I was sitting there drinking coffee with one of my neighbors, when he brought up the subject of how I was progressing on my corvettes engine/drive train upgrade,
and I stopped, went to my desk, and brought out a rather old and tattered and greasy finger print stained lined paper writing pad with darn near every individual part ,
I expected to need ,listed, along with the machine work, gaskets and fasteners, sealants, etc.
Basically I'd tried to list and think of what I will need , with the price and part number listed and many of them had notes or check marks as to the current condition,location etc.
If Id acquired that particular part and page after page of detailed info on assembly ,details.
(and yes as with most guys the problem is LIFE keeps getting in the way, and my budget won,t allow me to just buy and check off stuff I want at the rate I'd love to progress on the project,\
after flipping through several dozen pages and looking at diagrams and notes inked in,
he turns to me and asked me
"do you keep a detailed wish list of all the parts you want or need, and check them off as you acquire them and list the required machine work and estimated costs on all your personal projects"
I never considered any alternative?
just the idea that he doesn,t bother too, plan in detail, kind of shocked me!
I guess it never ocured to me anyone serious about doing something like that,
would NOT take the time and effort to plan out the project!
list the parts required and think through the pars compatability,the cost, the potential time frame and the little stuff that adds up so fast like fasteners, and accessories required,machine work to get things to fit etc.maybe Im crazy, but I know from experience that you can,t just drop an engine with 3-to-4 times the original power level in a car, youll need upgraded cooling a better more efficient fuel delivery system, better & larger brakes, better tires, a stronger drive train, a change in the transmission & differential, probably different wheels, a higher amp altermator,more efficient cooling fans, and several dozen small upgrades ETC.
but he honestly looked at me like I must be some rather exceptionally odd person, now I'm fully willing to admit I rarely see other people refer to a note book or their lap top computer for a list of components, but thats also probably why I see so many guy screw up builds buy grabbing the occasional mis-matched parts we all find at bargain prices (its those GREAT DEALS" on parts that don,t match your intended goal,) that have screwed up many a otherwise potentially good custom car build.
so I asked him, what his plans were and he basically took several minutes to explain, that if he ran into something that looked like it might work, he would buy and install it!
and I stopped, went to my desk, and brought out a rather old and tattered and greasy finger print stained lined paper writing pad with darn near every individual part ,
I expected to need ,listed, along with the machine work, gaskets and fasteners, sealants, etc.
Basically I'd tried to list and think of what I will need , with the price and part number listed and many of them had notes or check marks as to the current condition,location etc.
If Id acquired that particular part and page after page of detailed info on assembly ,details.
(and yes as with most guys the problem is LIFE keeps getting in the way, and my budget won,t allow me to just buy and check off stuff I want at the rate I'd love to progress on the project,\
after flipping through several dozen pages and looking at diagrams and notes inked in,
he turns to me and asked me
"do you keep a detailed wish list of all the parts you want or need, and check them off as you acquire them and list the required machine work and estimated costs on all your personal projects"
I never considered any alternative?
just the idea that he doesn,t bother too, plan in detail, kind of shocked me!
I guess it never ocured to me anyone serious about doing something like that,
would NOT take the time and effort to plan out the project!
list the parts required and think through the pars compatability,the cost, the potential time frame and the little stuff that adds up so fast like fasteners, and accessories required,machine work to get things to fit etc.maybe Im crazy, but I know from experience that you can,t just drop an engine with 3-to-4 times the original power level in a car, youll need upgraded cooling a better more efficient fuel delivery system, better & larger brakes, better tires, a stronger drive train, a change in the transmission & differential, probably different wheels, a higher amp altermator,more efficient cooling fans, and several dozen small upgrades ETC.
but he honestly looked at me like I must be some rather exceptionally odd person, now I'm fully willing to admit I rarely see other people refer to a note book or their lap top computer for a list of components, but thats also probably why I see so many guy screw up builds buy grabbing the occasional mis-matched parts we all find at bargain prices (its those GREAT DEALS" on parts that don,t match your intended goal,) that have screwed up many a otherwise potentially good custom car build.
so I asked him, what his plans were and he basically took several minutes to explain, that if he ran into something that looked like it might work, he would buy and install it!
