Looking for mentor/help

[chasingomas]

Hey,

Not really sure where to put this, but this feels like as good a place as any on this site. I'm looking for someone/people that I can reach out to directly with questions, both technical and more abstract like, "Where should I put the line for v1 of the build?". I do tons of research independently, I just wish every single thing that comes up didn't take an hour, to hours, of research. I'm highly disciplined and motivated, I just feel like I'm wasting a lot of energy spinning my tires in the mud; and with my disability, I need to preserve every drop of gas I got like gold. One of my favorie quotes is, "if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." So I'm just posting in hopes someone wants to help a 29-year old black non-binary go far lmaoooooo please reach out if you have patience and time

 

[96blak54]

The entire forum members are great at answer nearly all questions mustang and vehicles in general. Please ask away

 

[chasingomas]

I feel that way too, I have social anxiety. Sometimes, that can make me take a while to post here. I know the solution is, "just post", but if it were that easy, no one would be disabled. Having 1 or 2 individuals I could reach out to directly would directly undo that specific anxiety. Everyone here has been super helpful, this is just a hyper-localized issue lol

 

[ttocs]

we are almost always happy to help anyone wanting to work on their car. I can only think of one or two times when someone came in a little hot and did not like what they were told and just wanted to argue and then no one wanted to help. There are some VERY knowledgeable people here in each area, I would not lock yourself down to one person. ask away....

 

[96blak54]

I be watching facebook alot, regardless of what you are interested in, the comments there in any facebook page always has demeaning people and most definitely not helpful and 100% uninviting! Some of the comments are pure gold while being truthful in a positive manner, but there is always those slapping down with hate. There is no room for hate here

 

[ttocs]

facebook you have to be able to ignore the idiots and that can take some work.

 

[Snorky]

Yeah this isn't Facebook, that app is full of jerks, liars, scammers, know it alls and mind rot.

What year car. Trim, and what engine are you working on? What kind of projects are you thinking of getting into? We would love to know more.

 

[ttocs]

you can still get some good info from there as well but you will have to weed it out between all the crap that also gets thrown up as an answer.

 

[chasingomas]

well fuck it, I'm trying.

My car and build have a thread 1999 mustang gt, Max-effort street car drift build.
link:

"BlackJack, Nat Loves Dream", my 1999 GT

Hey y'all, I'm chase and I'm am currently building a 1999 GT. I asked for some engine help and they recommended I post here. I think in this initial intro post, I'll tell you my goals, plans, and show work (plans). Then, later, when I have the energy, I'll post the work that I've done so far...

www.sn95forums.com

My big question right now is, where do I draw the line? I am a perfectionist, but not only is this is the first car I've ever touched, the work creep has gotten nasty because I keep telling myself, "well since I'm here." Like I want to paint the wheel well, and do an exhaust and and and lol I'm realizing now I need to find a cap for like, the first version of the car. Even when I'm sanding, which I do a good job, It's hard for me to move to the next grit unless it's perfect to me. I guess, if anyone has had intense builds like this; where do you draw the line? I mean I want to take out all the electronics so I can get sanding and painting there, replacing all the plastic clips, replacing hangers on n on n on. the big things I have left are the engine/tranmission swap, wiring, and painting interior and exterior; as well as replacing weatherproofing. Do I stop there for a couple months? Cause knowing certain things are off will possibly bother me. So do I wait until it bothers me too much to start working again? Or do I set aside time to just enjoy the car, and say, "in 2 months, were back to work." How do you even know when youre done? I struggle with this in art, but cars are so much larger and labor intensive, I'm not sure.

and everyone here has been kind, its not y'all; it's my brain. Facebook is generally a cesspool, it feels like everyones yelling at each other all the time. If I wanted that, I'd go back to my childhood lol

 

[ttocs]

that line can't be determined by anyone but you. I am the same way and when I had my car apart I found myself fixing stupid little things that no one had ever mentioned to me but I had seen and it bugged me. The small line where my side exhaust met the body(mine is hard mounted, not double stick tape) did not look bad, but it could have looked better so I used a little filler and then ran the sand paper up till I was happy. The way I look at it I can spend a few minutes now, maybe a few hours and then be happy afterwards or I can skip it and it will continue to bug me every time I see it.

 

[chasingomas]

best and worst thing to hear lol we'll I'll ask you then. When did that feeling of, "its done," come in? Or have you ever reached it?

