New Home

 

                Well, the car has changed homes. I am now working on it at school every day and it's pretty awesome. I get up and have two periods where I work on the car. My teacher Mr. Ruta has given me a space inside to park the car which is a major help. Since I have a lot of time to work on it I have the time to conquer little problems. I fixed the door with my friend Chris and I also drained the diff and figured out the gear ratio with my friend Tony. My teacher and my parents along with Tony met early in the morning to discuss with me what we were going to do with the car. My teacher is into Chevy's and suggested Vortec heads for better compression along with a 3:73:1 rear-end for better off the line. He also suggested a 200-4R Trans which has a four-speed with an overdrive. If I do that I can have off the line performance and a nice highway cruiser. However, everything has a price and since I have to pay for everything mechanical on the car I have to be careful. I still plan to put a carb, intake, air filter, and cam into the car. I did however, fall into quite a windfall. A friend of my mom's at work donated some Hooker Headers to the car. They are really nice. To put it in simple terms they are the Cadillac of headers. The gentleman that donated them has his own Monte Carlo but since he did some suspension work to his he can't use them. So once again, thanks. I now have to do some research and figure out what I have to do with my allotted budget. It's actually quite fun to work on my car in school. I feel like an alien stumbling into math smelling like motor oil. I had to tell my teacher that she couldn't have my pass because I needed the gear ratios on the back. My life at this point is school and work and that's about it. This 500 dollar machine is becoming my solace from a life that moves at a million miles an hour. For two hours a day all that I have to do is work on the car and it's the best part of my day. I can't believe that when I first saw this car I didn't want it. Now I couldn't imagine a life without it. In a weird way its saving me as I am saving it.