Turbo Scamp
So the shop that was supposed to put my car back together closed it's doors. They left the car at the upholstery shop, and the motor at the machine shop. It took me a couple of weeks to find a new shop for the car and then (thank you AAA) get the car picked up and flatbedded there.
New shop is called Fontana Motorsports SoCal, in Van Nuys, CA. Owner Rory is a friend of AdamR, and a member here. Rory finished plumbing my brakes and will be dropping the motor in shortly. He's also working on the fuel lines. Original shop did a real half-assed job on the wiring and suspension. Rory pointed out that they hadn't installed any cotter pins in the suspension crown nuts. They also mounted the fuse block so far under the dash that it would take a double-jointed contortionist to change a fuse. He's fixing these issues.
While all this was going on, I started polishing the valve covers and fuel rails as a way to pass the time. Here are a couple of pics. Valve cover on the left is raw aluminum, and on the right represents a lot of hours sanding and then working on the buffer. You can't really see the difference on the fuel rails, but the top one shines like a mirror and the bottom one is as delivered.
So the shop that was supposed to put my car back together closed it's doors. They left the car at the upholstery shop, and the motor at the machine shop. It took me a couple of weeks to find a new shop for the car and then (thank you AAA) get the car picked up and flatbedded there.
New shop is called Fontana Motorsports SoCal, in Van Nuys, CA. Owner Rory is a friend of AdamR, and a member here. Rory finished plumbing my brakes and will be dropping the motor in shortly. He's also working on the fuel lines. Original shop did a real half-assed job on the wiring and suspension. Rory pointed out that they hadn't installed any cotter pins in the suspension crown nuts. They also mounted the fuse block so far under the dash that it would take a double-jointed contortionist to change a fuse. He's fixing these issues.
While all this was going on, I started polishing the valve covers and fuel rails as a way to pass the time. Here are a couple of pics. Valve cover on the left is raw aluminum, and on the right represents a lot of hours sanding and then working on the buffer. You can't really see the difference on the fuel rails, but the top one shines like a mirror and the bottom one is as delivered.