It's been over a year since this has been updated. Some things have changed, but honestly the car isn't a whole lot further. Financial burdens prevented me from getting much done for a while, when the money was there it was an issue of no time to work on it, and when I had time/money motivation was the issue. Working on cars 50 hours a week doesn't exactly inspire you to work on your own shit when you get home haha.
What I have gotten done recently....
Painted the engine bay. Used Eastwood 2k Underhood Black. Seems perfect for a track slut. It's extremely chemical resistant, on some test panels I did I poured brake fluid and let it sit and it didn't even touch the stuff.
Picked up a HTA Green instead of the Holset WH1C I was gonna run (still for sale btw
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Tore down the old tired 6 bolt for inspection. She's tired, but she'll do!
Got the head back from the machine shop and threw everything back together .
Dropped the engine into the engine bay. And made the bottom hoop for the tube front. I actually had completed the tube front end last summer, but I hated how it turned out. It was cumbersome and poorly thought out. It's really a shame because I had about 2 million hours into the headlight mounts and getting all the body lines right, but in the end it is what it is. In hindsight doing what Leasure did and left the top in place. Currently I'm waiting on a different die for my bender and then I can start to recreate top piece.