7-Day Build in Progress

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Ok, so we're on schedule to be done & driving tomorrow. We were ahead of schedule but we had a couple setbacks. Biggest setback and most irritating so far has been the engine/dust plate. We installed the one that came with the Quick Time bell housing but ended up rubbing against the fly wheel when we turned over the motor today.

We have everything done except the following:
roll bars
seat belts
& seats

We will pull the tranny 1st thing in the morning and replace the engine plate and install the above items and then all that is left will be our pre-drive standard safety check list and wheel alignment. Then the goal we have all been working towards for the last 6 days will be accomplished!

Thanks to all of those following our mission and we promise to bring some positive excitement tomorrow.

The last leg of a race is always the hardest, but we won’t let that stop us from our goals. Tomorrow we drive!

Brian
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[FUNFER2]

Are you speaking about what I call the "flywheel cover" ?
I have a Quick Time and flywheel cover to install after my new engine's in.

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... block plate, it sandwiches between the bell housing and the engine block. It protects the back of the block upon a clutch explosion .... or when that over-stroked Genesis lets go...

[FUNFER2]

Ah,....no worries. I have the aluminum flywheel and the Force 10.5 dual disc from Ram, so it'll never break.

I'm gonna over-stroke you,... one of these days !

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Today we removed the tranny and discovered that the engine plate was not the culprit after all. Turned out the studs in the pressure plate were rubbing against the clutch arm. So needless to say we had to order another McCloud pressure plate. Joe at Standard Transmission has been a God send. He came right over to access the damage and tell us what we did wrong and right away ordered what we needed so that we would have it first thing tomorrow.

Ok, So today we installed the roll bars & a few small nick knacks like the wind wings. All that is left tomorrow aside from the clutch fix is installing a rear view mirror & trunk latch bar.

We should have John driving around lunch considering the pressure plate shows up on schedule.
If it weren’t for challenges, wouldn’t life be boring?

Brian
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Sorry for the delayed update. The clutch part arrived Saturday morning and was installed & worked fine. John started his car and everything sounded great then went for a quick test drive before rushing back to the airport. Here are a couple pics.

Aside from the clutch mistake, the build went pretty smoothly.

Click here for final pics: http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...p=15592#p15592

Click here to see it from the beginning:
http://www.lonestarclassics.com/lscb...php?f=1&t=1819

Click here for YouTube video of first crank up:
1st http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZIMZK8wlA
2nd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCJip1bdkM

Brian
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[randlej]

Looks and sounds great. Congrats!