Welcome back to PARacingOnline.com's Project Street Stock. It has been a couple of weeks since our street stock chassis was delivered to Eiford's Garage in Scottdale, PA and this week we were finally able to get started. By looking at the pictures, you can see that the chassis had spent quite some time outside and had been a bit abused by Mother Nature. The plan for right now is pretty straight forward. Start by getting the chassis and all attached components cleaned up and inspected. Since there is so much to do, this week we decided to focus on the front of the car first.

We started by pulling the calipers and rotors to see if they were any good. We were in luck! The rotors, although rusty, were still in really good shape. Ronnie cleaned them up by using a wire brush to knock down the rust, then after a some cleaning, sprayed them with a high heat flat black spray paint. Once dry, Ron put them on the brake lathe and cut them down. I was impressed with the fact that once they were done, the rotors looked brand new.

While they were working on the brakes, I worked on removing the lone sway bar link, which brings up a good point. We need a sway bar. I also worked on cleaning the surface of the chassis so that we could prep it for paint. Ron went through and inspected all of the steering and braking components and tightened all of the nuts and bolts. Everything seems to be in pretty good shape, with the exception of the upper ball joints. They will have to be replaced. Besides the missing sway bar, we also need front shocks. Other than that, the front suspension, steering, and brakes look to be in good shape. Since we had everything apart, we took the time to paint the control arms and spindles in order to make it look a lot nicer. We also cleaned and painted the calipers. Once we were finished, and the paint was dry, we reassembled the brakes and when we were done, it looked like we installed all new parts. It is pretty cool to see what you can do in under two hours with the right tools and knowledge. If I were doing this myself, I would have yanked all the rusty parts and just replaced them.

So that is it for this week. Over the next couple of weeks we should have the front end completed and can move on to the rear. Everything looks to be in pretty good shape there as well, but we'll have to do a complete inspection before I can say that for sure.

Looking beyond the building part of this project, there is another very important element of building a race team, that being marketing. We have already started this part of the project as well by building our Team Identity Kit. This includes our logo, business cards, our website, and our marketing material. Look for more announcements about this activity in the near future. This Team Identity Kit is the tool we will use to gain attention and form marketing partnerships (sponsors) and every team should have one. If you would like help creating your Team Identity Kit, contact me at gankrom@paracingonline.com.

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