hobbys

[dave c]

so besides the obvious computer stuff whats everyone else's favorite hobbys
for me ill just have to do a quick list as i have way to many.
building street/drag cars ( im building my first land speed racing car right now )
guns/shooting
stage lasers ( i build my own lighting effects for when i dj )
home/car and live audio/bass head ( my large dj rig consists of 12 microwrecker 15 inch subs each one is about 300 pounds all together they will play down to 15hz @ 140+db )
xbox gaming
quads/dirtbikes

[Justgeo1]

so besides the obvious computer stuff whats everyone else's favorite hobbys
for me ill just have to do a quick list as i have way to many.
building street/drag cars ( im building my first land speed racing car right now )
guns/shooting
stage lasers ( i build my own lighting effects for when i dj )
home/car and live audio/bass head ( my large dj rig consists of 12 microwrecker 15 inch subs each one is about 300 pounds all together they will play down to 15hz @ 140+db )
xbox gaming
quads/dirtbikes

Right now I'm down to one hobby, I play World of Warcraft. I used to do photography, but my son took all my equipment to high school for a class and brought back a bag of parts... I just haven't replaced anything yet. :(

[Duke of Buckingham]

Right now I'm down to one hobby, I play World of Warcraft. I used to do photography, but my son took all my equipment to high school for a class and brought back a bag of parts... I just haven't replaced anything yet. :(


Letters are getting smaller justgeo1, that is the nicest thing one can notice.

We live in a world that have some wonders, it is good that we can profit them,

I am very happy for you to be free from your (eyes) jail.

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HA.75231018741&pid=15.1

[John P. Myers]

I used to collect baseball/football cards but haven't bought any in years. Still have everything though. Well over 100,000 cards and it takes up quite a bit of space lol

[zombie67]

Comic books!

[dave c]

I used to collect baseball/football cards but haven't bought any in years. Still have everything though. Well over 100,000 cards and it takes up quite a bit of space lol
i used to collect cards but it seems like they aint worth a thing anymore

[Slicker]

Summer: fishing, atv/utv, motorcycling
fall: hunting - bow, muzzleloader, shotgun for deer, pheasant
winter: building furniture, computer gaming
spring: we don't have spring in Illinois. The furnace is still on.
year round: running collatz project

[Fire$torm]

Not listed in chronological order...
Color Photography, Home A/V, Car audio, Model Rocketry, R/C Cars/Planes and one boat, CB Radio, Freestyle & Ultimate Freebee, Cycling, Computers/Gaming, Woodworking, and a few others over the years.

[dave c]

i got to work on one of my hobbys/projects yesterday but i didnt get to finish the car , was about an hour away from being done but we got hit with a pretty bad storm and it knocked the power out.
needless to say theres alot of snow on the ground today

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMG_3237_zps5bb9256f.jpg

[dave c]

got the engine to fire today , hopefully i can tidy up what i need to and hook up a few odds and ends and get the car back home tonight




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwNV2RFogk

[Fire$torm]

Sounds a tad ruff there. How long do you think it will take to get a smooth idle on that puppy?

[dave c]

had a bad air temp sensor it was reading negative 60* so the ecm was commanding a ton of extra fuel , i went home grabbed my laptop fixed the sensor and took some fuel out its starting to smooth out but i have alot of tunning to do still
the engine has 120 pound per hour injectors in it so its going to be very hard to get a good clean idle

i hhave a new video im uploading now ill post it when youtube finishes encoding it

[dave c]

getting better , but might not be able to run the 120# injectors on gas in this thing , ill see what happens as i get some more tuning done


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7uZzE8PESY

[dave c]

i know some of u guys said u ride dirtbikes and atv's etc so yall should get a kick out of my next project i just picked up

