don't lose parts and dropped it on my cart with a spare 1800. I know! I'm sick!!



Then I went back to sticking more red stuff in my engine bay.



New tires are coming tomorrow so I guess I better get to figuring out what to do about the rim I messed up

[johndemar]

Thanks B!!
John,
I can't remember if I specified it anyway so no point in rolling back through...
Here's the run down on the build:
Block:
4.5mm dome 84.4 bore pistons
TotalSeal second ring set
Aluminum pulleys
Lightened steel flywheel
Luk clutch set
And of course, new rod and main bearings etc.
Head:
42-82/82-42 cams
43/37.5 stainless valves
All guides, seals etc. upgraded
Isky triple springs
Jason's adjustable all aluminum cam pulleys
Ported by SouthLakeMachine (Beek)
Intake:
Cast aluminum, from Pierce, through AR, with dual weber 44s
Ported for 44s and matched to head by Beek as well
custom cold air intake from lower front valance
Exhaust:
4-2-1 aftermarket (not sure who's as it was on the car) into custom mandrel bent 2 1/2" pipe with magnaflow center muffler and DC rear muffler, both free flow.
Ignition:
95amp alt
Gear reduction starter
Stock electronic ignition with MSD
Magnecor Comp wires
NGK plugs

It all sounds just awesome to me, but I've been dreaming about it for a long time!

...............

[SoFlaFiat]

So before Andy tells me to clean up the passengers side of the engine bay...
I'm moving the MSD behind the firewall.



I'll have to do some patching on that side now but all around a better plan.

And, thanks to a great deal from discount tires direct I have 4 new Yokohama S drive tires taking up space in the crowded garage...



Now I just need something to mount them on

[vandor]

Great pic

[SoFlaFiat]

The new Fiat hubless front end

[toplessexpat]

Is that related to the Secondary Guibo?

Now - why put the MSD inside the passenger compartment? Apart from my need to tidy up the engine bay (do as I say not as I do.....).... Isn't it a fairly large unit??

A

[SoFlaFiat]

It is pretty big but will fit up under the dash... Somewhere!
My biggest concern was heat so I asked Beek and he said it would work but most get mounted outside the engine bay. Actually, he said "in most race cars it is mounted on the dash"
Well, I am certainly not mounting it on my dash but I can get it out of the heat and keep the engine bay cleaner...

Meanwhile, I have been making headway recovering from my colossal screw up with the rims. I have a hard time telling which one I made a wreck of so I'm feeling good about that.



I have decided on a darker grey instead of the white spokes. I think it looks pretty close to the original Roosevelt rims, if not a bit glossier.

[RRoller123]

those rims look wickhud pissah.

[toplessexpat]

Aha! So they match the block...? Cunning!