/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>822136
>Would encourage you to consider basing designs around readily available short or longblocks, then customize valve train and or fuel systems
That's probably a good idea, yeah. We occasionally swap out engines at work that have failed for one reason or another, so I might ask to keep one that still has a good bottom end and block.

>>822235
I do intend to find an old body-on-frame car that I can strip down to just the frame and axles, yes. As for a build plan, I need tools first and foremost. My toolbox is good enough for working on cars, but I have very little in the way of fabrication machinery. That's what I'll be budgeting for first, especially since it'll allow me to do some of the custom modifications to my current project car, too.

>>822181
>b/c who in their right mind is going to cast their own master cylinder?
Hey, if I can learn to cast metal, I'd be pretty damn happy. While my main goal here is to build a pretty sweet ride, learning all these skills along the way would be awesome as well.

I don't want to spent the rest of my career unbolting one broken part and replacing it with a new one, I want to make something.