1986 suzuki dr200
the plan is to build something i could potentially really hurt myself with

i ordered up a carb to evi conversion kit that is turbo ready , and laptop programable
i also ordered up an ihi rbh31 turbo charger good for 100 hp


yup im turbocharging the bike , while im at it im going to give it a cool looking flat black frame , along with a chamelon paint job on the fairings
i have plans to extend the rear swingarm 6-12 inches but im going to hold off till i get the bike together and ride it first and see how hard is is to keep the front end down with the stock swing arm

ill get some pics up in a lil bit

[Fire$torm]

i know some of u guys said u ride dirtbikes and atv's etc so yall should get a kick out of my next project i just picked up

1986 suzuki dr200
the plan is to build something i could potentially really hurt myself with

i ordered up a carb to evi conversion kit that is turbo ready , and laptop programable
i also ordered up an ihi rbh31 turbo charger good for 100 hp


yup im turbocharging the bike , while im at it im going to give it a cool looking flat black frame , along with a chamelon paint job on the fairings
i have plans to extend the rear swingarm 6-12 inches but im going to hold off till i get the bike together and ride it first and see how hard is is to keep the front end down with the stock swing arm

ill get some pics up in a lil bit

Sweet. Can't wait to see your progress. Good luck.

[dave c]

Sweet. Can't wait to see your progress. Good luck.

the efi conversion kit is plug and play so that should be a cake walk ,
the hard part going to be fitting a 12v battery , and the oil system for the turbo , since the engine is air cooled im building my own oiling system for the turbo , it should still be a very easy build compared to all the turbo cars i own/owned/built
its also way cheaper then turbocharging a car
when its done ill have to learn to not be fearless on a dirtbike ,i wrecked on a honda xr200r pretty bad over the memorial day weekend

if i keep this up i wont own a single gas powered car/truck bike etc that doesnt have some form of forced induction on it

[cineon_lut]

getting better , but might not be able to run the 120# injectors on gas in this thing , ill see what happens as i get some more tuning done


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7uZzE8PESY

Love that!

@F$, that idle is perfect--it's the cam causing the lopey sound. :)

[dave c]

Love that!

@F$, that idle is perfect--it's the cam causing the lopey sound. :)

its still a bit rich idling at 11.3-1 afr once i get it leaned out a lil bit more it will settle down just a tad

[dave c]

here is the project bike

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/ek8RQq9eSKFn.jpg

[Slicker]

Leave the seat off and turn it into a trials bike. You should have no problem hurting yourself on it then. ;-)

[dave c]

Leave the seat off and turn it into a trials bike. You should have no problem hurting yourself on it then. ;-)

lol no thanks , gave the seat to my friend who is going to refoam and reupholster it for me, soon as i get out of work today im going to work on fully stripping the bike so i can strip the paint of the frame and prep it for paint , see if i cant replace the bushing for the kick start without tearing the case halfs apart, as u can see it has a pretty good oil leak from it , and start preping all the body parts for paint


other then that new chain and sprocket( gearing it up for a top speed of 90) are here, as is the HD clutch kit , still waiting on a new clutch cable ,efi conversion kit and the turbo kit

[dave c]

i worked on it some today, i was able to fix the original carb so i threw it back on the bike so i could start it up to be sure on the engines condition ,it wont start im just getting a whole lot of backfiring out the exhaust system, im thinking either the cdi box is bad or somehow it slipped time on the ex valve, my friend is much more familiar witht he suzukis then i am so hes going to come by and take a look at it for me tommorow.hopefully its something stupid so i dont have to tear ito the engine just yet.


other then that i did manage to get the bike cleaned up and was able to start preping the body panels for paint , ill get some pictures up later today as i left the cable for my phone at work

[dave c]

turns out the ex valve on the engine is bent and hanging open , not sure if im going to fix it or just stick a 2 stroke 650cc street bike engine i have on it . the problem witht he 2 stroke engine is i have never turbocharged anything 2stroke , and its alot different then the normal 4 stroke stuff when it comes to forced induction. might be a good chance to get into something new

on a side note is anyone here into or ever messed with 3d projection mapping

for those of u who dont know what that is heres a cool video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYnH4duXiD8

heres one on a much much larger scale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG85VgLOdPA

once im done building my 5 watt aerial laser id like to start playing with the 3d projection and add it to my laser show when i dj

if any of u guys have messed with it is the hardware exspensive , any diy options? how hard is the programing

