I needed a way to lift the car up to get the engine out. Previously I had been using two jacks and several cinder blocks. I would jack it up, set it on one set of cinder blocks, put a board under the jacks, jack it up again, set it on a second set of blocks, put a block under both jacks, repeat, repeat. Not only is that way incredibly unstable and dangerous but it also took me and my wife about 2 hours to get it 4 blocks high. This is a major improvement that cost a total of $156.31 + 6 hours to build. oh how I wish I could make friends with someone who owns a shop...
Whats next?
I need to reinforce all of the welds that hold the custom frame to the existing frame.
I need to relocate the fuel tank to behind the passenger seat which will require building an enclosure for it to fit in (it cannot be inside the same compartment which the driver or passengers ride in).
I need to get the evap system working so that the check engine light is off on the front motor.
I need to remove the heads and send them to the machine shop because they are warped (rear motor).
I need to get all of the wiring under control, grounds properly mounted, useless harness tied up etc.
I need to weld a bracket to act as the fixed tie rod mounts for the rear engine to hopefully rid the car of its previous bump steer problem.
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after all of that (and probably a lot that I forgot about) it will be tuning time and then someday maybe we will put some forced induction on it as well ;)
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