No I haven't given up... like most of you I am working on the lakester almost every day...
Lately it has been the upcoming 3/4 liter motor while I wait for the head for the 1 liter.
1 liter update, Deni decided the exhaust valves needed new guides... she mentioned that the last time, but at first thought they were OK... well when it got down to the
nut seat cutting they needed replaced. Quick order to APE Raceparts and less than a week later a partially sponsored set arrived and I delivered them yesterday. Deni is still hoping to deliver by the end of the month, but I said I could tolerate early March.... since we has some parts delays... of course those allowed for other customers to get in.
3/4 liter... I had to order valve shims... although I had at least 80-100 in my kit, as usual you never have the right size or enough of the right size... So I ordered a 3 each size kit from the internet as well as kit refills for 6 sizes that I knew I needed... Now I have 300+ shims in the 7.48mm size... I got all the valves adjusted and then started degreeing the cams. Almost got the intake cam adjustable gear on in the right place... I think you can see it was not quite lined up straight when I pressed it on... missed by a little less than a 1/16... but that one is set and there's a couple of degrees of adjustment left. Yes I could press it off and back on, but since it adjusted to the right spot I'm good with it.
So.... whatcha been doing while you were waiting on parts besides selecting cams, figuring out shims, researching turbos.... well looking at turbo manifolds of course... not many good options out there, but before I go too crazy, I have been trying to build one.... yes it is harder than you think and I know why they are expensive to have one custom built...