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There gets to be quite a bitof variation between stock block vs dart vs world etc so even if every one of quaifes bell housings is right on the money variation block to block can be enough to cause you to have to go to offset dowel pins or make alignment corrections one way or another.

Ron I have to say that is brilliant and I didn’t think of that before I put them in but odds are good they will have to come back out for final mirror fitting. I will give it a try. Eric

Didn’t have a picture of the paint I used when I made the previous post. Wanted to add it.

The amount of engineering that went into that power plant is staggering. Just the materials alone to cut wait in the rotating assembly is incredible that that engine is going to be able to survive on the street. Sounds amazing. Thank you for posting this.

After a lot of reading and searching what paint to use to paint the trim on the windows I ended up using Tamiya black spray paint for RC car bodies the paint seems to adhere well so far the color matches the black on the inside of the doors pretty well. I wasn’t sure how far the tiny cans of...

Markus, here are some pictures of what I used. This one fit a standard arbor like the Milwaukee holesaws use. I had seen this type of saw in another thread here.

I got the drivers side snap vent installed today as well as painted the edge lexan so that I could run a seal between the window and door frame. I gotta say it’s hard to start drilling holes in the windows.The grit style hole saws cut really well didn’t grab at all and left a pretty clean hole...

While I I had the drivers side door apart installing the door release levers I made I realized that the panel that the ac controls are in is made from steel and heavy. So I made another panel from aluminum and changed out the knobs from the black plastic to some knurled aluminum knobs I found on...

I got sick of looking at the plastic bags that were rubber banded over the stacks so I made some delrin covers for them to keep the dust out of the carbs when the cars not in use.

That’s kind of where I am at with Quaife as well. I just wish they would have come out and said that early on instead of stringing people along just kind of a crappy way of doing business. If Quaife gets out of it I wonder if there’s any chance of RBT expanding their operation a bit to start...

Rick that’s good to know. I didn’t know that you guys offered it as well had I known about this site before we got the car I would have been in touch with you a lot sooner I really appreciate all the support you offer to this community. A lot of what I did on the interior was the result of your...

Jason I also noticed the same thing with the shifter in this car there was a lot of slop left/right and fore/aft between the lever and the actuator rod. Once I disassembled it I found that the pivot point in the shift lever was plasma cut and was rather washed out where the diameter changed...

Welded inside with .045” 308l outside is silicon bronze to minimize cracking.

Dave, I’m happy to hear your positive experience with Doug and the rest of the crew at prestige. The accessory drive on my engine came from Doug he said they make them now I believe. The pictures don’t do it justice it is beautifully made. I have been reading up on the wheel bearing problems...

John, I’m not sure if I’d go quite that far on superformance. A lot of it that I have done pedal bushings door latches insulation that is all because I’m picky and I wanted it different than how it came. The only two real problems that I have come across so far with this car is the filler necks...

Jason, that is a very lengthy list but that is one of the reasons I like these cars is that you can make them your own. I have been looking at the front end links for the sway bar is there any reason that you couldn’t flip it to where the sway bar is above the front a arms instead of below?

Started getting my stubs for my headers put together as well. I am going to attempt to build a set of stainless 1 3/4”to 1 7/8” stepped 180deg headers for this car as well. I ordered the flanges from Burns stainless they did a fantastic job. I had briefly thought about making my own but I will...

While I had covers off of the cowl I noticed that the bolts holding down the filler caps had been tightened to the point that it distorted the cowl and ruined the seal between the filler neck and the adaptor they used to mate up to the Aston caps. it’s kind of hard to tell from this picture and...

While I had the carpet out of the car to put dynamat in I made a cover for the brake line and clutch line that were carpeted over out of some 0.030” aluminum and made a different hold down for the lines that allowed them to run closer together.