[dave c]

Leave the seat off and turn it into a trials bike. You should have no problem hurting yourself on it then. ;-)

i have no problem hurting myself on a dirtbike as it is , almost had a head on collision with a ford f-350 comming over a blind hill last saturday, this time the go pro was on my friends helmet and he caught most of my crash on video , i have a bruised knee and 2 broken fingers on my left hand ill upload the video in a lil while

[dave c]

i edited out most of the crash since there was a 3rd person there we didnt know , but skip to about 2:58 to get the general idea of what happened

oh yeah nsfw due to language in the music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfcUw92uXwU

[dave c]

shes comming home tonight , need to figure out why the trans wont go into park , and get the wastegates bolted back on


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRqVFnn3Tck

[Slicker]

I had a Chevy Monza wagon that wouldn't shift into or out of park, but I knew what the problem was: It all started while loading a '41 Chevy pickup onto a dual axle trailer hitched up to the Monza. The pickup didn't have any brakes and also wasn't running, so we set up some blocks on the trailer with the trailer downhill of the barn where the truck was parked. We aired up the tires and rolled the truck downhill and onto the trailer. While the blocks did stop it, both the car and trailer skidded forward about 3 feet which somehow stretched the cable going from the shifter to the transmission. I could get it into gear but it wouldn't go back into park until I swapped out the cable. Only a few weeks later, one of the pistons blew on the Monza. I guess that little six just wasn't made to pull 3 tons for a hundred miles.

[dave c]

I had a Chevy Monza wagon that wouldn't shift into or out of park, but I knew what the problem was: It all started while loading a '41 Chevy pickup onto a dual axle trailer hitched up to the Monza. The pickup didn't have any brakes and also wasn't running, so we set up some blocks on the trailer with the trailer downhill of the barn where the truck was parked. We aired up the tires and rolled the truck downhill and onto the trailer. While the blocks did stop it, both the car and trailer skidded forward about 3 feet which somehow stretched the cable going from the shifter to the transmission. I could get it into gear but it wouldn't go back into park until I swapped out the cable. Only a few weeks later, one of the pistons blew on the Monza. I guess that little six just wasn't made to pull 3 tons for a hundred miles.


the shifter cable is the issue , unfortunatly oem cables are no longer available, last summe i installed a aftermarket cable after my oem cable snapped. the replacement cables are crap and never adjust right either u have issues with park, or first gear so for the time being im going to adjust it so i have a good first gear and use the ebrake for parking

[dave c]

well i had osme bigger issues to deal with, the cam i originally speced out for the engine had to agressive of a cam lobe on it for todays new oils and i ended up eating a lobe of the cam.
over the past few days we pulled the engine cleaned it out and installed a camshaft that was much tamer that i had laying around


http://youtu.be/e-TxM2xjsM4

[dave c]

been waiting to purchase one of these to clean up the wiring in the car and its finally here

touch/programable switch panel, with its own relay center
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0010_zps113fc56c.jpg

[dave c]

started to wire it in tonight ran out of time
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0011_zps713ca587.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0014_zps02ea8c80.jpg

[Fire$torm]

started to wire it in tonight ran out of time
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0011_zps713ca587.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0014_zps02ea8c80.jpg


Could this be how the Batmobile got it's start....???

[dave c]

Could this be how the Batmobile got it's start....???


lol its how u know ur street car is slowly becoming a racecar , though i guess when i finish putting the rollcage in it , and mounting up the parachute i can no really longer call it a street car anyways

[dave c]

was going to bring the car home last night then relized i forgot to put the new plates on the car and turned back to swap the plates.
camera died on the drive home so only had this short clip to upload


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZRXRH1WXI

[dave c]

yesterday, my friend jumping a pretty damn steep wall , i didnt even attempt it as id prolly have a few broken bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FIC-QHelUc&feature=youtu.be

[Fire$torm]

yesterday, my friend jumping a pretty damn steep wall , i didnt even attempt it as id prolly have a few broken bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FIC-QHelUc&feature=youtu.be

Hey, I'd do that! But then I've been told I don't have much sense at times. Question, what song did you use in that vid?

