Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.
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Dammit man...I was eating an ice cream sandwich when I looked at those legs. I feel your pain meds. When I had my shoulder operated my boss called at 8am the next day to razz me about it. He asked if it hurt, I said hold on, let me think about it. He laughed and said what are you talking about. I said, well if I sit here and watch tv, it doesn't hurt. It's like the pain is on another channel and I have to change channels and think about it. I did not like that feeling. Glad to hear you are at least upwardly mobile. It's all sweat and work now.
No,..surprisingly my gate is kinda normal...albeit for a little draggy.
Well, that's something. I broke my right leg in a motorcycle accident as a kid, seems like it took forever to not be a gimp.
How long will you be able to milk the whole, "Kate, can you get (whatever) for me please? My legs hurt bad" thing?
How long will you be able to milk the whole, "Kate, can you get (whatever) for me please? My legs hurt bad" thing?
I'm already getting alot of this stuff myself unless I'm hurting pretty bad. She is a great woman...I don't take advantage of her.
Glad to see you doing well Mike so do you have the gumption to get back out into the garage yet? Ha lol joking 
Shoulda got a box head pic in the hospital nurse would have been all wtf
Shoulda got a box head pic in the hospital nurse would have been all wtf
snicker...
Kick a man's spelling when he's down! You're doing better than my wife, Mike. She had the crown cut off the 1 wisom tooth she had remaining. It has a nasty curly q root wrapped around her facial nerve. They were worried taking it out would sever the nerve and paralyze that side of her mouth. She was in bad pain at the localized area Sat and Sunday. Then Monday her whole jaw, has started hurting. She said it was worse yesterday than it has been. She called the surgeon who said it's to be expected.
I can't imagine how bad the knees would hurt. I hope you keep the pain managed and can work on the therapy.
Kick a man's spelling when he's down! You're doing better than my wife, Mike. She had the crown cut off the 1 wisom tooth she had remaining. It has a nasty curly q root wrapped around her facial nerve. They were worried taking it out would sever the nerve and paralyze that side of her mouth. She was in bad pain at the localized area Sat and Sunday. Then Monday her whole jaw, has started hurting. She said it was worse yesterday than it has been. She called the surgeon who said it's to be expected.
I can't imagine how bad the knees would hurt. I hope you keep the pain managed and can work on the therapy.
Ok, several things running through my head right now, as I lay strapped into this machine that cycles my leg through the full range of motion.
The first topic is about drugs. or, specifically, the decision to stop taking them. Im already over the constipation that comes as a side effect, so that decision really isnt hard at first, and i just took 400 mg of regular old ibuprofen as a ween-off, so this is already in the works. Ill just have to see how i get through these next 24 hours to tell if i can do it.
Now,....car junk.
When I took the car out last time, I really focused on how hard the engine is spinning , and at what speed that's happening. From what I can tell, 70-73 mph is around 2900 rpm locked up in 4th. The engine will lug at cruise speeds that drop it to 2-2200 rpm. Changing the gears will drop my RPM so much so that there will be a large segment of 4th gear cruising that I'll have to keep the converter unlocked to avoid that if I do that.
( seems kinda silly to do all of that, it that be the case huh?)
Next:
Am I really benefiting from my elaborate A2W I/C system?
What is a good target Iat when under boost?
Seems like when im on a 10 pound ride, the IC will keep the temps from going up to about 20-25 degrees over what they were pre boost, and immediately drop them right back down as soon as I lift.
IE, if the DL shows me an IAT of 97 degrees pre- boost, it'll rise to like the 117 range, and then quickly return to 97 as soon as I'm just cruising along.
I assume this is a good thing, and cannot figure a scenario where I'm in boost soo long that I start to heat soak 3 gallons of water.
Otherwise, I'd convert the IC system over to watermeth, and get rid of some of the complexity, and whatever boost drop may be occurring going through the IC currently.
All this to say this.
I might not need the 600+ dollar gear set, and would benefit significantly by focusing on the fuel system, and boost cooling. That money could be better spent elsewhere then?
The first topic is about drugs. or, specifically, the decision to stop taking them. Im already over the constipation that comes as a side effect, so that decision really isnt hard at first, and i just took 400 mg of regular old ibuprofen as a ween-off, so this is already in the works. Ill just have to see how i get through these next 24 hours to tell if i can do it.
