Under 100k miles, I wish i had low miles

 

Tallahasse hasnt gotten any rain yet from this storm thank god. I am glad to see the weather will be good for the meet

 

Hair dryers work good to, they don't get overly hot and are cheap, I use one in my garage a lot

 

well i have never changed them before is in a pain in the butt to put the new seals on ?

 

I dont see them being hard to do. You should post you questions in the body section

 

the miles dont show for it unfortunately, i went through 2 and half years i suppose working out the bugs and kinks outta the motor and transmission. The body needs attention now. It will eventually been finished, if you went through the pictures down the 1st page 1st post the black TA you can definitely tell what i mean.

 

The problems continue. I got around the cam issue, but after getting the engine in the car I started wondering about my head gaskets. Something didn't seem 'right' about them. After researching my order sheet, I realized the ones I got are for Brodix heads ONLY. So I just destroyed $225 and a half day of work that I spent perefectly torquing the heads and adjusting the rocker arms. Plus now I have to spend another chunk of change for new gaskets.

This is probably the straw the broke the Mobile Trip Camel's back for me. I've tried valiantly to get around the various issues, but this is major. All work is on hold until I can get the heads back on. The only possible way this is going to happen is that I find some .041 or thicker gaskets tomorrow. Not likely.

 

That is too bad you had issues with it. Is it ready for the meet though?

 

Just due to poor lack of ownership from the first 2 owners. Oh yea its ready, its been road worthy for quite a while now, i especially love taking it on long trips.

 

That good glad to hear.

 

Anyone from Tally going?

 

Im going to be in Pencicola between 10 and 11 in the morning.

 

i believe the 3rd genners in pensacola were meeting at the starbucks on nine mile road in pensacola and then heading toward I10 for about a 50 mile trip if you wanted to follow from there

 

What time are you all meeting there?

 

probably need to get a hold of brian, im not sure but im assuming 11 since they want everyone to be there around 12, and its about 45 mins to 1 hour drive.

 

i'm possibly meeting up with some guys locally in Crestview (time and location have yet to be worked). Then heading to Pensacola were we are to rendezvous with another group possibly the kids? Then on to the battle ship. guess if i miss the one or fail to get directions i'll plan to meet up at the Pensacola location.

 

How many folks are meeting in Crestview, and at what time?

 

I can meet in crestview on my way through. We should leave Cresview about 10 and leave pensicola at 11. Try to have this orginized very well so noone gets left behind

 

ya eworks for me its like 20 mins to crestview for me lets all get this worked out so we can all meet up ill meet da spudro at 10 am and rob the we can go meet the guys in pensacola then go from there so we can all have a big line of firebirds and camaros

 

Pick a gas station at the Crestview exit we leave at 10 then go to the Nine Mile exit to meet the Pensicola people, leave there at 11. Is there anyone between Pcola and Mobile that wants to ride along?

 

I believe anybody north of pensacola is probably just going to meet in mobile, could be wrong though only other exit on I10 leaving pensacola is the wilcox exit by styx river gun range, then its basically only spanish fort, and daphne then its only like another 8 to 10 miles to mobile.

 

theres a wendys right before the i10 ramp if your in crestview its easy to get to

 

if your looking for a gas station in crestview the cheapest one close to I-10 is the Citgo (Tom Thumb) south of I-10 at the intersection of John King and Highway 85. it's right across from the Arby's and right next to La Rumba, and the motel 6 (well there good will between them but it doesn't count). i can meet at the gas station, wendy's, or where ever just let me know.

 

Meet at Wendys at 9:30 leave at 10

 

I haven't come up with a better location for the convoy than I previously detailed on post #44 on page 1.
Starbucks. 2200 W Nine Mile Rd . Exit 7 Pine Forest Rd (297). Head north for approx 3 tenths of a mile. You 'll see it to your left as you cross over Nine mile Rd. 1030-1115. Safe travels y'all.

 

Current Iroc status is no heads on the car. I'm taking off the next two days to try and get it together for the meet. Looks like we have about a 50% chance of a tropical system affecting the area by Sunday though. :-/

 

Considering the last one had 3-4 inches of standing water in the roads near me, my car is probably better off on I-10... the garage is safe but I'm definitely working on a hurricane plan for the car.

 

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works for me rob see u there sunday

 

its starting to get close

 

Starbucks on Nine Mile Rd will be the meeting place in Pensicola

 

Good luck I hope you get it going. It better not rain

 

well rob ill meet u and richard in crestview and any one else going then we can hurry to pensacola meet the other guys there and head out there to the meet

 

I just checked the weather it said 30% chance of scattered showers on sunday Saturday looks clear

 

still planning on going, but that will be dependent on weather. If it looks bad then I'll probably bail and save the cash.

 

So far so good here in PC. Should be running tomorrow. Everything looks good as of tonight. Will be there with the Iroc if I can.

 

that looks great

 

we might want to consider moving this to saturday due to weather

 

30% of rain in mobile means 5%

 

I see lol

 

Its saying showers and thunderstorms sunday what the chances of doing this saturday due to weather

 

ill bring my towstrap just in case

 

i got my t-top seals today so do any of you know how to put them on i have never done it before and dont wanna screw it up i have some rust issues to in one area on drivers side rear part

 

the 30% chance of rain also means 70% no rain!

The chance of rain goes down to 20% during the evening.

 

I have learned from living in Wisconsin If it says 20% chance and you have something to do its going to rain all day if you have 70% chance of rain and plan to do nothing it will be cloudy and no rain. I Have such a long drive to Mobile and would hate for people not to come because of rain.

 

30 % here means nothing, im pretty sure it will be no run

 

the weather predictions here are usually anyway

 

i hope so

 

Im going to wash and wax if I have time tomarrow I have a few spots to buff out. I would rather have someone do it for me Im being lazy after stripping the clearcoat off my rims

 

[quote=ZZ3Astro;5033415]So far so good here in PC. Should be running tomorrow. Everything looks good as of tonight. Will be there with the Iroc if I can.

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Where are you at on this now?

 

It doesn't look good. I started it tonight but that was after putting 14 hours into it today (including lunch break and store runs). Every time we walked into a store, they didn't have the part we needed. Lunch total was $16.66. The new engine & head combo has the exhaust manifolds 1/4" further apart than the previous setup which has screwed with us all day. My MSD quit working. While diagnosing that, Tuner Studio had a forced update and now will no longer communicate with the Megasquirt. So bottom line is:

Unable to tune
Exhaust leak (crossover pipe - may be able to work on that a bit)
No MSD box = no go with more than 6 psi
Still haven't finished the cooling hoses yet

I'm not really happy with how the engine sounds either. It just doesn't feel right somehow. You can just tell with a small block. Could be the exhaust leaks and probably lean. Hoping to get these resolved in the morning but I only have until noon to get it all solved. Not likely at this point.