Well, its been a 14 hour and counting day here at New Hemi Racing.
Earlier we went and picked up the rear end and suspension parts that were powder coated, blasted, cleaned, coated, and well , well done, rear, crossmember, 4 link bars, panhard, weight box and drive shaft loop, $160 ! and a 2 day turnaround.....Summit Powder Coaters out of Barberton GREAT guy, GREAT Work.
David, my father and the cars owner and project funder :) Spent all day helping me (and actually doing most of the tape and paper work)
We covered everything in lots of paper, I scuffed the cage, floors, trunk....etc. Cleaned them and cleaned them....
Shot em with an etching primer and sat and mixed up paint for the cage.
If you buy "flattener" for paint and let it sit on the shelf for a year....well all the silicone dioxide settles to the bottom....ugh....and I dont have a mixer....so I sat at the desk and mixed the crap for about an hour. Mixed up the paint and squirted away.
My dad got all the basic wiring laid out today and tracked down all the connectors we need to scab off the harness, and bought a 3 RD METER !!!, we already had two, but apparently 3 is better.
Now that Im sailing high on fumes.....well....Im going to let the cage dry and put a second coat on it if it dries to the right "semi-gloss" with the flattener, otherwise Ill add more on the last coat.
What FUN ! Progress, LOTS of progress, and only 2 more days of the NASTY stuff to go, tommorow Ill seal the trunk and interior with sealer, base coat the trunk, and shoot the undercarriage. Friday, engine compartment base coat and clear, let it set for the weekend and Monday start putting it back together.
AND Got a status update, the DAY after I left the SRT8 in Atlanta with the FI guys for a mockup harness, the DP Manifold is on the car and the harness is already at the point theyve pulled signals from the cam wheel and the crank trigger, now they are writing the code for it.....WOW they move fast....sharp guys...
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