You run full size front wheels . You enjoy driving your car ? Keep. The power steering . Replace the pump . Convert the lines to AN then thank me later . You will hate manual steering with no skinnies on the front
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Pipe down one lung,..I have no intentions of converting the steering. It's the brakes that I'm converting. The only other thing I'm gonna consider doing with the steering is maybe an EPS conversion...and that isn't a priority.
Well...two days and a wake up. And I'm going to Italy. For those of you remotely interested in doing the same at some point in your lives, it's completely do able.
There are website(s) selling hugely discounted packages to destinations all over the world, and within the US. 4 months ago, I was sitting in a Restaraunt with Kate, and said " Hey look, Travel Zoo is selling an 8 night trip to Italy including airfare, hotels, breakfast, and a rental car for 1199.00 per person". Little did I know at the time, she'd be all about it.
So,....for all of you that think I have all this money pourin out of my ass....uhhh, no.
But really. 1199.00 for a week in a European country including airfare is about as cheap as it gets. Hell, it'd cost you that much to spend a week in Panama City fl If you got a Condo on the water.
Nonetheless, I'm not too excited about the whole thing. It takes me away from work for the first 10 days of the month, almost guaranteeing that I'll have a pitiful paycheck on Dec 1. Then, I'll be driving some two door speck in Italy, in a country where I don't know the language, and the drivers don't tolerate their own, much less someone who can't read the directions on the signs.
The time spent traveling is a drag....a trans oceanic flight is still 8-12 hours depending on which way you're flying...and these discounted flights take us from Atlanta to London, then to Rome to get there, And then Venice to London, to Chicgao to Atlanta to get back.
And I gotta go back to work the day after that.
But, all bitchin aside...Italy is old world. You can't go anywhere in this country and see remnants of Roman civilization, or anything near as old comparitively. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and go enjoy the sights.
There are website(s) selling hugely discounted packages to destinations all over the world, and within the US. 4 months ago, I was sitting in a Restaraunt with Kate, and said " Hey look, Travel Zoo is selling an 8 night trip to Italy including airfare, hotels, breakfast, and a rental car for 1199.00 per person". Little did I know at the time, she'd be all about it.
So,....for all of you that think I have all this money pourin out of my ass....uhhh, no.
But really. 1199.00 for a week in a European country including airfare is about as cheap as it gets. Hell, it'd cost you that much to spend a week in Panama City fl If you got a Condo on the water.
Nonetheless, I'm not too excited about the whole thing. It takes me away from work for the first 10 days of the month, almost guaranteeing that I'll have a pitiful paycheck on Dec 1. Then, I'll be driving some two door speck in Italy, in a country where I don't know the language, and the drivers don't tolerate their own, much less someone who can't read the directions on the signs.
The time spent traveling is a drag....a trans oceanic flight is still 8-12 hours depending on which way you're flying...and these discounted flights take us from Atlanta to London, then to Rome to get there, And then Venice to London, to Chicgao to Atlanta to get back.
And I gotta go back to work the day after that.
But, all bitchin aside...Italy is old world. You can't go anywhere in this country and see remnants of Roman civilization, or anything near as old comparitively. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and go enjoy the sights.
When I'm not talking about being a world traveler, I spoke with Converter dude yesterday. ( and the day before that,..and the day before that...) He claims that he'll get to it as soon as he hangs up the phone. And the next time I call to ck,...it's still Groundhog Day. I still have no idea how much any of this is gonna cost me, and after today, it really doesn't matter.....I couldn't do anything with it even if it was free.
But it ain't gonna be free.
I'm guessing that he'll get around to it sometime next week..and we all know where I'll be...( 8 hours ahead, 3000 miles away)
Everything hinges on the converter though..nothing will happen without it.
But it ain't gonna be free.
I'm guessing that he'll get around to it sometime next week..and we all know where I'll be...( 8 hours ahead, 3000 miles away)
Everything hinges on the converter though..nothing will happen without it.
I've seen those deals before and always wondered how they are. I know if it sucks we'll hear about it. haha
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I may have missed it in the couple pages of posts you've got, which year cobra brakes?
I'm wondering how my setup will do, MM says their kit is for boosted to manual brake swap, my car has always had manual brakes.
I'm wondering how my setup will do, MM says their kit is for boosted to manual brake swap, my car has always had manual brakes.
SN95. 13" rotor front two piston caliper fronts/ 11.65" rotor rear single piston caliper.
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Looks like we have the same brakes. Well this assumes my parts store replacement MC is still 7/8.... I'll be sure to check I can stop fast before I go fast
At this point I would say enjoy the break, and maybe the convertor is done when you get back. Then you can go back to it. Spend these next couple days making sure you’re ready for your trip.
As for me piping in on occasion, if this is what you mean by “house is ready for winter,” then yeah I guess. It’s done enough to keep the cold out.
