Dan, >That $5000 covered everything you mentioned to >upgrade plus Labor? I am assembling the engine and installing the engine and tranny. I am also blue printing all the parts: sanding, adjusting, grinding fit to be perfect (the factory has greater tolerance than I do. I am a perfectionist). $5000 is my budget. I will reevaluate some of the parts I plan to replace when I get near that limit.
Machine work as follows: Demello, CA: C/W crank, rods and balancing AVP, CA: heads, custom cam Weddle Engineering, CA: transmission Swain Tech Coatings, NY: Coatings T-Hoff: Raleigh, NC: Local machine/parts shop My house: Wake Forest, NC: Assembly and install.
>Are you doing all the labor yourself? All that I am can. I have bought some additional tools to do work my self. For any that are interested I can give a detailed list of what parts were used and where I purchased them. I also will give a report of the results when it is on the road again... Robert
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