Communication is about 75% of problems with us humans. Sharing expectations and understanding the other parties communication methods (and their ability to understand what you expect) are paramount.
decking it? okay, what are they not doing.
so much depends on circumstances. here in eastern, ct everybody is slammed with work. if a shop is doing a lot of work for commercial / industrial / agricultural customers with equipment down, that's probably going to be their priority. here, hobby car stuff, well not so much. that type of work is almost like doing a favor. again, it depends on the very specific circumstances of a shop. communicate, but be cool. if dissatisfied, it's best to politely move on.
I’m going there Monday or Tuesday and discuss everything with them. Like I said, I think they are very capable. The facility is very clean and organized. They do mostly this type of work for individuals and I really don’t have a lot to gripe about. They’ve been busy when I’ve been there before so I didn’t try to hold them up by asking a million questions. Plus, at the time there wasn’t much to discuss being we didn’t know if I had a viable core to work with. Now that we do, they are going to take time to talk to me or there’s going to be a “come to Jesus” moment.
that sounds fantastic. again, i hope it goes well.
that's what i do. fk calling. gives you a chance to project a positive attitude and hope that they respond in kind.
Stock Crank and rods. Haven’t selected a cam yet. It’ll be mild.
I meant to ask do they need any work as well? Grinding, balancing, polishing, honing etc....
I’ll know more after I talk to them. The original crank just needed polishing. With two good rotating assemblies to work with I’d say they’ll pick the best of both. Again, this will be a close to stock build other than a little more compression,cid, and better cam profile, Only as a consequence of those parameters being altered due to wear.
I’ll not be going past 4500 much. We’ve found one cheaper than that but a different brand, can’t remember what. I must say, I got my wish for communication yesterday! My brain was scrambled by the time he was done going over everything. Talking about CC-ing the heads, piston depth, he was making on the fly calculations I couldn’t keep up with, but I’m not too sharp anyway! Lol.
i'm still living in the 20th century. back when we used to get cars for free. two hundred bucks, drive it home. so much has changed. yeah, 4500 rpm. it'll run good though.
Nice plate.