[dave c]

Hey, I'd do that! But then I've been told I don't have much sense at times. Question, what song did you use in that vid?

if i wasnt on his kawasaki 250 id have done it but thats a few thousand dollar motorcross bike. and everytime i take it out im scared of breaking/damaging it. were in the middle of hopping up some old honda xr200r's he has , thats what i normally ride (we doing ported head, headers , carb work, overbore, sprockets, and cams on both of them , when those are done im thinking were going to hit the motor cross track with them

here ya go ive got alot of oddball music since i dj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAsBCJD2OSk

[dave c]

hmm somehow i forgot to put this up a few weeks ago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw83Osz3-hw

[dave c]

some progress tonight on the turbo dirtbike, since i wouldnt get it done in time to ride it before snow starts falling we went ahead and dropped the engine out , and im glad we did as u will see in the pics below
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG1168_zps377d1e9b.jpg
then we pulled the head and cyl ( motor is going to get a custom camshaft from delta cams )
then we started to tear into the engine case as i have to split the case to fix the transmission , the reason im happy i decided to do this now is the clutch disks were fried and i had no idea, wouldnt have been good once i put some power to it with the turbo
the clutch material was actually breaking apart in my fingers, u can see how black they are in the pictures
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG1171_zps55e03c82.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG1175_zps6c3703f5.jpg

of course im going to port the head while its off, after looking at the rod in this engine i think im going to stick with just eough boost to bring the hp to around 40 instead of the original 60+ i was going to try for

[Fire$torm]

Doin some catchup on the forums so.....

Thx for the source vid. so like what's next on your tuneup list?

Edit: lool on that last vid. "Don't need'm." Yeah, I counted four cars flashing their headlights at you....

[dave c]

Doin some catchup on the forums so.....

Thx for the source vid. so like what's next on your tuneup list?

Edit: lool on that last vid. "Don't need'm." Yeah, I counted four cars flashing their headlights at you....

just working on the dirtbikes, trying to spend as lil money as i can have to have some surgery soon so saving all the money i can
the camera made it look a little darker then it actually was u really didnt need ur headlights yet , that and i had an underdrive pulley on the crank pulley so my alternator wouldnt turn fast enough when cruising at low speeds, it would drop to only 30 amps at around 2,000 rpm, my fuel pumps and 2 cooling fans alone pull way more then that. ive since swaped a standard crank pulley on and an over drive pulley on the alt so now i get the full 120 amps at anything above 2,000 ish rpms , and 75 amps at idle.
cars parked up in the barn at the farm for the winter, might still get sold but things are looking better so i prolly have it this spring time

[dave c]

got some more work done , mainly i got the transmission fixed and it didnt cost me a dime.
somone over the years has rebuilt the bike and when the reassembled it they put on of the gears on the trans input shaft on backwards , this would cause it to be in 2 gears at once and lock the shafts solid

i need to order up a flywheel puller, timing chain,clutch kit, and piston rings for it , but next weekend i should get the bottom half of the engine back together

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0036_zps017ad465.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0031_zpsc5b814dc.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0034_zpsf4afab5b.jpg
heres a better shot of the clutch basket/hub and clutch
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0035_zpse6b3e1b4.jpg
and heres the trans mission the gear i have my hands on is the one that was installed upside down
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0032_zpsd898fdb8.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0033_zps9e8222e3.jpg

