Looks like the beast is coming off the road for a while. :/
Thursday night decided to be the night for the trans to die. Second one now. trans cooler will definitely be implemented this time round. Now that it isnt drivable, i figured why fix just the trans and do the rebuild later? might as well do everything once and then its done, no going back and taking things back off to put the new piece in etc. Today i will be taking...practically EVERYTHING out the car for a rebuild. going to clean, refurbish everything that i dont like the look of and replace anything needed as well as new parts i want to add.
I project the build time to take approx 6-12 months, hopefully less if i spend wisely. I want to redo the bodykit again and make it really shine as well as get the bottom end bearings redone, heads shaved to bring compression to approx 9:5 - 10:1 to suit the 286 cam and lifter combo. will buy valve springs, roller rockers and pushrods as well. i already have the retainers and posi locks. I plan to paint the rocker covers, extractors, block etc and give a bit of a tidy up in the engine bay (might be lazy and leave the bay lol).
Trans will get replaced... for a 3rd time. if i could source one, i would put a manual conversion in but no one has the complete setup for v8. So for now just another t700 but with shift kit, stally and corvette servos will keep it in check i reckon.. plus cooler should help. will probably go black or bright orange for paint on the tranny just to make underneath look more pleasant.
LSD seems to be whining now (had a rough life of towing in the past im assuming), that too will get some loving and a respray, leaving the gearing thats in there as it works plenty well for me
Lastly the drop tank will be dropped, cleaned and painted before getting put back in with a bigger fuel pump if cash permits. followed by some cosmetic work to be done on the beast. Windscreen, custom boot, possibly interior change.
Will be photo crazy with this build again and will try to get on here more often to update everyone on progress etc.
Enjoy fellas and will start pulling her apart now