Alrighty, just returned from my deployment. Paid off all my loans (house, car) while I was there, and had planned on spending 1 year loan free before buying anything else so I could spend money on family trips, car parts, etc. Well, a shop came up for sale in town and it's too perfect to pass up so I'm purchasing it for my side business of restoring and customizing cars. It is across the street from my day job (auto part sales and repair) and literally less than a block from my home. Gotta love small towns! Well, I made it 3 weeks loan free anyways...
I had just started buying car parts when the shop became available, however I hadn't stocked up much for the inline. I bought a 6.0 ls engine, disassembled, for an 86 Chevy K10 I picked up for $200. Then I found a 6 speed auto tranny and ls3 top end for that same project. I bought new taillights for my 3rd gen Camaro, had all the machine work finished for my other 6.0 shortblock (all ARP, Callies Compstar rods, forged pistons, etc), etc etc.
My inline six only received a a MegaSquirt 2. I bought the disassembled version because I love tinkering! Got it all assembled, set up for HEI ignition and electric cooling fan. I had planned on buying intake and exhaust manifolds, tbi unit, HEI ignition, etc etc so it would be ready to run, but the business came and took all my spare money.
After a couple months I will re-evaluate my finances and hopefully start funding my own projects. Worst case scenario, it's on a 5 year contract for deed so I'll go project free for 5 years (except labor items).
Anyways, here is a pic of the MegaSquirt 2, and a video if I can figure it out!
[img]http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/...slaut.mp4[/img]
