Oh man, you should have snapped a shot of the manifold so we could see how "fukken awesome" it looked!
meh, its prolly really not that awesome. lol
especially for being in the works for over a year now, it should be made out of gold, but not the case.
he was in a super rush, and i am positive i have supremely pissed him off with my millions of calls and texts lol.
he said he will be back over next week, so we shall see. i told him last time i talked to him if it wasnt done by next week i want my s*** back and the money and parts i have given him or he needs to pay me. guess that was what got him over to my house in such a hurry...
i hate to lose a friend over stuff like this, but if u promise someone something, dont drag it out over a year especially when i was gonna pay him very well...
anywho, on with updates...
seems like u guys get all pissed off when i dont update, but when i do, nobody seems to care, so i guess ill update this for myself...
so, i decided to make sure my driveline was going to work before i fully welded the floor, so i cut off the existing yoke so i can have the rx7 yoke welded on and balanced. very happy with the fitment and the angle, so i can pretty much check that off the list.
yoke cut off...
so i was checking clearance on everything and trying to make sure everything is going to line up and fit like a factory interior should, so i put interior back in. i have pretty much decided on using the same year rx7 seats as everything else came in, so i am currently looking for a clean set while also trying to sell all the extra parts i have since i am running out of room very quickly...
seats mocked up, dash, floor blah blah blah..
so i am having clearance issues that probably arent a big deal, but i want everything to fit just right, so im stressing over it. i came up with a solution, but i dont wanna f*** anything up, so i havent done it yet. basically what i need to do is take two inches out of the dash. this will be easy since i have two inches of excess at the bottom where it meets the floor. but my problem is i dont want to take a cutoff wheel to it and melt the s*** out of it, so i am thinking of the best way to cut plastic without messing everything else up and hopefully preventing having to have the dash recovered....
i also thought i could use the rx7 tranny tunnel other than the truck one that i have been using in mockup. so i went outside in the wind/rain and cut out the tranny tunnel from the rx7 i have sitting in the backyard lol. i was excited cuz it had the dead pedal and was made to fit around that tranny, so i figured it would work better. but after i got it cut out and put inside the truck it is actually wider and taller than the truck tunnel, so i dont think it will work. damn the luck lol...
another fun thing is gonna be getting the pedals and steering to all work. i was trying to hold everything in place and try to get it to work by myself, and it looks like its gonna be super amounts of fun! im just kinda rambling right now since i have been neck deep in this truck pretty much all week trying to brainstorm and i have a lot going through my head right now...
so here is my goofy ass holding up the steering column and steering wheel making sure everything is gonna line up and im not gonna be mushed in the driver seat. basically the seats need to go back an inch or so, but everything should be fine... ill have u know i sat in that seat for a good hour while my wife brought me beers and i just sat there and smiled lol...
so basically, i am looking to sell a bunch of parts. i have a turbonetics turbo that i am wanting to sell and a bunch of seats and rims and such so i can buy new seats and a new steering wheel. i dont like this steering wheel, but am not a fan of most of the "tuner" wheels. so if anyone has any good ideas for a steering wheel, post em up!
other than that, i hope to get out in the garage again tomorrow and get a whole shitload of work done. i really wanna have this floor done by the end of the week so i can pull the cab and start fully welding it from the bottm and also finish my plating the bottom of the cab for the bodydrop. then it will be on to the bed... yaya!
hope u guys enjoy these updates, and sorry for the book!
Im sooooo f***in jealous!!!! i need to get good at weldin and get an old truck........ fabrication is freakin fun. well, when it goes right
