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Originally Posted by DBasher
Your picture taking skills are on point and I appreciate that.
It seems you may need some motivation, perhaps some words of encouragement and because I’m your friend and always willing to lend support...
DONT BE A PU$$Y! 275’s are for Fox bodies, stick to the plan and get some tire under that turd!
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Thanks for the shove Dan, not sure if it worked yet, 275 look cool on it.
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Originally Posted by Flash68
Awesome work. Bummer on the house man... no one needs that!
I assume there was a good reason you stuffed the battery on the driver side by the intake vs that empty spot in the other corner?
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Thanks. The original plan was for the intercooler tank to go on the passenger side, but it needed to be higher up to work better, if I end up with a bigger tank it will go there. Stock battery location was on drivers side and the air intake kind of needed to go over there too.
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Originally Posted by SSLance
Have you seen what small tire cars have been doing on course lately? Bret with the 48 Hour Camaro and Donny and Angela with Lefty Lucy (or the pizza car) have been kicking arse and taking names on 275s and 265s respectively lately. Plus this lets you run RE71s which I and many other prefer.
Sorry about the flood damage, been there done that with a faulty valve on a under counter ice maker. Not too that extent though...we were able to save the hardwood floors, just needed a refinish.
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That is the tire I would run. Honestly, I liked my Dunlop Direzza Star Spec II a lot better than the Falken. Dunlops were a 275 and the Falkens a 295.
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Originally Posted by rustomatic
Sean, condolences on that house disaster. That really stinks. I had a septic burp many years ago, but it only reached the shower/tub level, fortunately. The smell remains etched upon my mind, however . . .
It's amazing what you can get done when you haven't the ability to focus. In a jacked up, terrible week, you get more done than I do in a week where I only work ten hours (from my couch, no less). You are the man!
You want the 315s. Your roided-up Volvo will destroy the 275s in no time. I've been on the track a couple of times with my square 315 setup now, and I am living proof that you can really drive like a complete loser without screwing up (unless your brake bias is completely jacked--don't ask me how I know). That said, regardless of how uber-custom your setup is, 315s seem to take a whole lot of work to clear (in all forms of bump and steer and steer-bump) in nearly anything . . . They are however worth it.
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The house situation really sucks. Allstate has been awesome and authorized the repairs within a day or two of the flood. However, one month and 5 days later, zero work has been done to repair the house. Frustrating to say the least.
I am motivated, thanks for noticing but it also wears me out, I go, go, go all the time, like 18 or so hours a day I am on the go.
I know the 315's will eventually find their way onto the car, for right now I need to get it rolling, running and tuned, then I can figure out the final wheel and tire combo and adjust sheetmetal to fit.
I am not the best at updating this thread but Basher keeps giving me ****....
I didnt realize how many loose ends needed to be buttoned up in the car. I spent most of the day working out details, completing wiring and plumbing and getting the heater vents installed.
I had a Van, so I had to modify the stock van pedal to work better for my application. I have also learned that accelerator pedal position is key, so I wanted it adjustable for position right to left as well as tilt and in and out. So I chopped off the factory arm and came up with this for my solution.
Multi Position pedal that I can shim up or down and some grippy stuff to keep my foot where it needs to be.
Then I built this arm that attaches through the factory pedal arm, this is all tig welded aluminum and super solid. This is painted with my normal method, three heavy coats of Wrinkle Black and baked at over 100 degrees for an hour. I do this with a cardboard box and a hair dryer....laugh but it works amazingly well.
Finished product
So with that done I kept going on the dash, got a lot done, everything is wired that I have so far. I removed all of the carpet and shampoo'd them with a pressure washer and simple green, its all I have for now for carpet unless someone has a good suggestion for new carpet I am going to make this work.
Cleaned under the floors, installed the shifter and boot and am in the process of running the final wire to the trunk for the fuel pump.
Everything gets loomed, even inside the car.
I am getting close to being able to fire this thing up.....