Video of the Noble Finals - Hint... We won.

Dec 19th...Before,During and After

Ok, were on track again and then some.

Some , Before(at pickup), During (At MPR, the second pic) During (Scraping shit out at NHR), During (Base Coat at NHR), During (Buffing at NHR), and After (All assembed at NHR)

Well be wired and plumbed by Christmas, thats the beauty of doing it all yourself, NO Waiting on others schedules and if you want your schedule moved up you work harder, I am thrilled we had Mike at MPR do the cage and suspension, I am dissapointed I couldnt do as good a job in the time he did....envy :) But then all were wating for are headers and a driveshaft and were good for tuning and Dyno Runs. Well after we build our way slick alternator bracket and water pump mount. But well maybe on Christmas Ill do that. The family is all out of town and wont be back until a couple days after Christmas, which is good since I havent shopped, I dont have to I can wait until Saturday or Sunday and catch all the sales :) AND I can work on the DP on Christmas, to me, honestly thats the second best thing to spending it with Family, since thats not an option this year (we do every other with all the inlaws) well......

We made good progress today, rear end is together, parts are all waxed, lubed, torqued and ready for pop in tommorow. I decided to call it a day early at 9pm and send Jay home......lol...its funny when you ask your worker, you ok till, 6, then 8, then 9 and every step of the way its "Shit yeah, this is too much fun" Someone who "Gets it"

So we got the trunk all set up, battery box in, stuff mounted, seals on , taillights, vents, fastners, pistons installed so we can say goodbye to our broom handle prop rod, which did super duty as a rifle bore cleaner for the diff housing before assembly, the only thing left to mount is the fuse block and the really cool diamond plate (special super thin diamond plate...really) firewall.

Inside the trunk that is, other than the plumbing and wiring.

David, my dad and the cars owner (We have 2 of those as well, my sons name is Daivd) did monster duty running and tracking down all the items we needed, including "Racer Fuel" food and soda :) I thought about it , him and I think alike, hell he taught me how to "THINK" I cant tell you how many times people have said how the hell did you think of that, only to say "My dad taught me to improvise" not hack, improvise. We are scroungers and hes the king of em....so when I told him what I need I get it, hell drive to hell and back to get it, and today several runs for this that and the other and its all sitting there. I cant imagine, even fathom how someone could run or work a shop where everyone isnt mentally on the same page about things. Just the time spent tracking down and getting things has to account for over 50% of the total build, we find the right stuff local, now granted Summit Racing is local, but for bulding mount plates, for fastners, for paint supplies, well we dont use Summit for raw materials.....

For today (I dont want to spoil the suprise) just a single "Before and After" pic, now mind you the "

Dec 9th.....11:18 and counting....

Well, its 11:18 here at New Hemi Racing, PM ! and Im letting a basecoat on the engine compartment dry. Then Clear, then sleep, then drop off glass block to the guys doing my house, then back to the shop for the trunk.

Nothing real exciting today , lots and lots of taping and masking. LOTS , finishing up all things paint before Friday so I can let it sit over the weekend, Detail and clean up the Shop on Monday, and start FINAL Build on Tuesday !

So I figure out of boredom and lack of any actual video of us building the car I would shoot a "time lapse" sequence of me cleaning the engine compartment, masking it and painting it.....so should I blow the shop up....there is a video record of my demise somewhere in the ashes....

I may not be the best painter, I may not be the best prep man, but Im thorough, thats my problem it takes me an eternity to paint something........an eternity...

Nothing like using the whole shop as a paint booth :) But unfortunatley we have it down to a science.....well Al Gore hates me Im sure.......

Dec 4th an Early day....

Well working till midnight 2 days in a row (or more accuratley 1:30) will take the wind out of your sails sometimes.

So we decided to call it an early day

So some supply running, tape, paint buckets and the like, as well as shipping some items to have them set up, like our rear chunk now that our spool and gears are in, as well as our Yukon case

So, a little bit of taping on the car, ok a lot, but still a lot to go for the interior and the engine comparment, trunk.

Tommorow. Tommorow Ill finish up the interior with the white sealer.

The undercarriage came out EXACTLY like I wanted it....so Im happy about that, the flattener i used apparently needs to be added at about twice the concentration it says. Chassis looks great, and got ou"reversed" diamond plate trunk firewall back from the folder, mike made a nice one but we wanted somethign with a little more POP, so until I can find someone with a bead roller to dress it up with a #24 the plate gets it, it weighs only 8 ounces more, I know but I loose 8 ounces somewhere else. The stuff is super thin (NHRA legal) but the thinnest alloy DP Ive seen, I only wish I would have bought more, Ive only got about 16ft of it left, and I lost the suppliers card. It was cheap....oh well...

Got news from our FI guys the car (our SRT8 the "Orange Peel") should be ready for a test run early next week.

Saw the pics of the test set up, and we're thrilled, 2 days and theyve prototyped a harness, decoded the crank and wheel signals and are coding the firmware, set up the DP manifold on a test car and get things ready in parralel....lets see another vendor move that fast for a customer (3 DAYS !) I am STUNNED , and thrilled, I think with our system we are really going to knock one out of the park. Much more flexible than any other system out there......and proven....and no I wont tell you what it is.....my secret......I already know it can do everything competing systems can an much much more. I am thrilled beyond belief. Kudos to all the guys working on this, and there are a bunch.

Tried to order some parts today, and well everyone as at PRI or on their way, I should say so......2:30 and we bailed.