willexoIX

Zepherhills Sonic again guys?

Post up your availibility and I'll figure out a date and time. Hoping for a weekend but will pick the best day for all if I can.

RubberDucky

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Yisss. Time for a meat.
Come out to our next meet!

84LsxZ28

Wish I could make this meet with my car, but now the engine is out and I'm tearing down my LS to hone the cylinders and get new rings/bearings/bolts in it


Good to see everyone else getting their cars driving!

L98GTA87

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When and where?

willexoIX

It will be at the Sonic in Zepherhills on the corner of Pretty Pond Road and 301.

Time and date depends on availability, as I would like to set it up for a bigger turnout.

So time and date is TBD until everyones availability gets posted up.

RubberDucky

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Sat/Sun seems to be best. When hopefully we all can be there before dark.

willexoIX

Well everyone post up. Sat/Sun good for everyone? 3-4 PM?

Will be at least a couple weeks away.

RubberDucky

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Couple weeks out works for me, I still need to finalize everything.

Gfunkill

im still a couple of weeks out from getting the swap done over here. Mostly $$. I really don't want to show up to a meet in a '99 Camry.

RubberDucky

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Lol, I won't blame you.

I drove the car around the block today. I've gotta get used to the car all over again. It feels like the trans has a stall and a shift kit.

willexoIX

I might show up in a 93 accord. 10psi is beating the **** out of this trans. 1st is already slipping and it randomly goes into neutral.

RubberDucky

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Lol, and you just got that trans too.


Today, I've decided I hate carburetors.

RubberDucky

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So I had a great idea today. I want to find somebody's shitbox V8 5 speed third gen, running or not, I want to lift it up like 2 inches and turn it into a rally car.

willexoIX

Lol.

RubberDucky

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Yup, you've got it. You all know what would be fun as **** too.

redneckjoe

looks like fun to me!


i drained the fluid out of my tranny the other day. soon i had a giant puddle under the car. wtf? after a careful examination, one of my sons used my drain pan for target practice with they're bb gun. uhggg,...lol.


whats wrong with your carb?

RubberDucky

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LOL, I think I did that to my Dad once before as well.

Nothing wrong with the carb, its just a carb, doesn't like to start in the morning.

If its not raining later I'll get a vid of the car with the mufflers on, sounds pretty good if you ask me. Only this is the 3" tubing hits the ground so we ordered 2.5" to at least get it to my buddies shop to have him make exhaust for me and tune the carb and set the timing.

redneckjoe

i dont have a choke on my carb. when its cold out i have to pump it a few times, then keep it running for a minute til she warms up.

is it dual exhaust?

RubberDucky

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I have a choke, but its zip tied wide open.

Yeah, I'm running dual.

Gfunkill

Camaro rally car=Happy Gary.

RubberDucky

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Going to order one of those dual spring carb linkage brackets soon, mine is all sorts of ghetto.

willexoIX

Decided to mess with the servo. Removed one of two washers meant to be installed with the corvette servo. Used the servo pin out of my 89 core, has a larger feed/return fluid passage than the 87. The 89 pin also lacks the 2 scarf cut orings and the groove for them. Also swapped the servo cover that I ground fluid return notches into, for the one without notches. Swapped the springs from the 89 servo in as well, they were a little taller and stiffer.

Took it out and ran through the gears to get the air out, checked fluid and topped it off, I can tell you heat is not an issue; the cooler keeps the fluid cool and it never gets hot no matter how hard its pushed. Warm not hot.

Slippage is gone, still a little delay on the 2-3 but not nearly as bad. And when you nail the pedal its a rocket; grabs hard and goes hard. Pretty happy but still turning the boost down. I figure 6psi will be good for now and I will save up and accumulate parts for the rebuild.

RubberDucky

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Sell your *** and you'll have the money in no time.

redneckjoe

got my tranny out earlier and pulled the front pump.
the input shaft looks very bad IMO.
and, i found a steel behind it that looks like a zip-wheel cut a groove through it.
really bummed.
the converter "looks" great inside, but how to test it? anybody got an idea?
looks like i'll be way inside this thing more than i thought.
did i mention i've never fully rebuilt a tranny before?

anybody do facebook here? send a pm.

redneckjoe

i built a 2 1/2" dual exhaust with an h-pipe. it goes over the rear axle and exits in the factory location. works great.

dang, wish my chit ran.

