Here we are in July and there has been some movement on the car, movement that is worth writing about. I am however going to start off with what hasn't happened yet, the block is still not in the shops (or my) possesion. Supposedly it is in the same province and come this week I will get confirmation.

The time has come to share what is going on with the car. This update is one of those "Good News - Bad News" updates. I will start off with the good news because, frankly, I am tired of the bad news on this project.

The Good News:

Hello, my name is Rod and I am an …. oh wait that is a different group….no seriously, I am actually a car modificationaholic. By now many of the forum(s) members are familiar with my long overdue project. There are many threads on the different forums that have similar information but some are extremely long. Now I want to give the build details without all of the other details, mainly where I was ripped off, lied too and let down, repeatedly. I will also write about what we have not what it was going to be.

In preperation for driving my car once it is completed, I attended Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School on February 16-17, 2010.

This course was a special experience which gives me so many points of references of not only how to handle big power but on how to set my car up before I even get into it. I now have an understanding of where I want certain components positioned so that they are easily accessible for my personal comfort, allowing me to focus solely on driving.

I would like to take the time to explain some more about this car project and what my wife and I have long considered to be “its purpose”

Building a Car, Beware

If you have read the story of my RWD Cobalt project car, then you understand that not everything goes as planned. Here are a few lessons that I have learnt over the past three years.

When you are looking at doing a project car, research everything about your car of choice, then research some more and after that do even more research.