Now,....car junk.
When I took the car out last time, I really focused on how hard the engine is spinning , and at what speed that's happening. From what I can tell, 70-73 mph is around 2900 rpm locked up in 4th. The engine will lug at cruise speeds that drop it to 2-2200 rpm. Changing the gears will drop my RPM so much so that there will be a large segment of 4th gear cruising that I'll have to keep the converter unlocked to avoid that if I do that.
( seems kinda silly to do all of that, it that be the case huh?)
Next:
Am I really benefiting from my elaborate A2W I/C system?
What is a good target Iat when under boost?
Seems like when im on a 10 pound ride, the IC will keep the temps from going up to about 20-25 degrees over what they were pre boost, and immediately drop them right back down as soon as I lift.
IE, if the DL shows me an IAT of 97 degrees pre- boost, it'll rise to like the 117 range, and then quickly return to 97 as soon as I'm just cruising along.
I assume this is a good thing, and cannot figure a scenario where I'm in boost soo long that I start to heat soak 3 gallons of water.
Otherwise, I'd convert the IC system over to watermeth, and get rid of some of the complexity, and whatever boost drop may be occurring going through the IC currently.
All this to say this.
I might not need the 600+ dollar gear set, and would benefit significantly by focusing on the fuel system, and boost cooling. That money could be better spent elsewhere then?
It is real easy to measure the pressure drop across an I/C core. Then you know how restrictive it may or may not be. I would keep the A/W intercooler. Every factory boosted car from any manufacturer comes with either an A/A (turbo) or A/W (S/C) inter-cooler. Not a single one comes with water meth. The current set up you have now is basically maintenance free. It is already in the car, complete. Get in and drive, no worrying about if you will run out of water/meth or not.
she's still cooking though, right?snicker...
Kick a man's spelling when he's down! You're doing better than my wife, Mike. She had the crown cut off the 1 wisom tooth she had remaining. It has a nasty curly q root wrapped around her facial nerve. They were worried taking it out would sever the nerve and paralyze that side of her mouth. She was in bad pain at the localized area Sat and Sunday. Then Monday her whole jaw, has started hurting. She said it was worse yesterday than it has been. She called the surgeon who said it's to be expected.
I can't imagine how bad the knees would hurt. I hope you keep the pain managed and can work on the therapy.
That is really good Mike. I would see between a 15-25* increase in iat temps with my a2a setup. The standard is a 10* increase per psi in iat temps with no cooler. Most intercooler are around 80% efficient so (10psix10*)=100x.2=20*
I start to pull timing (your tune as well) in boost from 130* and up.
I start to pull timing (your tune as well) in boost from 130* and up.
I could see going a2a to lower maintenance and complexity but I'll cast another vote for not going to meth in its place. I had that idea myself and I'm already planning to ditch it
Well.............
The complete "Cold Turkey" approach to going off the narcotic med hasn't turned out to be 100% doable at this juncture. Last night was freakin terrible.
I see the DR today to get my staples removed, and I'm gonna talk about scaling it back to maybe one pill at bedtime, especially considering that therapy has ramped up significantly, 10 days post surgery.
(I was literally doing leg squats on a machine yesterday,....sets of 30)
I was amazed that my stitched knees just didn't t tear open like a seam on an old shirt.
None of you guys addressed the exchange dilemma.
Do I dump the gears?
The fuel system only needs a cell, and some labor to rebuild the trunk floor. If I buy the Chinee eBay piece, looks like about 150.00 shipped. If I buy the Summit/RCI Chinee version it's about 100.00 more.
The materials to refab the trunk floor should be +/- 100.00.
Between sending the gears back, waiting for the credit, then ordering the eBay Chinee piece that should be about two weeks to being actually able to do it stuff wise.
The only reason the IC comes into the conversation is that I'll have the extra money left over from the credit to change that system over to water meth, but after looking at some of the input,....
Maybe I'll just leave that system alone since it appears to work then.
Being able to do it mike's knee wise? ........2 weeks from today?...........Maybe?
The complete "Cold Turkey" approach to going off the narcotic med hasn't turned out to be 100% doable at this juncture. Last night was freakin terrible.
I see the DR today to get my staples removed, and I'm gonna talk about scaling it back to maybe one pill at bedtime, especially considering that therapy has ramped up significantly, 10 days post surgery.
