Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - Back in action!



I raised the car up... like a lot.Sure, it doesn't look as cool, but it rides like a caddy and I don't have to worry about rubbing tires, dragging on bumps, or a passenger causing the ride height to be too low.

I was cruising home at 1500 rpm in 5th gear with the AC cranked.

I'm not particularly religious or superstitious, but this seems like the point in the story where something big breaks and Collin sells the car.

 
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I loaded up my daughter this morning and went into town for some errands. She loved it! “Faster daddy!”

ive been enjoying the car. It’s not fast but it’s fast enough to be really fun.

 
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Went cruising with my buddies today. Beat on the car a little to see if it was quicker than the nova (420whp). It’s not, but not by much. We were all impressed - considering it’s a stock motor on 7psi. It’s pushing oil out the back of the intake, the power steering pump is spewing fluid out the rerun line at the pump, and the driveshaft has a bad vibration over 80mph. All minor things and we had a blast today.
 
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Cool glad your enjoying the car! Did you try retorqing the intake manifold? That may solve the oil leak.
I don’t think the motor is vented properly. I’ve got some valve covers with -12 fittings welded on I need to install with a catch can. That and probably re-torquing should do the trick.
 
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All I can think of, considering the big giant antenna that you chose to group all those cars around is...

Phone home.

Ask your buddy with the 64 nova how he feels about trading for a jap engined fairmont that don’t run.
 
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cool rims,got mine because of five lug cobra upgrade and needed 17' s to clear the rotors/calipers
 

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Nice! I definitely want to come see that. I’ll need one for my shop if I ever get it built! Lol
 
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It always seems like the more evil of the two....Do I buy sht to make the car go, or do I buy sht to make working on it easier when it don’t.

I’ll take buy the heads, for 2000 alex...The objective being it’s more fun breaking the car than working on it...

Although after thinking about it,...it woulda been waaaaaay easier to install that torque arm had I had one of those.....( But then again,.it’d have to be mounted in my driveway, cause I don’t have that much ceiling height)

Heads FTW.