Happy Easter everyone.
My weekend started off with some wheel refinishing. Start with some nearly trashed 16x7 fuchs. Combine one bag of playsand and 80 psi. Next stir in 2 hours of cleaning and taping followed by a touch of rattle can finish work and voila!
Now that I have rubber on the E project car it was time to make it move on its own.
I went for a maiden voyage around the block tonight. I fit the new wheels and tires but they will not work. they are too large and are rubbing badly in the rear. I will try a bit more negative camber but I don't think that will solve the problem. I don't want to shave the fender lips but that is an option.
I think the front hubs need to be rebuilt. One of them is groaning. I found two small weeps in the oil lines. I will re-tighten the fittings and that should solve the problem.
Other than those minor things the car ran well. It smoked a lot for the first few minutes. but that is to be expected since it has not been run in 10 months. Once it was warm I ran it up through the gears a few times at redline. Lemessee! 2.7 check, S cam check, MFI check, 7300 rpms check. yep, Fun and quick. This is quite the ride.
Here are a few pictures.
