Dumb question here, but why not yank the mill/tranny and slap it on a stand, would be easier in my thinking for buffing out the engine bay.... Free labor?
Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.
Yeah I know it looks like the thing to do Dave. But you'd have to know me better to understand. I'm on a deadline of sorts that I am not sure is possible (dont know if I'm going to make it)
Here's the thing, in my mind, if that engine comes out right now... I can just as well tack another year on this project.
I'll try my best to explain what I mean. I'm building a driver, I want it to be nice, but it won't be a trailer queen. I have a basic budget type plan for this car, budget on money and budget on time.
I know what things I want to do to the car and I know what things I want to leave alone for now.
If I take that engine out of the car, I'll have it apart in no time and I'll be blowing cash on new engine guts etc. And with the engine out, might as well drop the K-frame, and then since it's such an empty shell at that point... might as well drop the rear axle and springs too. Stick it on a rotisserie, make the belly as pretty as the top side, pull the dash out, leave no bolt unturned...
That's where it would lead to.
And I might someday, but right now I just want to drive it. It's sort of a line I've drawn in the sand.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard
DW444, years ago, I lived outside of Espanola - you can't even begin to believe what a PITA it is to get across that town, during the weekend, in summer! Car-hoppers, and low-riders, side-by-side @ app 1 1/2 mph, conversing with each other, traffic be dammed (literally)!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
Oh if you only knew how I have reserched and measured for wheel/tire combo lol!!
I figure for the rear, american racing torque thrust polished aluminum 15x8.5 with 3.81" backspace. 5-4.5" conical seat, 275/60R15 tire, blackwall out.
Front, same wheel in 15x7 with 3.76" backspace, 215/70R15 up front.