I got word yesterday that the long block is complete with the following information: 8:1 compression, .045 deck, .004 crankshaft free play. Sounds like the engine and transmission will be done and in my garage around the same time.
The rear suspension part has been a bit more of a challenge. I received the stub axles and the EMPI spring plates.
I'll be keeping the stub axles and returning the spring plates. The ends are jagged/crooked.
Overall finish on them is very poor.
Yeah, I should have known better but I was trying to have an open mind about the possibility of EMPI having improved their quality.
Now - I'm at a junction again - go to dual spring plates and use stock parts (the torsion bars are a bitch to find) or modify the plan, spend a bit more money and get SwayAway short torsions and spring plates with Jaycee retainers. The rear end will be a lot stiffer but that won't necessarily be a bad thing.
The funny part? I've had at least four people tell me that the EMPI stuff is
better than the Swayaway stuff - but having the EMPI parts in my hand - I can't really see how that's possible unless the Swayaway parts are made from PlayDoh.
Seems like - no matter how dead simple this should be - I'm running into just about every barrier possible. The self-imposed deadline that's three weeks away is slowly morphing into a wall that grows by the day. I have to figure out how to get up enough momentum to get over it - and probably at the last minute.
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