Powder coat the alternator!
The car will have fender liners for sure. Things will of course get dirty, but I'm gonna need something to do when the car is built and I all I can do is clean it! The underside of the car is pretty dirty from being in the paint shop. I still need to finish cleaning that up.
The pictures do the powder coat no justice. It has a heavy metallic in it under the clear. Once the sun hits the parts, they sparkle like a disco ball. Should look really nice under the sun. I just didn't want the bling and maintenance of polished parts this time around.
Dave, that is a stock distributor. It's dirty as sin right now, but it will clean up. IMO, nothing beats a stock dizzy and TFI module.
Don't know if the spring thing is right, but when I had my 300lb 12" springs on my UPR coilovers, they did the same thing. When I swapped to the 14" 175 lb coilovers, they never did it again.
BTW, this is my first post on this thread, but i have been drooling over it since the beginning. I know everyone has said it over and over, but you have done a great job with it. If you ever do sell it, someone is going to be wowed when they show up to test drive it.
Joe
I just want to know how sad you are going to be when you drive through the first mud puddle. This things is along the lines of too clean to drive!
I need a lift!
car looks ok too, I guess.
Thanks for the kind words Joe. I appreciate it.
I am thinking the 8" 475lb rear and 10" 275lb front springs may have something to do with my issue. These sizes were recommended my MM for my strut/shock combo, so I'll have to give them a call. I'm not familiar enough with spring rate voodoo to figure it out myself. Luckily, the experts are only a phone call away.
OK,..I've gotta ask then. I assume that you are putting the heavy spring rates because you intend to road race/autocross the car?
That said,...the spring rates seem "1 ton truck" heavy compared to mine,...you are 100lbs heavier on the front springs than me. The rears,...well,.....you got that I.R.S. thingy back there,....I don't even know HOW to compare the spring coil rate to a coil over rate there. You are 350 lbs heaver than me there. I got 125's on back.
I know when my last car was set up for drag racing, and I put 175's on the back,..you couldn't bounce the rear by pushing on the trunk.
I don't get it. Seems like your car wont even move when you go over a bump.
(At the same time,..I revived your thread from 3 page back hell)