New headlights are now installed. Finished hooking up my oil cooler fan. Tomorrow I take my carbs to Jay. Tomorrow I install all of my new brake components. Fiberglass is sexy.
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The H4 replacements I have work very well. I think with the wiring they're set with the high-beams instead of the low-beams. I don't know of a way to tell since they're so bright. Since my car's so low I doubt it'll have an effect on anyone else anyhow. I made the final adjustments with my dad last night. He was adament that I'd get a ticket for them being too bright. "Other people will flash their hi-beams at you and stuff to let you know, or you'll get a fixit-ticket". me: "But dad... my car's so low, I doubt they'd even shine over the guy's bumper in front of me!"
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My car's PO (Jay Ward) used this car three years ago to drive up to Washington for his sister's funeral in the middle of August. To survive the trip and keep the oil temps low, he installed an oil cooler in the trunk/trans area underneath. Last November the lines running from the adapter plate to the oil cooler broke... 4-quarts per minute were leaking out. Removed the adapter and ran it all through winter-time. Re-installed it in March when the temps started getting into the mid 80s. Mid-April I put a fan on the cooler to help circulate airflow over the cooler (better than nothing) and tonight just finished the wiring to a switch (Elliot Cannon's suggestion). I'll see if I can get the car up to temp tomorrow, turn the fan on and see how it affects the cooling. When I drive down to Ollie's to pick up my heads, that will be a perfect time to see if it helps.
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The carburetors I got from Rallyman_1 (Craig) are in excellent shape. I little stained on the outside but they only have maybe 500 miles on them. First thing I did was check how tall the velocity stacks were... about 1.5 inches which will suffice. Second thing was the throttle shafts... no play. Accelerator pump, perfect shape. Jay has all the parts I need to set these carburetors up for my new engine. Now I just need a set of intakes, preferably tall. Taller the better, Ike tells me.
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After last weekend's injury it looks like I can use my wrist again. The pain's almost gone (except when it's cold). Today was the determining factor on whether or not I could use it tomorrow. Looks like I will be able to do my brakes. Then when I get the "T" fitting in I'll slap that sucker on, bleed the brakes again and have 50/50 braking. I spent most of my time on the willow springs track just figuring out how to brake and control the car without spinning ass around front or locking them up. If the T fitting is arrives tomorrow, I'll install it on Tuesday at the shop and see how it goes then.
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I've been corresponding with one of the guys (or the guy) at Rennspd who makes fiberglass parts for 914s... I aim to get fiberglass hoods and bumpers. Preferably before I do the primer paint on my car, but after I get the fenders fixed <_< The red rust spot on the front-right and the dented rear-left look horrible. Screw Maaco and Earl Scheib... time to just and some new fenders on. Problem solved, and hopefully with 0 bondo. Weight-savings would be pretty good. The late-late model heavy rubber & steel bumpers are just that... about 60lbs each i'd wager and too bulky. Take the shocks off and you've probably trimmed 150lbs altogether. Then the front and rear hoods... I'll have to drop out of the local PCA events if I want to get away with it. Just having a 2056 motor throws me from AS class to CS class. Then the weight shavings... Probably CSP or FSS. Too many points! That's before swaybars.