Forum: Project Cars
05-19-2013, 09:25 PM
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My son is graduating this year (next...
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My son is graduating this year (next week) and we've had one thing after another tear up/etc etc...so hopefully we're getting out front of the "curve" here soon so we can start getting some...
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Forum: Project Cars
05-18-2013, 12:22 PM
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well, while I'm updating I thought I'd post...
well, while I'm updating I thought I'd post what's been done on this POS...
I have pulled the TV cable'd VB out and sending it off to have it checked, I suspect there is a sticking valve somewhere...
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Forum: Project Cars
11-04-2012, 04:57 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
11-02-2012, 07:54 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
10-11-2012, 05:11 PM
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yup, I'm getting another oilpan from a buddy...
yup, I'm getting another oilpan from a buddy since mine is leaking BADLY from the turbo oil drain (-10), and swapping it in when I change to the Tubular K member...I can't wait to get it going FOR...
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Forum: Project Cars
10-10-2012, 06:11 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-17-2012, 06:22 PM
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HAHA, ya, we were out of town this weekend. I...
HAHA, ya, we were out of town this weekend. I actually found out WHY I didn't have reverse...and this little nugget of knowledge is FREE....I changed from a cast reverse drum to the STAMPED steel...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-14-2012, 07:33 PM
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got the trans out this evening and got it torn...
got the trans out this evening and got it torn down to the point where I could get reverse drum out and take that piston out, I also went ahead and got a new reverse servo piston too just to be...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-12-2012, 07:00 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-12-2012, 06:58 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-12-2012, 06:55 PM
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got it running today, a bunch of stuff screwed...
got it running today, a bunch of stuff screwed up...my huge bonehead move of the century was installing an IAT sensor.....drumroll please....into the.....you guessed it, ECT sensor location...LMAO!!!...
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Forum: Project Cars
06-02-2012, 08:59 PM
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Well I've done a few things in the last 2...
Well I've done a few things in the last 2 days....been killing me to see it just sitting there but I've been so busy with work and "trying" to maintain all my wife's families cars.
I had to take...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-13-2011, 10:55 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-13-2011, 08:28 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-13-2011, 08:27 PM
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Got everything buttoned up today....got LC1...
Got everything buttoned up today....got LC1 hooked up...did free air calibration, got it sandwiched in the down pipe (super tight with headers right there by it), took me a minute to figure out how...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-13-2011, 05:07 AM
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oh ya, this thing has been crazy to say the...
oh ya, this thing has been crazy to say the least!!! It's a matter of principle at this point! I don't care if I have to spend $100K on this POS Fairmont....it's GOING TO RUN!!! HAHA, I may be on...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-12-2011, 10:48 PM
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FINALLY got trans in...again for like the 10th...
FINALLY got trans in...again for like the 10th time... AND, I think I may have found out why my trans was FUBAR'd in the first place....the wrong freaking flexplate!
We went to put trans in today...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-09-2011, 11:34 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-08-2011, 11:06 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
08-26-2011, 04:55 AM
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Forum: Project Cars
08-25-2011, 11:52 AM
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Converter came BACK in from PTC today, so...
Converter came BACK in from PTC today, so hopefully I can get the trans back together at least by the beg. of the week, the laptop I got to tune with the Moates took a dump on me so I had to send it...
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Forum: Project Cars
08-19-2011, 09:20 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
08-19-2011, 05:28 AM
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Forum: Project Cars
08-18-2011, 09:08 PM
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well, small update:
Parts that have...
well, small update:
Parts that have arrived:
Innovate LC-1
Moates Quarterhorse
Mechanical Diode kit for trans
A++ Billet servo for trans
300M One PC. input shaft for trans
2" Kevlar O.D....
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Forum: Project Cars
08-13-2011, 04:17 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
08-08-2011, 09:28 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
08-07-2011, 02:13 AM
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still waiting on some trans parts to come...
still waiting on some trans parts to come in....decided to switch the guts out to 4R70W stuff while it was down (having a bastard of a time with that old 35 spline one pc. input shaft, so i ordered a...
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Forum: Project Cars
07-10-2011, 06:55 PM
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Converter came back from PTC sometime this past...
Converter came back from PTC sometime this past week while I was on the RedneckRiveria.....so hopefully I can get all/most of my yards caught up so I can get this thing back together and get it tuned...
