Who's racing to finish a car before WSCB 2007?

[tmareina]

I'm set to bring my car to Tom at FE Specialties in Sacramento on Feb 2nd to rebuild the engine. He says it will be no problem to get it done in time. I should get it to his shop by 2pm on the 2nd. If anyone is intrested in the progress and are in the neighborhood you can check in from time to time. I will probably drop in occaisonally to check on things...but it's about 3 hours to Sac from Quincy.

I'll keep you posted.

Tom

[Toxaway]

With any luck, my conversion from a holley carb to a fuel injection system should be complete by next week. Stacked intake manifold, Redline cpu, along with all the new fuel lines, pump, filter and so on. With any luck, maybe it will actually fire up.
The new Cobra high-back seats and simpson belts are just waiting to be bolted in. Also replaced the old rattling glasspacks with 30 inch cobrapacks in the sidepipes.
Had to replace the water pump (leaking). Will replace two motor seals next week where some drips have developed, maybe from too little use. Also discovered the thermostat had been installed backwards.
JBL Dave says my parts are soon coming in order to upgrade my brakes to the Wilwoods they're currently running. Maybe I'll be able to actually brake come track day! Can't wait!

-Paul

[jmarsey]

Hey Paul,

That is a coincidence as I too am in the process of converting the BossJBL to EFI. I should be able to start putting things back together next week and hope to have it running in 3 weeks or so. Should have it all sorted by the Bash, knock on wood… I’m looking forward to seeing your car.

Talk soon, John

[Toxaway]

Hi John,
I finally posted some photos of my car on the site today. Pre-EFI, of course.

I also forgot to mention I'll be sending off the dampers to be rebuilt while working on the brake conversion. It's just as well everything's taking longer than expected. It would be tough having it all ready to go while it's still the middle of winter!

Looking forward to seeing your car as well. I didn't see any other JBL's on the list yet. Any others coming so far?

-Paul

[jmarsey]

Hey Paul,

That thing is really sweet looking. I didn't realize how well the car has been kept. It's really kind of a rare original piece, you know. Very nice.

I spoke with Dave a few weeks ago and unfortunately sounded like he was backing out. Richard came out last year and we spent most of the day testing damper and sway settings. JBL spends more time trying not to sell cars as they do selling them, which I can appreciate. I wish Dave was coming up with a chassis though. The car would get a lot of exposure and I know folks would appreciate having the wild JBL eye-candy present.

I know Dave just finished a car for a guy in So Cal who says he wants to come to the Bash but I don’t know anything about him or the car. I’ll give Dave a call and get his number.

For now, it looks like just you and me. One JBL at the party is a very rare occurrence and two is damn near unheard of.

Talk soon, John