The car had some good parts when I bought it, but the previous owner should have never been allowed near a pair of scissors, never mind a toolbox. He had no clue what he was doing. I'm absolutely baffled that I got this car from an undriveable to race ready in less than 2.5 months time.
Some of his gems included:
-Faulty wiring (still a ton to fix)
-Wrong carb and incorrectly adjusted the one that was on there
-Timing incorrectly set
-Flywheel installed incorrectly
-Clutch and pressure plate installed incorrectly
-Incorrect slave cylinder setup (made the car undriveable)
-Wrong bellhousing
-Clutch fork ball stud set incorrectly (I replaced entire setup with a hydraulic throwout bearing)
-Shifter installed incorrectly
-Fuel pump mounted and wired incorrectly, subsequently burnt out
-Fan mounted and wired incorrectly
-All engine gaskets leaking (oil pan, timing cover, intake manifold)
-Wrong size line for brake booster (massive vacuum leak)
-Engine cradle not bolted in correctly
-Brake lines plugged
-Rear diff backlash set incorrectly (gears have eaten themselves alive, have new rear to put in after the race)
-Incorrect rear springs (sat uneven, ate up one rear tire)
-Rear struts installed incorrectly
-Rear lateral links cross threaded, MASSIVELY dangerous to drive (rear toe would change 10-15° degrees at will)
-Driveshaft installed incorrectly
-WIndshield cracked (getting replaced this week)
-Some lugnuts missing
-Wrong seats and mounted incorrectly (have replaced with legal race seat)
This is just SOME of what this guy had done, which is why I bought the car for about 35% of asking price. Basically bought it for what the engine was worth!
