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Darren
03-01-2011, 10:33 AM
Here it is... the day finally came. It didn't go a smoothly as the video suggests. I edited out all the different attempts to get it to run long enough so I could scoot around and set the timing. The end result is what matters!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77c6s_ngfGw
Kevin Davis
03-01-2011, 12:27 PM
Awesome job Darren, I didn't have the patience to set the suspension up enough to allow for gokarting before I fired my motor...I'm encouraged, I don't feel like I'm that far behind you...
I'm contemplating whether to start my body work now, or just do gelcoat all summer and wait until winter. Are you doing your own paint and body?
Darren
03-01-2011, 12:35 PM
I'm doing my own body work and paint. I'll be driving in gelcoat this season and hopefully get to some body work over the winter. Might be in primer for the next season or if I'm lucky I'll have final color.
efnfast
03-01-2011, 01:41 PM
Congratz :)
Waiting4Kids2Bgone
03-01-2011, 02:06 PM
Way to go Darren. If it was easy, anyone could do it.:D
steno
03-01-2011, 05:18 PM
ATTABOY! Now get back to work! Open house is gonna be here soon!
FritoBandito
03-01-2011, 11:36 PM
Wow congrats. Very nice. Who built the motor? I want that idle sound.
That car sounds N-A-S-T-Y in a good kind of way. Congrats! Now git-er-dun!
LuckyWinner
03-02-2011, 01:27 AM
Way to go brother!!! You look like a proud daddy. It sounds great.
Mark Dougherty
03-02-2011, 02:55 AM
Darren
awsome job.
i love the safe way you went about the drive. extra things off the car. Timing set, Fire extinguisher. well done.
Later
Mark D
Pierre B
03-02-2011, 06:28 PM
Congratulations! After the day the kit is picked up or arrives at the builder's home, this is the most exciting time. The third and final excitement from the build comes the day it is insured and registered. You are well on your way.
Darren
03-02-2011, 10:25 PM
Wow congrats. Very nice. Who built the motor? I want that idle sound.
The bottom end was built by AD Performance. I built the rest, it was a fun experience. Mike Forte supplied nearly all the completion components from the shortblock up.
Darren, AWESOME !!!!! That thing sounds killer!
25 posts. I can start selling some stuff now!!!!!
That thing sounds great! Nice job!
Wayne Presley
03-03-2011, 08:12 AM
Darren, did the brake pads stop you well? Once you get it in a more driveable state, you'll need to bed in the pads. And use all the clips :rolleyes:
Randy Jones
03-03-2011, 08:47 AM
Darren,
Congrats man! Those are two of the best milestones of the build!
R :)
Darren
03-03-2011, 09:30 AM
Darren, did the brake pads stop you well? Once you get it in a more driveable state, you'll need to bed in the pads. And use all the clips :rolleyes:
He he, I used all the clips! :D to tell you the truth with all the adrenaline I was experiencing I could have stopped the car without pads. The weather sucks for the next week so far so I won't have a chance to bed them but I anticipate they will do fine.
Do you have a preferred bedding procedure?
mydream
03-03-2011, 09:47 AM
Congratulation!, what a great feeling eh! Brings back great memories.
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