finally yanked the **** motor/****** out of my F1, degreased front end after front sump oil pan smashed the **** out of my front axle. figured out which holes need to be welded up on my firewall ( looks like a-hole PO shot a .22 at it ), realized ****** crossmember needs to be reinforced and welded. came to the conclusion that i need to learn how to weld.
I finally made progress on my 33 ford frame, replaced the front cross member and boxed the front half today! sounds like a little but i've been meaning to get this done a long time ago.
I pulled the heads on My '40 chevy (see avitar). Anybody tells you you can run unleaded fuel without hard seats there right. You can, for a while..... Two valve seats went away. I pulled a set of 441 1.94-1.5 stock heads off. Last week I built a set of 441's to stick on. They have hard seats, 1.6-2.02 valves, angle milled .060 and flat milled anouther .020 for a total of .080 (makes the chamber size 66cc), with screw in studs and guide plates. Should pep it up... I just had UPS deliver roller tiped rockers and Petronics for the distributer so I sould be able to finish it this week. Next project will be Ch***is Engineering rear springs. Jeff
Started a 2nd stage of cleanup last night, rolled the front end out of the roadster for a rebuild, pulling the motor to paint the firewall and give the motor a fresh coat of paint in the process.......we all do stupid **** when were bored, I wished warm weather would hurry in where it would be time to ride.
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