RubberDucky

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I'm going 2.5 now, but eventually I'll go back to 3in. I'm running the pipe under the rear axle then running the pipe out the left side of the bumper.

willexoIX

Got mine turned down to 8psi, 6 or so more turns of the wastegate will bring me down to about 5-6psi, which is where I want it to be for now. Itll run better too due to less heat in the intake charge, and I can lean it out even more.

Took 10 minutes to pop the wastegate cover off, make a Mercedes Benz special tool, adjust the gate, and put the cover back on. Eazy peazy.

Now I just need some of those +150HP stickers!

SARCASM... LOL

RubberDucky

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When are we getting you a stock hood?

willexoIX

When I feel like fabricating the duct from the grille to the top of the intercooler, lol. Itll be a while, especially with this weather.

RubberDucky

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Pretty nice outside if I say so myself.

RubberDucky

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Pretty nice outside if I say so myself.


This video is life changing.

willexoIX

Nice my ***.

I used to do that in GT5. It actually gets pretty boring in the 88 IROC Concept.

I want GT6 though.

willexoIX

Here is that Mercedes special tool lol.

84LsxZ28

Powered by Eurobeat! I love Initial D.

My friend had a JDM ae86 which was pretty fun, but he traded it for a 240 a few days ago.

redneckjoe

rebuilt my first tranny today. woot, woot !!!! wasnt that bad.
trannys on my bench ready to be installed when it stops raining.
which converter to use? hmmmmmm.
if she dont work,.......time for a stick. done. over it. wash my hands. etc.

got some street racing action starting up over here if anybodys interested. a lot of import stuff but a fast 3rd gen and pretty mean muffstain. i'll get pics soon. really hoping to participate as its super close to me. more news on this coming soon, developing thing.

RubberDucky

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You can tell him I said he's an idiot.
Once I get my throttle bracket and cable sorted I'm down.

84LsxZ28

I'm totally down once I finish my car. I have a lot of friends with some fast Nissan's in the NPR area that would definitely be into it.

84LsxZ28

It was better for him to trade in the long run though because of the condition the ae86 was in from the previous owner.

willexoIX

Ill watch from the sidelines, wouldn't want my trans to give up on me, lol. Turbo+stock trans=bad news in a race lol.

I would annihilate a few other cars on a 45mph roll on though, lol

RubberDucky

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Not mine, I put +5HP stickers all over it.

redneckjoe

on FB its a group called "pasco street racers". only hours old. all are welcome to join. never started a group before but ive seen some grow. be cool to see more 3rd gens racing. i dont care if its a show car, hang out, honda, whatever,...just have fun. open to any suggestions or ideas. help spread the word if you like it. it will grow.

got a guy here that likes roll racing with a 3000gt turbo car, i think it is? lol

redneckjoe

definetly close by. should make for some great fun if half of us could ever get our cars running.

RubberDucky

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Nope, not joining that. You don't want to be associated with a "street racer" anything. I'll show up and hang out, but my name won't be anywhere near that. Nothing against you, but I've seen people lose their cars because they were associated with it.

I'm buying a Civic pretty soon, maybe I'll make it faster than my Camaro. LOL

willexoIX

Hey Orlando guys. Next weekend in Clermont mini meet. Details to follow later tonight.

Gfunkill

Clermont?
I can do that. Even in 2nd gear.

willexoIX

Do you even put it in 3rd? Mine could maintain 60 in 3rd with a whole lotta slip lol. Talk about loud.

Gfunkill

Dude, if i at least had 3rd, i would drive it daily. If you put it in drive or OD, it just slips like mad, and 3rd will not catch at all. I actually have to leave it in 2 so that it doesnt try to upshift to a gear that isnt picking up.

Gfunkill

So, here's something weird that happened today.
I took the car out for a trip up and down my street. (I'm bored)
When going downhill, in O/D, the car will get to 50mph (steep hill)
Then, it starts to feel like 3rd gear is engaging, as in, rpms drop, car pulls itself, not just gravity.
but then, I start to go uphill, have to slow down for the big bump in the road, lose the momentum, and it slips all day again.

RubberDucky

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wat


Drove the car around to day some more. Effortlessly makes it up to 80, without being at WOT. I can't imagine how WOT feels. I'm getting what seems to be vapor lock, after running awhile car gets hot and starts to breakup and run real bad.

L98GTA87

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Just finished up my T5 swap so I'd be down for Clermont!