So I realize these couple pics are sh*t, but I wanted to update this thread.
I've started working on the car again. Knocking out all the small details to make all this stuff work that I have been dreading.
I took a pretty good hiatus when I got the Ducati because I really didn't care about anything else but that bike for the past year.
I got a new daily that I had been playing with recently, so that didn't help with the focus either. I took a position managing a body shop at a Chevrolet dealer here in town. Things have been hectic, but I'm really excited about the Galant again. So much so, I've literally been losing sleep.
The radiator never fit right under the re shaped upper tie bar. It looked okay in the pictures, but certainly not done. That's sorted now so I was able to work on the oil cooler fittings that are WAY tight to the face of the radiator. I ended up ordering 18mm turbo coolant banjo fittings, with adapters to 6an. I was forced to weld the original bungs up and tapping the oil cooler to suit. I've got the 93 grille trimmed out, primed, and new hexagonal mesh fitted. btw- Anyone know where to get a new badge for the 93 grille? I dicked it up letting the little diamonds dry above the wood stove after painting them black. It was hotter than I anticipated ha ha
Anyway, I got a bunch of sh*t done that was a pain in the ass, but doesn't really photograph well.
I ordered a billet valve cover, so I figured it was time to knock out the catch can. A few in progress pictures here. The top side is tacked into place now. I want to wait to get the valve cover before I finalize hose lengths and really tidy it up. I know it looks busy, but it's a necessary evil. I have two 8an hoses off the intake tube for vacuum.
The two 10an hoses off the valve cover gets stepped down to 8an as well. Finally, I have a 6an hose running to the balance shaft port on the back of the block. Which I think is pictured above somewhere. 6an is smaller than I want, but I don't want to drill the block out with out taking off the current oil pan. I fully expect the oil pan to come off by itself in a glorious display of catastrophic failure, probably due to a shitty tune on my part.
However, that is when I intend to put the 2.3L in which has an enlarged hole.
Oh, you can see the coolant overflow is finished now. The three holes in the front are actual portholes into the can to act as sight glasses.
I think that really concludes most of the major fabrication. So, now I'm able to take it apart yet again. This time for final paint and body work- AND THAT I'm really looking forward to.
The new daily I mentioned. It's just a 1.8, but it is awd.
