Mob's project thread

Got a lot more work done today, finally poured oil in her! That means shes just about ready to go.

I had a real close call today where I was having trouble putting the header bolts in the head so I was running a tap through each of the holes while I was pushing the headers out of the way. Accidentally let go of the header and it fell on the tap and broke it flush with the head. My heart sank and seriously thought my life was over, I figured it would be months before I found time to take the head off and get it out. I managed to stay calm and used my dremel with a small cutting wheel to make a slot on the tap and managed to back it out with a flat head screw driver.

So all is well, got the starter installed, also had to hammer the long tubes a little to clear the steering shaft. These long tubes turned out to be a little more of a pain than they had first seemed to be, I had lifted the motor and gotten them installed in like 2 hours, then realized there was going to be a little more involved than just bolting them up, I had to put them in and take them out about 4 times before I got it just right.

Also realized with the gt40p heads I am NOT going to be able to change my spark plugs with the headers installed. The spark plug boots fit fine but looks like I am going to have to remove the exhaust for a spark plug swap.

I got more pics but no reason to whore I'll just post this one till I get more progess done. Hopefully next update the engine will at least be running.