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Forum: Project Cars
06-17-2011, 12:37 PM
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haha, that makes two of us! It isn't pretty on...
haha, that makes two of us! It isn't pretty on the outside....and actually not that pretty on the inside...but dammit it better be fast!!!! LOL. SOB I wish it wasn't so hot out there...just trying...
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Forum: Project Cars
06-17-2011, 10:25 AM
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Forum: Project Cars
06-14-2011, 07:43 AM
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haha, ya, no doubt, BUT I did buy a 12 x 12...
haha, ya, no doubt, BUT I did buy a 12 x 12 Tent/Gazebo thingy to go over it, so I was pretty much in the shade, which was worth EVERY PENNY!!! Got the flexplate ordered last night, so should be...
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Forum: Project Cars
06-13-2011, 06:54 PM
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Ya, put the one in on the D.S. ....It went pretty...
Ya, put the one in on the D.S. ....It went pretty well. Then today, dropped motor in, hooked up EVERYTHING turbo related, all piping, turbo, oil feed/return(new -10), turbo blanket, meter etc., all...
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Forum: Project Cars
06-12-2011, 04:03 PM
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ya, it was between them and Ultimate (heard...
ya, it was between them and Ultimate (heard nothing but great things about them (Lenny, whom I spoke to on the phone, actually he called me back on a sat. afternoon and spoke with me for 20 plus...
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Forum: Project Cars
06-12-2011, 08:08 AM
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Forum: Project Cars
06-10-2011, 08:50 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
06-01-2011, 06:50 AM
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Forum: Project Cars
05-31-2011, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
05-31-2011, 08:44 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
05-31-2011, 05:35 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
05-31-2011, 02:45 PM
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***Update***
~Rockers adjusted (after I forgot...
***Update***
~Rockers adjusted (after I forgot to put in oil pressure log and spun over oil pump with drill and shot a gardenhose amount of oil 1/2 way across my garage...LOL :bitchslap:
~Balancer...
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Forum: Project Cars
01-25-2011, 11:42 AM
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Heads are on, water pump/timing cover on, turbo...
Heads are on, water pump/timing cover on, turbo manifolds ON, oil pump/pickup ON, new -10 turbo drain IN pan,
Need to adjust rockers, install balancer, install billet timing pointer, get valve...
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Forum: Project Cars
01-11-2011, 06:52 PM
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I ran out of assembly lube in the middle of...
I ran out of assembly lube in the middle of putting the engine together. SOB, all I had was a little package of the ARP lube....Checked all clearances and they were jam-up. CRANK ENDPLAY was around...
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Forum: Project Cars
01-05-2011, 02:35 PM
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Newest update.....
Got the crank fixed at the...
Newest update.....
Got the crank fixed at the machine shop and motor is getting rebuilt this w/e. All I need now is a new converter, and a flexplate, and a tune then we'll be ridin' DURTY!!
Got...
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Forum: Project Cars
10-11-2010, 09:42 PM
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WELL.....long story short. I found out why my...
WELL.....long story short. I found out why my flanges kept leaking....The top edge of the flange was hitting on the "lower" edge of the heads where they go from the flat sealing edge towards where...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-21-2010, 03:23 PM
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ran into the back of some bluehairs that were...
ran into the back of some bluehairs that were going to turn into a yard sale!!!! They told the officer "I was going to pull over to the side of the road and then BACK INTO their driveway!!!!" ...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-20-2010, 04:55 PM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-15-2010, 05:14 AM
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Forum: Project Cars
09-15-2010, 04:56 AM
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good point....and I got one of those laying...
good point....and I got one of those laying around AND a straight edge....it's not much (the "warpage")...
what is the consensus on gaskets or copper RTV? I used copper RTV last time, but I think...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-14-2010, 08:00 PM
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valve seat will be on the way, as will turbo...
valve seat will be on the way, as will turbo blanket later this week....in an attempt to track down the other exhaust leaks I ended up getting new header bolts to replace the allen head ones I had in...
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Forum: Project Cars
09-13-2010, 04:50 PM
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got exhaust welded up today and put it on...I...
got exhaust welded up today and put it on...I think I have a bad exhaust leak somewhere but I can't narrow it down b/c I realized that there is supposed to be a valve seat where the wastegate mounts...
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