(I was literally doing leg squats on a machine yesterday,....sets of 30)
I was amazed that my stitched knees just didn't t tear open like a seam on an old shirt.
None of you guys addressed the exchange dilemma.
Do I dump the gears?
The fuel system only needs a cell, and some labor to rebuild the trunk floor. If I buy the Chinee eBay piece, looks like about 150.00 shipped. If I buy the Summit/RCI Chinee version it's about 100.00 more.
The materials to refab the trunk floor should be +/- 100.00.
Between sending the gears back, waiting for the credit, then ordering the eBay Chinee piece that should be about two weeks to being actually able to do it stuff wise.
The only reason the IC comes into the conversation is that I'll have the extra money left over from the credit to change that system over to water meth, but after looking at some of the input,....
Maybe I'll just leave that system alone since it appears to work then.
Being able to do it mike's knee wise? ........2 weeks from today?...........Maybe?
Yeah.... I'm going with just water injection on this m112 build on a sbf.... I'm going to tune it without the water, letting the "iat retard" table pull the necessary timing to keep me safe. This way I still have a strong timing curve with the cooling from the water. I'm not adding any meth in the mix, I want to be able to run out of it and not worry.
Not sure about the gears Mike I'll let some more seasoned guys chime in on that, but to me the rpm seems high.Well.............
The complete "Cold Turkey" approach to going off the narcotic med hasn't turned out to be 100% doable at this juncture. Last night was freakin terrible.
I see the DR today to get my staples removed, and I'm gonna talk about scaling it back to maybe one pill at bedtime, especially considering that therapy has ramped up significantly, 10 days post surgery.
(I was literally doing leg squats on a machine yesterday,....sets of 30)
I was amazed that my stitched knees just didn't t tear open like a seam on an old shirt.
None of you guys addressed the exchange dilemma.
Do I dump the gears?
The fuel system only needs a cell, and some labor to rebuild the trunk floor. If I buy the Chinee eBay piece, looks like about 150.00 shipped. If I buy the Summit/RCI Chinee version it's about 100.00 more.
The materials to refab the trunk floor should be +/- 100.00.
Between sending the gears back, waiting for the credit, then ordering the eBay Chinee piece that should be about two weeks to being actually able to do it stuff wise.
The only reason the IC comes into the conversation is that I'll have the extra money left over from the credit to change that system over to water meth, but after looking at some of the input,....
Maybe I'll just leave that system alone since it appears to work then.
Being able to do it mike's knee wise? ........2 weeks from today?...........Maybe?
As for the cooler is leave well enough alone. Or add meth to back it up, I would not delete it.
Leave the gears alone. 70mph at 2900rpm isn't that bad. If you want to cruise around at 1200rpm put a 6spd in it.
I believe you're at the "leave it the hell alone" stage in the build, which is admirable in itself.
As for the fuel cell, go full blown Chinee and save yourself the $100. Zero complaints on mine and I talked to probably 20 guys running the same cell without any issues. It's a metal box
Be interested in how you cut out your trunk floor for the cell and how you finish it out. I think you've seen my attempt, I'm sure yours will trump mine and give me some ideas
I believe you're at the "leave it the hell alone" stage in the build, which is admirable in itself.
As for the fuel cell, go full blown Chinee and save yourself the $100. Zero complaints on mine and I talked to probably 20 guys running the same cell without any issues. It's a metal box
Be interested in how you cut out your trunk floor for the cell and how you finish it out. I think you've seen my attempt, I'm sure yours will trump mine and give me some ideas
Damn straight. I mean, I run....OWN the grill. So I allow her to cook some of the sides but I craft some form of animal protein to a yummy doneness with a flame!she's still cooking though, right?
Mike, I like your thought on a pain killer before bed. That's always the worst time for pain...makes it hard to sleep.
I also would consider the gear change. The torque curve that thing has to have would help a lot. I think with some careful tuning you can get some of the lugging out. It just takes lots of logging and lugging the engine in parts of the fuel and timing maps you don't normally get in. I think that's the key, there's normal floor it, burnout take offs, WOT romps down the interstate, but you have to work the car into 'abnormal' areas of the map to really build the tune out. Going up steep hills (easy for you, not any hills here) or even use the brake or e-brake to load the engine can help.
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