[Fire$torm]

got some more work done , mainly i got the transmission fixed and it didnt cost me a dime.
somone over the years has rebuilt the bike and when the reassembled it they put on of the gears on the trans input shaft on backwards , this would cause it to be in 2 gears at once and lock the shafts solid

i need to order up a flywheel puller, timing chain,clutch kit, and piston rings for it , but next weekend i should get the bottom half of the engine back together

.....and heres the trans mission the gear i have my hands on is the one that was installed upside down
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0032_zpsd898fdb8.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0033_zps9e8222e3.jpg

Glad you found the problem and that the previous rebuild didn't cause the gearbox to shred itself into junk..... #:-s

[dave c]

still not 100% sure that was the whole issue as it looks like the shift drum was missing a spring/spacer to keep it in the right location in the case .
so i really wont know if its fixed till i get the lower half of the case back together and can test it that way , either way it still didnt cost me anything to fix if it needs the spacer i think it does i can machine one myself for nothing

[Fire$torm]

.... if it needs the spacer i think it does i can machine one myself for nothing

Ahhhh, the beauty of having your own machine tools.

[dave c]

starting to feel better and not being able to work ont he car has been driving me nuts so last night i swaped out the new rims and tires made a new mount for the intercooler and drove it home


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmCNFp5NJg

crappy night time video
got the laptop out and its my airtemp sensor causing the super rich condition again realy need to figure that one out , not sure if its the sensor or something in the circut on the ms board going bad causing it
tuesday ill have my new tbolt clamps so i wont have that massive boost leak and i can take some new good videos

[dave c]

got rid of those ugly chrome rims i had on the back , cleane dup the set of 15x9 centerlines i had and put those on
225's on the fronts and 255's on the rear
they clean up really nice
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/ForumRunner_20141011_163532_zpsbb50330f.png

also worked on making a new sturdier intercooler mount instead of the brackets that have bene on the car since mockup
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/ForumRunner_20141011_171147_zps419f58c0.png

[Fire$torm]

Are sure it's hardware and not software? Maybe a glitch in the code or maybe it's configured for a different engine?

[dave c]

Are sure it's hardware and not software? Maybe a glitch in the code or maybe it's configured for a different engine?

ive had nothing but issues witht he air temp sensor since ive started been building this car every now and then it will flake out and read really cold or really hot. i think something on the circut board of the ecm is going bad cause the sensor in it is brand new
just need to look threw that build manual for the ecm and start checking components on the air temp sensor circuit , if its the sensor its 13$'s to replace , if its a resistor or something on the board its practically only a few pennys to fix . i pulled the ecm out of the car today and got it on the bench but havent goten any further , not like it matters i cant get any parts till monday/tuesday for it anyways

if all that checks out i can actually adjust how much control the air temp sensor has over the fuel mixture in the tunning software i have the stock temp curve in it now but i shoudl prolly dbl check that table and make sure none of the data is corrupted

[dave c]

ive bandaided it for now , by disabling feedback from the air temp sensor . that will alow me to drive it around as long as i stay out of boost , i think i eed to check the signla wire from the sensor back to the ecm and make sure it didnt get frayed and isnt grounding out on something. also need remove the thread sealant that comes on the sensor as ive read reports of it being to much on the threads causing intermitant ground issues witht he sensor, which could also cause my current fueling issues

[dave c]

spent my saturday tearing down a th350c transmission to steal the output shaft and tailhousing out of it for the th350 im building for the car
the supposedly badass th400 i have in the car now has been nothing but issues since i got it back form the builder, and after having it in an out of the car to go back to the builder im just washing my hands of it
ill have to back the boost off a bit as the th350 isnt strong enough to handle full power from the engine but im ok with that for now till i can find a well built 4l80e to put in the car


http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0096_zps90e08cab.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0094_zps78a2399a.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0095_zps82b71df6.jpg

[Bryan]

But you will gain about 25HP over the 400 by going with the th350 and drop some weight to boot :D

[dave c]

But you will gain about 25HP over the 400 by going with the th350 and drop some weight to boot :D

yes i will , im also adding a lightweight vega sunshell to the th350 so that will drop a bunch of rotational weight, in the end the car will have a 4l80e 4 speed but its not something i can build myself so im putting that of ffor a while till i get over getting screwed on that th400

[Bryan]

I had a th350 behind a 427 in a 73 Vette for a couple of years. It was fine until I put on slicks ... that's when I found out I really needed the th400 =)) Of course the slicks didn't help the rear end either.

