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**Posted by Hakan** 9/20/2023 4:17 PM

Making slow but steady progress:

Took the engine out to be able to paint the engine bay.

Took the rods and the pistons to a machine shop today to have the pistons replaced from cast to forged.

Put my homemade shifter gizmo and the hydraulic clutch on to the transmission.

**Posted by Glens 1965 50** 9/21/2023 9:43 AM

Looking good Kemosabe.

**Posted by Ron68** 9/21/2023 5:13 PM

When done, the Phoenix project needs to be in an art museum instead of on the road. It is that nice.

**Posted by rpm** 9/21/2023 6:45 PM

Looking good Hakan.

**Posted by Hakan** 9/25/2023 5:59 AM

Thanks Glen, Ron and Bearing Bob!

Made the final(?) assembly of the left side front suspension yesterday.

It was almost like I didn't want to put the front wheel back on as it's gonna hide all this that I put hours and hours into.

**Posted by Hakan** 10/03/2023 8:01 AM

Forged pistons are in:

And my old faithful rubber mallet that I had for years finally gave up. The accident was unrelated to the pistons installment thankfully.

Also painted the headers and the rest of the exhaust system with some German brand paint supposed to be able to handle 800 degree Celsius = 1472 degree Fahrenheit:

Last edited by Hakan (10/03/2023 8:10 AM)

**Posted by Glens 1965 50** 10/03/2023 3:17 PM

That baby is looking GOOD!

**Posted by Nos681** 10/18/2023 4:09 PM

Drooling…looks awesome!

**Posted by Hakan** 10/23/2023 3:18 PM

Had to order new pushrods from the US that's not arrived yet, but meanwhile I had some time to detail the engine. That round thingie in the foreground on the left side header is where the wastegate is gonna be.

**Posted by MS** 11/01/2023 10:21 PM

Does it have a bolt-in core support?

**Posted by Hakan** 11/02/2023 8:52 AM

MS wrote:
Does it have a bolt-in core support?

Yes it has. I also reinforced the firewall and made the top of the inner fenders of thicker than original material together with connecting the a-pillars to the shock towers and the export brace that all together hopefully will make the whole engine bay less flexible than original.

**Posted by Hakan** 11/06/2023 5:38 PM

Testfitting almost everything before it's time to put the engine back into the car. Only problem I ran into was the clearance between one spark plug boot and the driver's side header which I'll fix tomorrow.

**Posted by Glens 1965 50** 11/06/2023 5:44 PM

WOW! You never cease to amaze me. Excellent work.

**Posted by rpm** 11/07/2023 7:03 AM

Bee you tea full.

**Posted by Hakan** 4/01/2024 12:37 PM

Here's the latest, slow but steady progress: