Man, I remember the first time I read your "it's just metal" bit on GRM. In reference to cutting and welding and cutting and welding bits of an aluminum, quad-cam V12 in the complete absence of any real machining equipment. You gave me the courage to 4X4 convert my old dually, when it's generally considered impossible. Steel suspension bits are so very insignificant by comparison 😅 I went on to build a 300 I6 to make more torque than the 460 V8 ever could, and then pursued a career in machining so I could build more, with ease. I'm a CNC machinist with ProCharger now, making a reasonable paycheck and working closely with lots of other gearheads with cool projects. My daily driver puts 668 horsepower to the wheels thanks to a massive employee discount, and I've never been nearly as happy with another job in my life. I wouldn't be here if I hadn't watched this project from the beginning, and this ride-along has got to be the most beautiful thing I've seen on RU-vid possibly ever; short as it may have been.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I too worked as a machinist so I could built better parts for my toys, then went to engineering school so I could better understand what parts would make my toys better :)
Amazing work, it's just great to see the car in this state. Good luck with the continued progress! 2:48 it sounds deeper/throatier than I'd expect at 9k RPM.
@@mark_gemellocattivo I'm familiar, I've been quietly following the build for a few years, it's extremely impressive, I sometimes wonder why you didn't just build you own v12 100% from scratch, it almost would have been less work.
Those were the new 200tw super sticky tires! I got 2nd gear to about 75% power and they were holding on....but this thing makes about 800hp@9krpm and 500fl-ld torque @7krpm so I'm thinking traction control is really the answer.
