So the new 24lb Ford injectors are ready to go in when Bennie notices some fuel dripping out my Holley AFPR. Diaphragm went bad apparently, who knows how long ago, argh.

Ordered a new one from Summit to send this junk back and they send it from OHIO instead of RENO, so instead of 1 day, it's taking 6.

I guess they were out the exact day I ordered, retarded.
Too late to cancel, but the gal is sending me a $25 GC.

Anyways, what do you folks have planned for your car/s this Winter?
Buying/selling a car? New parts? Maintenance? Parked till March?

I really need to do some Supra maintenance and replace the stereo, so I don't know how much attention the GTA will get, we'll see.

After the injectors I'd like to pick up the Racetronix/Walbro kit and get some new brake pads/calipers.
A couple minor body work things are annoying me, and I'd like to get these TDS door repair kits in too, but that will have to wait probably.
I'd like to start saving up for paint too, but who knows what spring will bring.

 

At least you got a giftcard

 

I plan to get my car off jack stands by march, so do suspension, chassis, and brakes

 

Summit is awsome but I've run into that problem where they're out of something in Reno and I have to wait for them to ship from the other store. When I got my centerforce clutch for my runner they had the throwout bearing but not the clutch .

My 3rd gen list is
c5 brakes
sfc's
front bilsteins
sportlines
Tubular K member and A arms
350 swap
I'm not going to mess with the engine until everything else is done because as we all know, things change and I don't want a non running car in the garage.

My 87 4runner is getting
supra maf
new radiator (hole in current one)
interior upholstry (done by myself)
May sell next spring, may swap in the lb9 from the t/a or install a ct-26 turbo.

99 4runner is getting
new tires
Deckplate mod
Brembo rotors

We might sell the 87 runner. My wife wants an Escalade or Denali as the lifted 2 door isn't practical with 3 kids, I want another 97-03 4runner limited for myself but we'll see. My t/a will be around for a LONG time as I am in love with it. I want to make it a 2 seater and install a roll cage for that curvy mountain road I drive but my son loves it and would never be able to ride in it.

 

Y'all should know what I am doing and aiming to be done by march.
For the sake of the post however, I picked up new wheels off ebay tonight.
Either love them or hate them.
eBay Motors: Corvette ZR1 Black Wheels w/ Polished Lip 17x9.5 17x11 (item 260050162841 end time Nov-09-06 21:11:10 PST)

 

Nice wheels. I might paint my car anthrocite metallic and paint the inside of my wheels to match but I have a hard time picturing it.

 

I was thinking about painting the inside of my wheels body color too and having the face polished. I see a C5 by work all the time with painted and polished wheels looks badass rolling

 

Yeah I like the color matched look.

 

I think matching colors only work well on black and white cars for obvious reasons.

 

Good plans thus far.
I think '07 is going to be a gooood cruisin/racin' year.
Some fine lookin' 3rd gens going to be rollin' around. mm hmm.

I still have my ct-26 turbo for sale Steve.

What's not to like about those Trav? Nice set of wheels for $500.
That same guy is selling my style rims for $1,000.

eBay Motors: American Racing Polished Torq Thrust II 17x9.5 Wheels (item 260051011045 end time Nov-18-06 19:06:17 PST)

 

Travis, those rims looks cool. Wait a minute...I have a real set of those wheels. hehehe....I want a set also for my Camaro. I also plan on getting the silver ones and of course the 11" for the back. Damn dude we have same taste on few things.....Cant wait for us to have the Viper.

 

I forgot to add I like to read this kinda shiet.

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Color matching rims doesn't look good on gunmetal metallic cars? heh.

 

got your massage del. i guess your car will stay up on the lift. As for color matching wheels,,,,,i would never do it on my camaro. It's teal.

 

well that is gonna be really messed up when you return it defective


my goodness now we have 2 thirdgens stuck for a week in the shop

hopefully kimani will get his shiet out soon

terrell bring the 84 back so that we dont even have to open the other bay hahaha

 

You should be so lucky to have not 1, but 2 3rd gens to gaze at adoringly.

 

Sorry del, forgot yours, it looks good too.

I think the car paint has to match the wheel, not the other way around. makes sense doesnt it.

 

love em! and want em!

 

winter plans for the 86 blue bird....

fuel filter, oil change, spark plugs, possibly new tires. and tomorrow the new alternator and battery are going in.

as far as the 91 blue bird...

the top end of the engine is off and in the backseat right now. haha. im not a whiz like Trav at pulling engines out in one day. pretty much all thats left are the exhaust, and accessories to remove before the engine comes out. then its pretty much goin to sit thru the winter as i choose what parts im going to get for her. as of right now im starting with the basics, gaskets, fluids etc. come ~jan-feb i should have the engine getting rebuilt. from there a t-56 and ill be set for a little while. oh and not to mention.... a two tone firebird for sale maybe? haha

 

My plans,

Get the car running good with the new carb
Maybe bend up some tube for a roll bar (installing a 5 point harness would go with this)
Get it ready for paint for when the warm weather returns or find a heated booth
Build a trans crossmember that doesn't hang down so freakin low like Spohn's does and will allow dual exhaust to be tucked up better.
Build a new exhaust system so it's a bit more quiet for around town driving
Buy another 3rd member with some highway gears

 

My winter plans include 4.10s going in next week, finally getting a tune and hopefully getting enough scratch together to install the cam.

