Build Thread Dustys has a new friend

90sickfox · Nov 23, 2017

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

This stuff sucks ...

90sickfox · Nov 23, 2017

madmike1157 said:
Thanks for the weather forecast Scott,...Anything north of 100 kpa is positive pressure, so I'm guessing that you did see boost.

Better check your head gaskets.

Time for meth injection.

a91what · Nov 23, 2017

Lol yup you saw boost.

90sickfox · Nov 24, 2017

@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.

90sickfox · Nov 24, 2017

500hp....that's it....and that's all folks. #fingerscrossedbehindback

90sickfox · Dec 3, 2017

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..

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.

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.

RaggedGT · Dec 3, 2017

Damn man,sorry to hear it. At least it sounds like minimal damage was done and you where not hurt. So that’s a plus lol

a91what · Dec 3, 2017

Uhh that's no good. I'm glad your ok man car can be fixed people often cant.

90sickfox · Dec 3, 2017

a91what said:
Uhh that's no good. I'm glad your ok man car can be fixed people often cant.

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.

Davedacarpainter · Dec 3, 2017

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..

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.

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.

That sucks Scott, use Panel Bonding Adhesive next time though. They would have to repair the curb instead.....

90sickfox · Dec 3, 2017

Davedacarpainter said:
That sucks Scott, use Panel Bonding Adhesive next time though. They would have to repair the curb instead.....

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.

Next he's extending the deck and putting a winch mount, side tool boxes, and trailer jacks on all 4 corners.

CarMichael Angelo · Dec 4, 2017

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.

Next he's extending the deck and putting a wench mount, side tool boxes, and trailer jacks on all 4 corners.

Where exactly do you get these " wenches" that you be mounting?...Arrgghhh!

FastDriver · Dec 5, 2017

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.

RaggedGT · Dec 5, 2017

90sickfox · Dec 5, 2017

madmike1157 said:
Where exactly do you get these " wenches" that you be mounting?...Arrgghhh!

...

Winches...or welnches....or wenchrz...or wrimchizes...you know what I mean....

90sickfox · Dec 5, 2017

@madmike

Here....get your own....

CarMichael Angelo · Dec 5, 2017

90sickfox said:
@madmike

Here....get your own....

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.
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.
the crank of a wheel or axle.

verb

1.
hoist or haul with a winch.

General karthief · Dec 5, 2017

Sad, but I remember that winch handel off a 440 holmes

90sickfox · Dec 10, 2017

Here are a coupe pics of the recent damage....

In this pic you can see the wheel is sitting back in the wheel well...

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.

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.

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

Davedacarpainter · Dec 10, 2017

I forgot about the front bumper cover! Has the lower been wasted then?

Happy birthday btw. 40 huh? Just an old man tinkering with his toys now......

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