[FourOh]

If I can get my hands on some Power Mac G5 cases, I'm getting into the geek chic furniture biz:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fprojektgalerie.wordpress.com%2F2014 %2F06%2F24%2Fmac-g5-moebel%2F&edit-text=

[dave c]

I had a th350 behind a 427 in a 73 Vette for a couple of years. It was fine until I put on slicks ... that's when I found out I really needed the th400 =)) Of course the slicks didn't help the rear end either.

haha yup slicks will show u every weak spot u have in the driveline and chassi

[zombie67]

If I can get my hands on some Power Mac G5 cases, I'm getting into the geek chic furniture biz:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fprojektgalerie.wordpress.com%2F2014 %2F06%2F24%2Fmac-g5-moebel%2F&edit-text=

Not just G5. That chassis shipped with Intel too.

[dave c]

well the turbo bike project is done atleast in it current form
the engine is dead , went to pull the flywheel and somehow the bar we had wedging the crank slipped and i broke the piston , new pistion isnt cheap so im parting the rest of the motor/trans on ebay, i am however keeping the frame .

i happened to get my hands on a hayabusa engine i may try to shoe horn it into the suzuki frame or we have an old quad frame i will cutup and put it on that

[aux9o]

Friend of mine has a 900hp supra with a th400 in it with no problems. It has all kinda billet this and billet that but im sure his supra doesn't make as much tq as your car.

[dave c]

Friend of mine has a 900hp supra with a th400 in it with no problems. It has all kinda billet this and billet that but im sure his supra doesn't make as much tq as your car.
yeah the th400 i had built is loaded with good parts aparently the builder i used has recently screwed over a few ppl as i just found out on my local car club forums, soon as i get the th350 together im going ot tear down the th400 and see if i can figure out whats wrong with it

[dave c]

camaro = official race car now

last week i purchased my parachute , and a new fuel system

i ordered up a holley dominator 12-1800 fuel pump which is capable of supporting 1800 hp on gasoline , and 1300 hp on e85 , need to change the fuel line sin the car form 3/8's to 5/8's inch lines
and this week im going to work on making a nice remeovable chute mount for the car so i can keep the car looking somewhat liek a stock camaro

[dave c]

just ordered a set of theese for the front
http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/xlarge/SUM-561-5461PS_xl.jpg
along with some nexon sb802 front tires 165/80/15

im holding off on the rears till i know what im doing for the rear end , if i can get a 9 inch housing .5 shorter per side im going to get the 15x10's for the rear , if i get stuck using the stock width dana 60 ill get the 15x8's and run a 275 tire

hoping for the 15x10's as im not a small tire fan
wheels and tires should be here by tuesday or wensday at the latest

parachute and tubing for that should be here tommorow morning

i also ordered up all the misc pieces i need to install the nx direct port nitrous kit
ordered swingouts for the cage and the padding/window net i need


later this week im going to place my order for a set of glass doors and rear suspension parts,front drag springs and a set of front struts
i want this car finished completly by the end of january so im going to be hitting it hard over the next 2 months

[dave c]

i didnt get to do much today but my new front wheels and tires arrived today
summit racing drag-thrusts in 15x4 for the fronts along with a set of nexon sb802 165/80/15 front tires
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/08530002_zpse8f739bf.jpg

[Mumps]

Well, on the Mumps front, I just replaced my front turn signal bulb as well as a brake light. That's about the tops of my auto skillz set. :D

[zombie67]

How is this for the most lame ever? I noticed my right rear tire was damn low when I got into my Yukon XL leaving work. I stopped at the gas station, to put in air. Noticed a nail in the tire. When I got home, I was about to crawl under the truck to throw down some cardboard, lower the spare, then do the swap, etc. I said fuck it, and called AAA. They arrived in under an hour, did all the work I was going to do, and it cost me nothing (aside from my annual fee). All this while I was on a business call. For the record, I gave the dude a twenty tip. Does that make me less of a man. I am pretty sure the answer is yes. OTOH, I am okay with that.