 

since i spent almost all of my money to try to paid this car off its been officially paid off last week. so now my mods are a go.

winter plans are:

Beater mid 80s toyota 4x4 truck

moser/strange 9 inch rear with 3.70 gears, detroit true trac

koni sa shocks

strano sway bars

american racing longtube headers 1 7/8, catted y-pipe

tinted windows


summer plans for next year:

katech ls2 427 with ls7 top end or heads/cam l92 414

supporting fuel system

minor weight reduction

6 point cage

 

Early Toyota 4x4's are the best

 

i am getting a ton of stuff put on this week, injectors and such.

i will be ready to race once i get it on too, any offers? lol

 

<-- not afraid of your "juice"

I'll let you race my GTA.

If the weather is decent, I might even sneak out to the track one more time.
Seeing that my AFPR was probably crapped out last time I went, might be worth 1 more try before spring.

 

i wanna go play too. I just fired up my car with the new composite gear. Oh boy, it sounds so crisp. No more backfiring from retarded timing. When are you going Del? It's good thing Eric's gear got chewed up or I would not checked mine. Sorry Eric, didn't mean it that way...hehehehe

 

make sure your guys let me know I wanna go







that reminds me I need to put the camcorder in the shop

 

Either this Wed - 11/15 or 11/22, whichever day isn't raining.

 

the guy i was gonna have you go to is out of business my dad is supposed to get me to another guy.

ill let you know

 

wait til i get my shiet put on then go. so how does 11/22 sound?

 

I'll never get to go another wednsday for the rest of my life

 

ya cause your car will never run again


lol jk id like to see atleast 11.0 out of it

 

better then reverting back to stock

 

and still not running right......hahahaha poor-kyzilla

 

 

dont know where you get that from it runs just fine....no problems

infact last weekend i took it to san jose and back....

 

okay, that's awesome then. it has been planted in my mind that it doesn't run right. bring to the track then. wanna see you drive you car. maybe i can school you how to launch your radial tire equipped t-56. hehehe

 

winter plans
spohn torque arm
look for a deal on a 12 bolt moser
go to a set of march alumnuim pulleys
bigger stall maybe
ohh forgot about paint lol

 

Want a TCI 3000 stall?
comes with free transmission
500 bucks

 

speaking of matching color trim; there's a new product that just hit the USA market for women who wanna be blonds or redheads or.... 'All the way down'. Christmas gift shopping might have just gotten a bit easier!!!!

....But, no- don't dye your butt hairs to match; back to the rims: what about all the matching 3rd Gen factory wheels that were paint trim matched to the body color?? They looked pretty good when new. I'm going to stick with my factory 16'' IROC wheels and was thinking about adding a matching pinstripe color when I change the body color over to blue/silver from the original black.
Nitro ( I know, nobody asked me....!)

 

You want a fresh pair of iroc wheels to paint the grooves of? They are painted a aluminum color by me.

 

Hey Travis- Are these the 16" ers???? I will need an extra set to put drag radials on for next season..... Nitro/neagan@sonic.net

 

Yes they are the 16" and they are the two stripe style.

 

traviz what are your plans seems to me you are parting out your entire car


tranny, wireharness ecm, headers, whole engine

 

May seem that way, which is true, I want all new stuff. I don't need to explain myself for every little thing about why. But I think we can all agree that I need an all forged bottom end if I am going to spray nitrous on top of being supercharged, correct? And I need the best control of fuel and timing as possible.

 

haha, i used to want to do that, but did some more reading.

i liked the idea of adding a small shot of nitrous to cool it down and add more power, but the obvious answer is, just add more boost with the blower.
no need to do both IMO, pick one or the other.

A forged bottom end will hold a nice 200hp shot.
That'd be fun, can't beat the price either.

Just a quick update on my car. ..after like 3 Holley AFPR units, one seems to be holding pressure.
The car is super rich after the injectors, runs pretty bad, needs to be re-tuned.
I'll sit on it till after the new year and mull it over.

 

Ahh I hate when you do this to me. lol.
But I appreciate it all the same.

 

Sorry dude, just puttin' in the 'ol .
Not tryin' to influence you, just letting you know I was thinkin' the same.
I know you'll do what you're going to do.
I'm sure it'll be interesting whatever you choose.

 

traviz just do the forged bottom end and do a dual stage nitrous setup with twin 20lbs bottles
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ohh forged bottom end 200 shot nahh more like a 350 shot on a dual stage

 

well i was simply askin dude i want to know your plans cause i am curious

hope you get it together by march for some fun times this year

 

Well plans are still pretty straight forward, All forged, low compression, about eight and a half dynamic. supercharged, either Jeremy's unit or I'll get one elsewhere. Kinda blew him off for now and bought other stuff instead. AFR heads, same cam but on a 113 LSA and 4/7 swap. tubular k member/ A arms on order. I have the new wheels with fat tires for traction, When I get it running, 4.10's in the rear. I shooting for 15psi, with 100shot nitrous on top of it, I think I can't find reasonably priced pistons to lower my CR enough to run the 20psi Del recommended, but I am open to suggestions. In fact, I am going to go build me a new sig