03-06-2024, 03:38 PM | #1021 |
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03-07-2024, 10:03 PM | #1022 |
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Operation turn my entire backyard into a pole barn is underway
For reference, those two center beams on the sides are over 20' Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr I also made some more progress on the TXholdem I used the AFM that came with the car, and had a miss under load. Surprise, that AFM was bad. I used the radiator that I got with the car, went to bleed the coolant and it leaked through the end tanks. Replaced with a nissens. New PS lines STILL LEAKED so I ordered alloy crush washers instead of copper. NO MORE PS LEAKS Got the Ansa Sport aligned a little better. Tail lights that came with the car looked fine in photos but were all sorts of cracked. Replaced with a good set. The front valence and trunk lid that came with the car were in awful shape, so I had a straight valence, air ducts, trunk lid, and iS spoiler painted. I did another buyout last weekend, and it came with a genuine alpine II iS lip, so I threw that on the car. Shoutout to @E30bastard for the smoked fogs!!!! What a legend Installed good fender liners, splash shields, under tray, and air ducts to finish it off. Blower motor works well, needs resistor which I'll install soon. Wipers work as intended, shockingly. This thing is almost over the finish line! I'm going to plate it and give it a good shake down once the weather breaks. Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr |
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03-13-2024, 11:30 AM | #1025 |
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The crew has been killing it! The color matches nicely with the house. It's intimidating making such a big decision based on a 1"x1" swatch, but really worked out. Went with a burgundy and a charcoal.
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Also, Hoopty is done! Header V2 is finished up. Once I'm done spending every waking moment moving shops for the next 3mo, I'm going to do a stock exhaust/header dyno comparison to get some data. The primaries are HUGE. They step to 2" before hitting the collector. This is what the data said it wanted, but real life I'm sure will tell a different tale. It's straight piped with a Magnaflow 14815 muffler. Not too loud, sounds glorious. Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Last edited by blue91lx; 03-13-2024 at 11:46 AM. |
03-22-2024, 02:32 PM | #1026 |
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maaaaan the stoke is high today. I drove the white car for the first time a few hours ago and it feels fantastic. Apparently replacing everything mechanical on a car will cause it to drive quite well.
I have to get it aligned and then have the paint guy finish going over a few things and I'll start driving the car! It's also disgustingly dirty, but can't really fix that with all the construction at my house so it'll have to wait. Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr |
04-16-2024, 02:56 PM | #1030 |
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Barn has concrete, and a 12'x30' mezzanine! Still trying to figure out electric and insulation.
Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr I also finally got hoopty back from the fab shop and knocked out some neglected maintenance. I relashed the valves, changed out the break in oil on the new stroker motor, replaced fuel hoses/filter, repaired the drivers seat hinge that was stuck open, nut and bolted the car, rebuilt the passenger rear ebrake assembly that exploded, and it's pretty happy now. I have about 200mi on the new motor. I need to convert it to standalone and do an A/B dyno with the header to prove it works after I'm done moving into the new shop. I need to add a vibrant ultra quiet to the exhaust, swap out the wiper motor, and fix the oil cooler mounting, and i'm sure by the time I do that something else will have failed. The header is coloring up nicely. I didn't realize how loud a big primary header is- the header by itself generates a good amount of noise, which I didn't anticipate. Wondering if that is in part due to the scavenged/clocked/stepped nature of the header, or if it's just a result of huge primaries. Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Oh, and the white car successfully completed a 60mi drive to the paint shop to have a few things addressed. Untitled by Bobbie Morrone, on Flickr Last edited by blue91lx; 04-16-2024 at 02:59 PM. |
04-17-2024, 04:06 PM | #1031 |
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In my experience, headers are just "tinny" and noisy, unless they're thick wall which is wildly overkill for most NA engines. It's a unique noise and kinda fun when you get used to how different it is, especially if you're coming from cast manifolds.
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I am assuming it is due to what you said, but further amplified by the giant primaries. |
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