[dave c]

How is this for the most lame ever? I noticed my right rear tire was damn low when I got into my Yukon XL leaving work. I stopped at the gas station, to put in air. Noticed a nail in the tire. When I got home, I was about to crawl under the truck to throw down some cardboard, lower the spare, then do the swap, etc. I said fuck it, and called AAA. They arrived in under an hour, did all the work I was going to do, and it cost me nothing (aside from my annual fee). All this while I was on a business call. For the record, I gave the dude a twenty tip. Does that make me less of a man. I am pretty sure the answer is yes. OTOH, I am okay with that.


id have done the same thing , i cant stand stupid repairs like that , though i do carry a plug kit in every car or truck i own just incase i get something in the tire, i usually just plug it on the spot

[Mumps]

There is such a thing as a plug kit? Geez, something else I should look for at the AutoZone up the street. Been putting off getting the piece of wire causing a slow leak in my rear driver side tire pulled and plugged because I'm so cheap I didn't want to spend the $15 to have my mechanic do it because I'd have to actually take the car in. :)

[dave c]

There is such a thing as a plug kit? Geez, something else I should look for at the AutoZone up the street. Been putting off getting the piece of wire causing a slow leak in my rear driver side tire pulled and plugged because I'm so cheap I didn't want to spend the $15 to have my mechanic do it because I'd have to actually take the car in. :)


yeah they normally sell a cheap one and an exspensive one , get the one that costs more as the tools that come in it are much better quality and wont fold up like a wet noodle on ya when u try to use it ,i think the good kit is 15-20 bucks and comes with 6 plugs , if ya end up ever using them all u can buy plug refills for a few bucks

[Duke of Buckingham]

They sent that to my email but maybe is more for you than to me dave c, I dont really know if is of any interest to you but there it is ...

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Smart-Motor-Control-Center-68581.S.5940479873427447810?view=&item=5940479873427447810&type=member&gid=68581&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest-hero-10-hero-disc-disc-0&midToken=AQFo55K2PySjeg&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=3mdAdAPSTVemw1

[dave c]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/04310008_zps36330d7e.jpg
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1895
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[pinhodecarlos]

KITT?

[dave c]

KITT?

lol no , thats the parachute i need to be legal to run the car at the racetrack , and just some new wheels i picked up , to rpelace the old school 80's drag wheels that were on it

[dave c]

the day i got the bike
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/00130001_zpspj0c33ql.jpg
and shortly after
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/05320002_zpszui2wwtr.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/HD0014_zpse6xqckq0.jpg
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[dave c]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/HD0058_zpsmd0ynq9a.jpg
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and just about finished
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG0015_zpsi4wo9jfv.jpg

its a street legal 1986 honda xl250r , same thing as an xr250r but street legal, the paint is custom mixed by me , everything is painted jet gloss black and then i sprayed my own mixture of clear coat / blue pearl powder , then i hit the tank with some metal flake , and then 3 more coats of straight clear.

it still needs to be buffed out and polished but it looks amazing in the sun and actually turns a few different shades of blue depending on how u look at it

[dave c]

i lost interest in this project, or should i say the car, this was taken this morning
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/lethalrides2k3/IMAG00781_zps9mtf6r89.jpg
im parking the car for now. im actively searching for a nice s10 pickup to put my stuff into , or even a gbody.
maybe after i build something else ill regain my interest in the f-bodys again , at this point ive built so many of them im just burnt out on them


this is what has my interest right now
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bf/10/cb/bf10cb9d4fd3b31bd5a1685273d91bab.jpg