Bearing problem

Well, it’s raining here. Looks like it’s going to be raining all weekend. Maybe I can get the engine in the car. I had another bearing problem. One of the rod bearing boxes only had one half of a bearing in it. So I had to order another one. I got the whole thing assembled and all that is left is putting that last bearing in, which can be done through the top. Also, one pushrod tube o-ring was missing from the gasket kit. I have had terrible luck with parts on this job. The oil pump is a challenge. It has to be assembled just right so it won’t bind. I cooked a few more parts in the oven after painting them. It works pretty well. Nice flat black paint. After installing in the car, I want to manufacture a homemade carb rotator setup. That rotates the 4 carbs 90 degrees for better linkage and no fuel starvation on curves. I could buy one for $275, but it looks pretty simple, and I could clean up the engine a little in the process. It normally looks pretty cluttered with wires, hoses, and tubes. I’d like to try a cable linkage for the throttles and a fresh air hose for the intakes. I got purple plug wires. How will that look with the red sheet metal? The exhaust extractors I got are really funny looking. Each side looks like a trombone that swallowed two small pigs. I spent some time walking around the house with one slung over each shoulder pretending to be the terminator. I wonder what would happen if I walked around the neigborhood or into the office with my extractors and dark sunglasses. I understand they make a nice sound. We will see. I made a mistake years ago when i bought the tires. I used too much of a safety factor, and bought them too small before I new the best size. So now I have 4 small tires that will be good around town, but not so good at higher speeds. Maybe these will be good for my next project. I could use 225/60R15 tires max on this one. Best would probably be 225/60R14 or 225/55R15, depending on the backspacing of the wheel, which you have to be very careful about with wide tires. The early series of Corvair is limited to much smaller tires due to fender clearance. After the break-in period around town, I’ll set the small tires aside for an early Corvair, maybe my next project. The early style has been growing on me. It’s kind of funky and campy, but lighter and stiffer than the later style. The suspension is less refined, but can be modified to be almost as good as the later style. I envision an early two door 500 model, with no trim, black, and mid-engine turbo powered. I could lighten it by a few hundred pounds by stripping it of all the accessories and heavy seats. Very simple. No fluff.