Ha, what irony that I post a pic in your thread that is pictureless as of your last few updates.
PS, we got two inches of snow last night. You have anyone watching your house for you while you’re in Italy? This sh*t is for the polar bears.
As for me piping in on occasion, if this is what you mean by “house is ready for winter,” then yeah I guess. It’s done enough to keep the cold out.
Ha, what irony that I post a pic in your thread that is pictureless as of your last few updates.
PS, we got two inches of snow last night. You have anyone watching your house for you while you’re in Italy? This sh*t is for the polar bears.
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That was for Your tuner mr Japanese cyclone man . He was talking about going manual steering in his car in here . Lol
As with all things that go on in my head while the car is in mid build.......things keep getting changed. ( potentially)
Right now I’m considering doing the Prius EPS/ manual rack conversion. A Prius steering column looks to be somewhere in the 75.00 range through used auto part vendors ( aka: junkyards). I don’t know if that includes the electronic motor control, or just the column itself, but it intrigues me. I’ve got more checking to do on that.
With nothing but time in front of me after Sunday afternoon, who knows???......I could do all kinds of stupid sht in my head.
I’d like to be able to get the brake mod completely finished before I leave..I don’t know why, other than to be able to say it’s done.
Probably because I’d change something if it’s not complete.
The only remaining purchases to finish this build are the converter; material to build mounts for the engine; engine harness wire from DIY auto tune; some 3” exhaust pipe for the I/C piping; and the plate that’ll let me mount the LQ 9 coils. Various small things like gaskets and fluids, and spark plugs...and whatever I come up with to hold however much water in reserve for the a2w I/C. Then I gotta figure out a place to put a 1/2-1 gallon container up front.
Along with the little radiator, the water pump, and that intercooler itself.
i guess I could just go with what I’ve done before, and stick some sort of reservoir In the trunk, and run lines between the front and back. ( like the aluminum 2.5 gal Chinese fuel cell I just bought for 62 bucks shipped)
you gotta love amazon.
Right now I’m considering doing the Prius EPS/ manual rack conversion. A Prius steering column looks to be somewhere in the 75.00 range through used auto part vendors ( aka: junkyards). I don’t know if that includes the electronic motor control, or just the column itself, but it intrigues me. I’ve got more checking to do on that.
With nothing but time in front of me after Sunday afternoon, who knows???......I could do all kinds of stupid sht in my head.
I’d like to be able to get the brake mod completely finished before I leave..I don’t know why, other than to be able to say it’s done.
Probably because I’d change something if it’s not complete.
The only remaining purchases to finish this build are the converter; material to build mounts for the engine; engine harness wire from DIY auto tune; some 3” exhaust pipe for the I/C piping; and the plate that’ll let me mount the LQ 9 coils. Various small things like gaskets and fluids, and spark plugs...and whatever I come up with to hold however much water in reserve for the a2w I/C. Then I gotta figure out a place to put a 1/2-1 gallon container up front.
Along with the little radiator, the water pump, and that intercooler itself.
i guess I could just go with what I’ve done before, and stick some sort of reservoir In the trunk, and run lines between the front and back. ( like the aluminum 2.5 gal Chinese fuel cell I just bought for 62 bucks shipped)
you gotta love amazon.
I lived there...I said this sht sucks exactly 34 years ago yesterday, and went in the Army. Never to return except to visit.At this point I would say enjoy the break, and maybe the convertor is done when you get back. Then you can go back to it. Spend these next couple days making sure you’re ready for your trip.
As for me piping in on occasion, if this is what you mean by “house is ready for winter,” then yeah I guess. It’s done enough to keep the cold out.
Ha, what irony that I post a pic in your thread that is pictureless as of your last few updates.
PS, we got two inches of snow last night. You have anyone watching your house for you while you’re in Italy? This sh*t is for the polar bears.
Holy 
Mike, I can contribute! On the VMF there is a huge thread dedicated to the Prius EPAS install called "Best $200 Mod Ever"
www.vintage-mustang.com
Also, Italy is amazing if you're going any where near Positano there is a place I have lunch with my family with the most amazing view.
Have a great trip. We can't wait to get back ourselves.
Mike, I can contribute! On the VMF there is a huge thread dedicated to the Prius EPAS install called "Best $200 Mod Ever"Best $200 mod ever (EPS).
Just did a more extensive test drive with the home-brew EPS from a Vue in a 66 Mustang. Results are fantastic! I will post more details soon. This what it looked like just before install. http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=181634&stc=1&d=1406820694
www.vintage-mustang.com
Also, Italy is amazing if you're going any where near Positano there is a place I have lunch with my family with the most amazing view.
Have a great trip. We can't wait to get back ourselves.
