Winter project

[nocheepgas]

But it looks like I'm going to be doing some work in my "musclecar". The Geo Metro has 200,000 on the odometer and it looks like it's going to need a valve job and new tin cans in the cylinder bores. Compression on #1 is down to 60#. At 45 MPG I gotta keep this thing on the road!

Edit: It snowed last week and is gonna be in the upper 80's tomorrow. Crazy stuff....

[davedarragh]

Well it is cold and raining. I have to say it feels like winter. So does anyone want to share what their winter project is going to be?

It's 92 and Sunny

Probably do stuff that was too hot to do when it was "summer."

Golf sounds good.

Dave

[crawdaddy]

It's 92 and Sunny

Probably do stuff that was too hot to do when it was "summer."

Golf sounds good.

Dave

My thoughts exactely.Its still pretty warm here I havent checked but feels about like 80 maybe a little warmer.Its a great time in my neck of the woods to get things done.Mike

[pro70z28]

My winter project is to build a firewall. If I get that done and there's still some winter left I'll be fabbing mounts for a tilt front end.

[DDM powersports]

A real engine would be alot cooler! LOL! Forced induction with a carb sounds really hard or really easy to tune which is it?

[STRENGTH AND POWER]

Build a smoker to cook food while I build a welding table, build a pair of bi-fold wrought iron gates for the bay door in my shop ( don't want any uninvited guests when I am working late.

[pro70z28]

A real engine would be alot cooler! LOL! Forced induction with a carb sounds really hard or really easy to tune which is it?

I want to get the car as close to completion as I can before I buy an engine. At the rate I'm building I don't want it setting around collecting dust N' rust. Injection would be nice but they are making some pretty cool blow through carbs these days. I guess I'm just an old carb guy that's resistant to change.

[pdog]

I want to get the car as close to completion as I can before I buy an engine. At the rate I'm building I don't want it setting around collecting dust N' rust. Injection would be nice but they are making some pretty cool blow through carbs these days. I guess I'm just an old carb guy that's resistant to change.

That is a good move. About 10 years ago I made that mistake. Had a 468 BB Chevy built thinking the project would move right along quickly. Well, that motor sat for over a year while I attempted to finish everything else. In that 1 year span, others I know along with magazine articles were publishing combos that were putting out much more power than my motor, using different parts. Price was about the same.

For this car, I am doing what you are doing now, trying to get everything else done first with an idea of what motor I will run in the future, but waiting until I am real close to pull the plug on the motor.

[kbraby]

I want to get the car as close to completion as I can before I buy an engine. At the rate I'm building I don't want it setting around collecting dust N' rust. Injection would be nice but they are making some pretty cool blow through carbs these days. I guess I'm just an old carb guy that's resistant to change.

This from somebody cutting parts on a CNC machine...

[pro70z28]

This from somebody cutting parts on a CNC machine...

Yabutt' it's an old CNC.