Casey Family Build Thread (coupe)

[MRSQSL]

Got my engine today!

-wayne

Pictures????? I wanna see!!

[Rodster]

Pictures????? I wanna see!!

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[MRSQSL]

Very pretty!!!!! When are you going to put it in?

[Rodster]

Julie -

I really have to get going on prepping the engine bay - Footboxes, brake and fuel lines, pedal box, and a set of temporary wheels and tires are needed!

I am thinking of getting a build party going, but I need to powder coat the engine bay stuff....

At least I have all the parts to build it (er - I have all the parts from the parts list....)

Now I really need free time....

When it stops raining - I need to have another BBQ!!!

-wayne

[MRSQSL]

Week -3?:

Very little to report. The only thing I managed to do for the coupe this week acutally caused more work. Mike and I went to work Saturday (we work for the same company), so we stopped by the hardware store over in that area which has a little bit of everything. I followed him down the "hardware" aisle and watched while he pulled studs out of boxes and muttered. After a bit, he said a bad word and stomped back down the aisle. I followed behind like a cute little puppy right into the metric section? Metric? Really? Apparently the studs for the intake are 8 mm. Who knew? Wait was it 18mm? Hmmmmm...well there was an 8 in the number. Got the studs, worked for a few hours, ate and went home. Turns out the studs went from being too short to being too long. Mike said they would need to be cut down. I noticed he didn't say "HE" would cut them down. I'm scared. We also went to Napa and I obtained Ultra Gray something or other. I think this is the stuff that the stacks get squished down on during installation. Mike said we needed to wait until we got the injectors. Okay. About an hour later I asked him what he meant. We don't have injectors? I had no idea. I can't imagine what one looks like. I suspect what I see in my head is nothing like the actual part. Sort of like "points". Had no idea that's what a point was until a few (hundred) years back when Mike was working on a car. Things should be named to indicate what they look like. Take a bearing for instance. Does it look like a bear? No. It looks like a "monut" (metal donut).