People have been accusing me of riding an e-bike when I pass them. So, I am building another
Fat Bike just to mess with people on the trail. We are still looking for a Blue Teddy Bear that I
can attach to the rack on the back of the bike.

Got the hardtop on, changes the whole look of the car

That looks really sexy. I love the wheels on this. They definitely fit the car!

This thing is awesome!

Very cool build

Holy **** does that look great !!!


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Found my pair of Arias Vipers

Congrats!!

Please Please tell me the show you are going to debut this at as I so want to go for a ride !!!!!

I plan on driving this thing everywhere. Might make it my daily.. lol

That would be awesome !!!!

Unfortunately, the old crossram lived up to it's legend of not being very tuneable. My limited carb tuning knowledge wasn't good enough to get it to run good enough to keep it. I'm sure with some machine work to create a shared plenum area with crossover tubes, It might have been better. I opted to go back to simplicity with the AirGap intake and 670 Avenger

I really didn't like the fuel filler being inside the trunk so I broke out the hole saw and moved it. There's a very good chance this will get recessed the next time I take the body off and can get to the underside.

Didn't like the supplied exhaust from Factory Five so I made my own. Used Borla Pro XS, some 2.5" over the axle pipes and finished off with Stainless Works tips

Had to add some tunes, and backup camera

Back to looking like a Hot Rod again. Time to start driving it while slowly doing body work

That's bad-ass. :thumbsup:

Those wheels are badass!

Nothing much to update, just a little cooling issue i started noticing, it gets hot at cruising speeds on the highway or just long periods of constant 60+ mph, gets up to the 200ish range. At 70 & 80 it starts creeping up in to the 210 range. Around town, stop and go traffic, it stays in the 180-190 range.
Runninga 160 t-stat, Northern Radiator PWM fan controller with 160 sensor, Spal 16" brushed puller fan, 2024 CFM 20.5 amp.
My thoughts are that the fan shroud was restricting airflow at highway speeds but around town, the electric fan and shroud did it's job just fine.
Here's the shroud and fan combo

I removed the shroud, made fan mount brackets, relocated teh PMW and so far so good. I'll need to do some highway cruising next week to see if we helped the cooling situation. I did do a 20 mile run, some cruising (couldn't go more than 65mph) and some stop & go, even sat in a small line at McDonalds drive thru.. I'm, encouraged... Never went over 180, not even sure it actually hit 180.

That's what it sounds like. The only other time I had a similar issue it was a pulley set that spun the waterpump too fast; temps were fine at idle and lower rpm cruise, but got hot on the freeway.

If the low speed temp creeps up here’s an idea if necessary. Some shrouds(mine included) have full coverage but where the fan(s) aren’t there are rubber trap doors that swing open during high speed flow and”suck shut due to the fan’s negative pressure in the shrouded area. Giving the best of both worlds.

I looked at the flap idea, based on my surface area, I really only could have added 4, one in each corner, which might have been good enough. . I spoke to some other FFR33 owners who are not running the shroud and have no cooling issues. Since I had to remove the entire front assembly anyway, I went this route. Pulling the front assembly is not something I want to do very often, if ever again... lol

180* Robert Shaw
 

If the issue persists, look into a 180* Robert Shaw t-stat from FlowKooler.

https://flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/pro...=9125073322036

I just bumped my t-stat up from 160* to the Robert Shaw and everything seems to be much happier.

I have the Robert Shaw 160 in it now. Don't really want to go to the 180