Building plan for project 82

[rocco.crossing at gmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

The other side of the coin woudl be that A) it could be at Cincy under
its own (donated) power (hehe don't you love 10:1 compression ;-) and
B) I could keep my Z off the autoX course like I wanted to in the
first place, and it could easily be ready to autoX in spring if I got
done with my other projects by mid-jan.

The benefit of not doing the bodywork first of course is that I can
get all of my tuning (suspension and engine) done before it goes down
for a long period of time. Once I get it all tuned (if I'm smart,
which probably not) I can wrie up how everything is set-up and tuned
then when I get done with the body work I just have to bolt it back
together and there won't be much but fine tuning to be done.

Rhett


On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:10:01 -0500, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Couple thoughts:
> 1. If the paint is all done first, including the engine compartment, then as you go about all the
> mechanical work you need to be really careful to not screw up the new paint.
> 2. If you're going to be doing any modifications that involve the chassis itself, stiffening or
> cutting access holes, moving anything around the engine bay (expansion tank, fuel filter, installing
> new brake lines), mounting new parts (intercooler, turbo, 02J tranny, cable shifter, hydraulic
> clutch ;^) then you really want to get all that figured out before doing the paint and body work.
> 3. I kind of view the body work and paint as the big challenge. It's not that any particular part is
> overwhelming, but the whole paint and body work project is a big one and takes a lot of time and
> effort, whereas most of the mechanical stuff can be broken down into small independant tasks. Do
> this little bit, stop, do that little bit.....
> I like to get the big stuff out of the way first, just to make sure I have the motivation and
> intestinal fortitude to do it! Then the rest is easy.
> 
> I'd do any body mods first, then the paint job, then the standard mechanical modifications.
> But that's just me.
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rhett Farnum" <rocco.crossing@gmail.com>
> To: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 1:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Building plan for project 82
> 
> > Anyone else have an opinion on this? I know quite a few of you have
> > done things like this what are your opinions???
> >
> > Rhett
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:43:59 -0800 (PST), Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rhett Farnum <rocco.crossing@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > OK as you all know I am going to build up my 82 and repaint in in a
> > > different color. My biggest hold-up now besides having a car cut-up in
> > > my garage, a trcuk to get running and a car to sell is whether I want
> > > to build the 82 up and then tear it back down for the COMPLETE color
> > > change or if I should strip it all down now and then build it after I
> > > have the paint and body work finished. I am kind of leaning towards
> > > getting the bodywork and paint done first this way I only have to
> > > build the car once and it is done. I have plenty of cars that I don't
> > > HAVE to have this one running and my Z24 has aftermarket suspension so
> > > I can autoX it easily enough (no where near as fun!!! but it is usable
> > > as such.) Also this could mean that Project 82 may not make it to
> > > Cincy this year. BUT I would definately bring a picture book of how it
> > > is coming. LMK your opinions on what to do with my build. (Please
> > > leave the insult of domestic to yourself)
> > >
> > > THANKS
> > >
> > > Rhett
> > >
> > > OK so here is my opinion, get the car build and running. I know that it
> > > would be a pain to have to dismantel it a 2nd time, But say something happen
> > > and you need to liquidate some of your possetions. If the car is stripped it
> > > maybe difficult to sell and aquire what you would need for it, but if it was
> > > whole and paint was the only thing that it needed the you could sell it as
> > > such.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Playing Devils advocate.
> > >
> > > El Tony
> > >
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