Hey Jerry, you're on the money. Tig it is.
If I've learned anything from this build it's how to handle sponsorship.
Sign a contract with the option for additional product or materials. I never did.
All I signed were indemnity forms.
I've been at it so long guys have either left or been transferred overseas.
With the economy being what it is risk averse people have become Armadillos.
Talk about starting from scratch?. I also lost all my data when the PC crashed.
The guy from Air Liquide is in France and the new guy played me for three months where he could have just said no.
I had two Argon bottles refilled at my own cost. Same thing with a few others but hey it's life!.
Gotta do a lot of jumping around on this build. No money for this just do something else because they all need doing at some point.
Busy fabricating new inlet manifold plates. The metal supplier cuts the 12mm plate to size within limits but the saw leaves a rough
finish so I painted one with marking blue, clamped them together and used elbow grease. As a kid I wanted to be a toolmaker and
my buddies who were older said I'd spend the first year filing and polishing metal to make it square. I just passed my apprenticeship.
The power goes off three times a day so I plan ahead. Get the compressor filled, charge the batteries for all the cordless tools and use plug in electricity
until the son of darkness arrives. When the tank is empty, the batteries are flat I use the elbow. After the arms are poked I take time off to ponder, watch the birds
and chat to the dogs. It's actually hilarious.
If these goons running the show think they'll beat me they better think again. In the Army I spent about two months being wet and slept in mud like an animal.
The old girl is my gofer. She's been a trooper and she's getting educated. I can't find my M3 tap so she's off to my dealer and he tries to give her a blister packed
"Torquecraft" unit. Renaldo is a great kid. He sends freebies all the time with his boss's permission. He calls me while she's driving back roaring with laughter telling me
he's never been called out by a grandma in front of a counter full of guys in dirty overalls.
This build is Ground Hog day. I'm reliving my past life trying to overcome. Not a known sleeper so now I do 3 hours as opposed to 4. I lie in bed building stuff in my head and
it works because I just realized I have to install all the ARP fasteners in the plates for the inlet before I get the plenum plates fried in place.
Like Al Pacino said, "One Inch at a TIME". We're adding inches.