Over inflating spare tires to 100 PSI+ for off road use.

Seen a site about it once. had suggestions for rims and tires you can over infalte. So you can let all the air out of your tires for muddin then refill them. why a $12 cig lighter air compressors isnt good enough I dont know. Tires exploding can't be nice.

can you see a truck wit the under bed spare, the 120 PSI in the tire lets lose......Yikessss

 

I would agree and say it does. that extra under hood pressure going no where find its way inside. I wondered why I kept feeling blast of warm air even when the heater core was bypassed last summer. Driving the car made me so mad, as it was so dam hot with what feels like the heat is on.

 

Your fresh air inlet is at the base of the windshield. All that underhood heat flows right over the fresh air inlet before it goes anywhere else... The underhood temps are usually at least another 100* on top of ambient temps. Essentially a poor mans heater

Through the windshield :lala:

 

Yes yes yes indeed. Nothing like driving around on a 80f summerday with the heat going.

 

You know your a car guy (...or girl... ) when you can put up with that, lol.

 

I will admit it took some time to figure out. I even did a heater core bypass. The car got so hot last summer I was just mad all the time. As it was cooler anywhere but in my car.

I had people fliping out on my last year when I installed central air. But at the time I could care less for my AAA shape dash.

 

air cleaner lid upside down, my dad used to do that

 

im lucky... my central air requires me to get out of my car, release the back seal latch, unlock the two windshield clamps, raise the rear of the roof, raise the roof cover, fold roof into cover, shut cover.. voila... ac and tanning bed all in one fast package

 

you mean like this??

 

Several years ago when my weatherstrip was dryrotted I almost pulled all my hair out trying to figure out why my AC was not performing as it should (cooling to 65*). I'm Ford and ASE certified in AC systems as this one took me nearly a month to figure out. Pressures were good, clutch cycle rate was dead on... I even opened up my HVAC case and inspected the the evaporator core to make sure it wasn't blocked. Then one day I had the car running in the garage and noticed all the hot air "fuzziness" pouring out from the base of my windshield. BINGO! I felt like an idiot

And after all that, it wasn't the heat that bothered me or motivated me to fix it as I rarely use the AC. Rather it was the constant complaining coming from the passenger seat

 

simple fix.

just always use "max AC"
then its sucking in only inside air... no warm cowl air.

problem solved. :lala:

 

There's supposed to be weatherstripping back there?

 

EXACTLY!!! except mine is black, not red.. haha and i also like how the windows roll down before you take the top off... i found out that its impossible to go topless with the windows up very quickly, hehe

 

i dunno if you wanna call it weatherstripping, but its a rubber strip.... if u open ur hood, its supposed to be at the very bottom, going from drivers side to passenger side.. one LONG strip.. its as easy as pulling hard and its off... unless you want the little white connectors off too, then its a little harder

 

I got one - running SIXTY psi on your STREET tires. Huh?

 

heres one...

running two spare tires on the front like they were skinnies....


theres a vid somewhere online where a guy did that with a fast car.. when it came down from the wheelstand, it tore thru the rims...

 

Here's a new one. How about installing a front brake line lock on your street car so you can spin your wheels until the tires pop. Ok or to help you at the line(I personaly want to make a set of tires pop!).

 

how is that taboo? thats what a line lock is for... so you can spin the tires...

 

The reason its taboo is that your doing it to make tires pop, not specifically for at the track. Also using it to goof off around town. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong??

 

Why a line lock? Just install a 2 stage brake pedal.

I remember a dude used one in reverse for off road racing.
Would lock the rear to swing but not the front.

Far as PSI goes it all depends.
My tires are rated 35-52 PSI in the US.

 

That's surprisingly common with the 5.0 Mustang guys around here Aren't they speed rated to 50mph or so?

 

Gonna cross link these threads.

I posted it on a Buick site also, lots of good info not mentioned here showed up.

http://v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42871

 

Timing with a vacuum gauge?

Anyone ever done this or tired it? I hear it works well.

"would suggest you buy a vacuum gage and set your timing to draw 17-19" on the gage. If you encounter, hard "hot-starts" reduce timing to 15-17".
"

 

hmmm, given that some motors ive built wont even pull 15", i find that a lil hard to do.....


btw, i saw someone with a wooden carb spacer this past weekend... he was at a autocross in...... a 70s chevelle convertible... with a open diff... and single vane IROC rims...

it was, uhh, intresting to watch.