Build Thread Dustys has a new friend

#701
Happy Turkey Day !!!

Atmospheric pressure is at 30.08 inhg today.....so barometric pressure is 14.774 psi... The reason I'm posting is because while logging my car I saw 108.5kpa. That equals 15.747 psi. Does that mean I saw my first peak at boost ?

@a91what @madmike1157

Its only 1lb but....I really shouldn't have seen that. I'll post the two logs to the Megasquirt help thread and here...as soon as I get a decent WiFi signal :dead:

This stuff sucks ...:bang:
 
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@madmike1157

Well...I already have forged internals and h beam rods. My head gaskets have fire rings.... Guess I could transfer my stuff over to a real block and make big power....and leave my car on jack stands.

I've chased power for years....I'm done with the chase. This car will hardly ever see full boost. I learned my lesson years ago. Lots of money wasted.

I don't think I'll get bitten by the boost bug.
 
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#706
Well....bad news....





400+ HP isn't as easy to handle as you'd expect.

Dusty is crashed. Somewhere, between my left and right foot, I had the bright idea to get in it. That ended badly...

He met a curb...and its not pretty. Damaged one rim....that cobra bumper is cracked on the drivers side. The good side is I only need....1 rim....1 fog light bezel .. 1 fog light....1 control arm....and 1 k member. Intercooler survived...oil pan wasn't touched...frame is straight.

I swear it felt like that curb had a magnet on it.....we won't mention the crowd..:hitit:

So....gotta a lot of work ahead of me. Glad its cold.

I'm not actually sure about the k member but the wheel is pushed back a bit.

Y'all should've seen my ### jump out the car and throw that lower bumper in the passenger seat.

No tags....remember...I got the hell outta dodge. Leaving behind my pride and a fog light.:bang:


Conclusion.....I need more tire...maybe go wide body....the 3m 4747 does not stand up to impacts....

When a ( soon to be ) middle aged man attempts to show off....it usually ends up bad.:nonono:
 
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a91what said:
Uhh that's no good. I'm glad your ok man car can be fixed people often cant.
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Yeah man. Glad I was OK. It gives me a reason to spend more moolah. I was being reckless ....should've known better. At least I didn't over boost and melt anything.

I lost it so quick there was no recovering it. I should've gotten out of it...but I thought I could pedal through it....big mistake.
 
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90sickfox said:
Well....bad news....





400+ HP isn't as easy to handle as you'd expect.

Dusty is crashed. Somewhere, between my left and right foot, I had the bright idea to get in it. That ended badly...

He met a curb...and its not pretty. Damaged one rim....that cobra bumper is cracked on the drivers side. The good side is I only need....1 rim....1 fog light bezel .. 1 fog light....1 control arm....and 1 k member. Intercooler survived...oil pan wasn't touched...frame is straight.

I swear it felt like that curb had a magnet on it.....we won't mention the crowd..:hitit:

So....gotta a lot of work ahead of me. Glad its cold.

I'm not actually sure about the k member but the wheel is pushed back a bit.

Y'all should've seen my ### jump out the car and throw that lower bumper in the passenger seat.

No tags....remember...I got the hell outta dodge. Leaving behind my pride and a fog light.:bang:


Conclusion.....I need more tire...maybe go wide body....the 3m 4747 does not stand up to impacts....

When a ( soon to be ) middle aged man attempts to show off....it usually ends up bad.:nonono:
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That sucks Scott, use Panel Bonding Adhesive next time though. They would have to repair the curb instead.....
 
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Davedacarpainter said:
That sucks Scott, use Panel Bonding Adhesive next time though. They would have to repair the curb instead.....
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I'm going to attempt to fix the cobra lower. It got scraped up and there's a crack along the left side. This will be a bodywork winter for me.

Good news, I got my car trailer back from the welder today. Now I have 7.5 foot ramps. :nice:

Next he's extending the deck and putting a winch mount, side tool boxes, and trailer jacks on all 4 corners.
 
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90sickfox said:
I'm going to attempt to fix the cobra lower. It got scraped up and there's a crack along the left side. This will be a bodywork winter for me.

Good news, I got my car trailer back from the welder today. Now I have 7.5 foot ramps. :nice:

Next he's extending the deck and putting a wench mount, side tool boxes, and trailer jacks on all 4 corners.
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Where exactly do you get these " wenches" that you be mounting?...Arrgghhh!
 
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:poo: happens. Glad you're ok. You live, mess up, hopefully live some more, mess up, hopefully live some more... well, you get the idea. You'll get Dusty back on the road.
 
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@madmike

Here....get your own....
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90sickfox said:
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@madmike

Here....get your own....
Screenshot_2017-12-05-11-36-51.webp
Screenshot_2017-12-05-11-36-59.webp
Screenshot_2017-12-05-11-37-18.webp
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That just means that there is more than one person that doesn't know it's spelled W-I-N-C-H.

winch
win(t)SH/
noun
  1. 1.
    a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope, cable, or chain winding around a horizontal rotating drum, turned by a crank or by motor or other power source; a windlass.
  2. 2.
    the crank of a wheel or axle.
verb
  1. 1.
    hoist or haul with a winch.
 
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Here are a coupe pics of the recent damage....

In this pic you can see the wheel is sitting back in the wheel well...
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This is a pic of the rim and tire damage. I think I can get the rim fixed. The tires look good but the actually have some dry rot cracking so no real loss there.

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If I had that smidgin' of room to turn the wheel a little more I would've missed that curb.

If I woulda' taken my big dang foot out of the gas....I wouldn't have hit that curb. :nonono:

That's back when I was 39....I'm 40 now and learned from my youthful days. Lol
 
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