Well....im at London Heathrow...now going on 24 hours w/o sleep...( and this coming from someone who rarely makes it past 9:30 pm if I were at the house)
Flew on a British Airways 777. The first leg of the adventure already starting off with kate and i sitting apart from each other, two rows apart, with the other two seats occupied by Indians. ( and I'm not talking about the American kind)
The crotchedy assed couple next to me forced me out of my aisle seat numerous times so that they could both spend a really long time in the lavatories...which left me no choice but to stand in the aisle and wait on them at 12:30, again at 3 am, and again at 6 am..
For the few that might have read that BA planes have more leg room than other carriers, dont believe that..when dude in front of me reclined his seat, the headrest monitor was approximately 15" in front of my face.
Heathrow in of itself is a jug phck..in all the other terminals I've been in, once your screened and inside, your screened, and inside.
Not in Heathrow.
We came in at the international terminal, and had to go through a prescreen even though we never left the area.
Its turning out to be one of my future stories..
Flew on a British Airways 777. The first leg of the adventure already starting off with kate and i sitting apart from each other, two rows apart, with the other two seats occupied by Indians. ( and I'm not talking about the American kind)
The crotchedy assed couple next to me forced me out of my aisle seat numerous times so that they could both spend a really long time in the lavatories...which left me no choice but to stand in the aisle and wait on them at 12:30, again at 3 am, and again at 6 am..
For the few that might have read that BA planes have more leg room than other carriers, dont believe that..when dude in front of me reclined his seat, the headrest monitor was approximately 15" in front of my face.
Heathrow in of itself is a jug phck..in all the other terminals I've been in, once your screened and inside, your screened, and inside.
Not in Heathrow.
We came in at the international terminal, and had to go through a prescreen even though we never left the area.
Its turning out to be one of my future stories..
Maybe they were warned you were coming and wanted to make sure you didn't get any ideas about sticking a jet engine on the Monster.
We're flying to Venice, Italy on Wednesday with a stop in Munich and I'm not looking forward to 8 1/2 hours in a plane, but it will be worth it.
I just have to keep telling myself that.
We're flying to Venice, Italy on Wednesday with a stop in Munich and I'm not looking forward to 8 1/2 hours in a plane, but it will be worth it.
I just have to keep telling myself that.
Well. I just gotta texted pic of my converter
The two spacers are what's gonna be required to adapt that converter to my combination. I hope to Christ that I measured correctly, because he's gonna weld those feet extensions on top of each of the 6 pads and extend the pilot accordingly. If I'm wrong, itll mean a redo again, I guess I'll literally have to wait and see.
I expected that he would make up that additional space somewhere in the body of the converter itself, but from the looks of the pic, it looks like a standard depth body like what I was working with before, and he's adding the same additional thickness that I was working with before.
As long as it works, its balanced, and it fits, I dont care how I get to that end result.
If they dont have a problem adding an inch to those converter pads, i dont either.
The two spacers are what's gonna be required to adapt that converter to my combination. I hope to Christ that I measured correctly, because he's gonna weld those feet extensions on top of each of the 6 pads and extend the pilot accordingly. If I'm wrong, itll mean a redo again, I guess I'll literally have to wait and see.
I expected that he would make up that additional space somewhere in the body of the converter itself, but from the looks of the pic, it looks like a standard depth body like what I was working with before, and he's adding the same additional thickness that I was working with before.
As long as it works, its balanced, and it fits, I dont care how I get to that end result.
If they dont have a problem adding an inch to those converter pads, i dont either.
And as a footnote on this night...at 11pm on a Wednesday night..( 6 hours ahead of EST)..
this is a freakin awesome place.
this is a freakin awesome place.
Today I'm leaving rome, and doing the single coolest thing you can do when forced to ride at the mercy of a mass transit system:
Fly above the ground at 155 mph on a Bullet train.
Why we cant do the same thing in the US baffles me...this thing is raging along at an elevation so high, my ears are popping. The clouds are actually touching the ground in places..the one way trip costing a little more than 80.00 ea to cover the 250 miles in 1.5 hours.
Beats the hell out of driving the Fiat Panda that was included in the deal, because theres never a place to park, and when you find one....this is what happens.
These cars are so tight you cannot walk between them. How they ever get in/out is beyond me.
Nonetheless, it dont confront me. I'm not driving in this country period.
Fly above the ground at 155 mph on a Bullet train.
Why we cant do the same thing in the US baffles me...this thing is raging along at an elevation so high, my ears are popping. The clouds are actually touching the ground in places..the one way trip costing a little more than 80.00 ea to cover the 250 miles in 1.5 hours.
Beats the hell out of driving the Fiat Panda that was included in the deal, because theres never a place to park, and when you find one....this is what happens.
These cars are so tight you cannot walk between them. How they ever get in/out is beyond me.
Nonetheless, it dont confront me. I'm not driving in this country period.
you already know the answer to that, if not I can explain it to you but by that time it will be obsolete and will have to do the cost analysis/environmental impact over again.
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