 

[ttocs]

projects are never finished, only sold....

 

[Snorky]

best and worst thing to hear lol we'll I'll ask you then. When did that feeling of, "its done," come in? Or have you ever reached it?

On my green car I'm like, okay.. no more stuff that makes it harder or less pleasant to drive. When your car is apart more than together, it makes you draw a line. That or when your life priorities change dramatically.

 

[95opal]

well fuck it, I'm trying.

My car and build have a thread 1999 mustang gt, Max-effort street car drift build.
link:

"BlackJack, Nat Loves Dream", my 1999 GT

Hey y'all, I'm chase and I'm am currently building a 1999 GT. I asked for some engine help and they recommended I post here. I think in this initial intro post, I'll tell you my goals, plans, and show work (plans). Then, later, when I have the energy, I'll post the work that I've done so far...

www.sn95forums.com

My big question right now is, where do I draw the line? I am a perfectionist, but not only is this is the first car I've ever touched, the work creep has gotten nasty because I keep telling myself, "well since I'm here." Like I want to paint the wheel well, and do an exhaust and and and lol I'm realizing now I need to find a cap for like, the first version of the car. Even when I'm sanding, which I do a good job, It's hard for me to move to the next grit unless it's perfect to me. I guess, if anyone has had intense builds like this; where do you draw the line? I mean I want to take out all the electronics so I can get sanding and painting there, replacing all the plastic clips, replacing hangers on n on n on. the big things I have left are the engine/tranmission swap, wiring, and painting interior and exterior; as well as replacing weatherproofing. Do I stop there for a couple months? Cause knowing certain things are off will possibly bother me. So do I wait until it bothers me too much to start working again? Or do I set aside time to just enjoy the car, and say, "in 2 months, were back to work." How do you even know when youre done? I struggle with this in art, but cars are so much larger and labor intensive, I'm not sure.

and everyone here has been kind, its not y'all; it's my brain. Facebook is generally a cesspool, it feels like everyones yelling at each other all the time. If I wanted that, I'd go back to my childhood lol

Reserve the bigger projects for over the winter and tackle the small stuff throughout the rest of the year. This way you have minimal down time and can still enjoy the car during the warmer months. If you plan on gutting it to a shell and going balls to the wall plan on it being down for a few years and if your as anal as i am plan on a decade. Lmao

 

[chasingomas]

So it's good to hear there are other psychopaths on here, I've felt alone in that in the past lol I think I should focus on quality of life things. The wiring in the rear from the previous owner is shit, and the weather proofing is trashed. Those two things bother me the most out of anything on the car. I should probably tackle those asap as opposed to continually pushing them off.

Speaking of things that bother me, my new radiator core support is coming Wednesday. I'm going to drill out the spot welds, but what things will need to be unplugged/hooked? All the radiator things, and the headlights of course. I am so excited to have a non-crushed up front end, and finally, FINALLY, being able to put a hood on the car. I will miss it though haha not what it does to the car though.

 

[weendoggy]

Posted this on your other thread: I have one question...how are you going to license it in CA (I beieve you're in SF) and pass SMOG? The car will be under CARB rules and changing and/or modifying anything without a CARB-EO is asking for failure. Have you looked into that aspect?

 

[96blak54]

All that perfectionist work just to get the car on the drift track and get beat up? Drifting the car you will eventually hit something. Build the car for its intended purpose. If its drift track, build it to perform with the intent of getting beat up. If its street, build it to perform with the intent of not getting beat up. I would hate myself to build a pretty car and get it beat up.

 

[chasingomas]

All that perfectionist work just to get the car on the drift track and get beat up? Drifting the car you will eventually hit something. Build the car for its intended purpose. If its drift track, build it to perform with the intent of getting beat up. If its street, build it to perform with the intent of not getting beat up. I would hate myself to build a pretty car and get it beat up.

It's all apart of the game. If I wasn't willing to pay the price, I wouldn't play. Drift cars are meant to be beautiful. All the 90's era Japanese drift cars were, including the street drifters. they cut the vinyl themselves, built body kits, threw their cars into barricades, cried, and did it all again. Thats the beauty and honesty that comes with doing something that is difficult. I (hopefully) end up only around passionate freaks like me I want to build something pretty and reliable and thrash it and take care of it.