Its alive, its alive :dance:

And she sounds angry... in a good way. Wants to go out and play.

So fired up I can't even explain it. For those of you who have been though it you know what it's like.

Cell phone vid but most importantly you can hear her... I think my neighbors are going to hate the new Borla mufflers :thumbsup:

I hope to get up to see her on Monday and go for a drive.

Jeff that's sure is a great feeling to hear it for the first time,you built a super nice car,congrats on getting on getting it fired,sounds like a party at you and Ron's house tonight.

Sounds bad ass for sure Jeff!

Glad it's all coming together.

You suck at video by the way.... :mock:

Sorry I'm late to the party Jeff! Just got back from dinner....

CONGRATS Bro!!! We got us a two banger going on. Car sounds awesome and I can't wait to see it in person. :D :cheers:

Oh, and Greg is right :lol:

Man it's nice to see all these motors firing up these days! :bigun2:

Is that a Quick Fuel carby?

It wasnt me behind the phone... but you are right. Going up there Monday and will work on getting something better so I can delete this one.

yeah it is... working on rejetting it this afternoon.

Good feeling isn't it :thumbsup:

Nice Jeff, man all these engines firing up what a great day on Lateral-G! And yes who every took the video needs some practice. :bigun2:

Chris at WCAC has replaced the carb cam spring on the accelerator pump and rejetted it. After some fine tuning she is running even better.

He said it looks like the shop that built the motor just slapped the Quickfuel carb on there right out of the box. It has the stock jets (50s and 65s). He is trying 65s & 80s to see how those work. They also had the timing at 32* whith really tight spring which he feels was too conservative for this cam / heads set up. Chris thinks there is more he can get out of the motor which is great. Out of the box it dynoed 470 / 517 so more is mo better :lol:


He went to take it for a drive yesterday and one of the power steering hoses blew. :bang:

Ordered a new one along with a new fuel sending unit since it isn't reading. Maiden voyage should be later today giving him a chance to identify any bugs, season the brakes and play with the jetting some more.

Plan on heading up Friday to take her for a rip. :drive:

Another crappy cell phone video but am too excited not to share. It is soooo good to see her moving under her own power.

I think the videos are being shot with a 1 megapixel Nokia flip phone. Tomorrow I will get better pics.

It may be a strategy of theirs to just share blurry videos so you can't make out all the details :lol:

Congrats Jeff!! To me, thats the best video ever. You definitely have to be excited.

F'n killer Jeff!! Time for a Theresa :theresa: and a :woot: and a BEER :D

Now get over there with a good camera and drive it :cheers:

That's the plan tomorrow. Heading up there late morning. They were hoping to get it into the alignment shop today so we can put some miles on it tomorrow.

I sure hope so because they are going to have to pry me out of there once I get in it.

Thanks Al... yeah really excited. Been a long road.

That's awesome!! Congratulations!!!

:excited:

Just sweet.

Thanks guys.

No ride today. The car went to the alignment shop yesterday and when Chris was raising the car to drive up on the rack the ECU/controller died.

Kim from Matt's, where I got all my RideTech stuff, called RT and we will have a new ECU/Controller and cable sent out on Monday. Even though the kit was bought in early 2010 there was no problem getting the new stuff sent out.

Gotta love that.

Car sounds amazing. Im patiently waiting for mine. Hopefully they get it done soon. I will live vicariously through yours for now.
:king:

Thanks John. Yeah I really like the way the Borlas sound. Chris says it sounds way better on person... And loud.

I'm sure your Spintechs will sound awesome with that motor of yours.

Once the bugs are worked out on mine it's coming home then it's all hands on yours getting it done for West Coast Nats.

Headed up to the shop today, finally, so I could check her out in person.

They got the new Ridetech controller and cable installed and it is working great now.

After killing me with some idle chatter, intentionally making me wait while they bolted in the drivers seat, they fired her up. All I can say is holy sh*t. Man was it great to hear her again and boy is she LOUD. I mean LOUD. These Borla XR-1's are way louder then my Flowmaster Super 44's. Sounds like a race car :) The videos dont even come close to what it sounds like in person. With the AirBar and Shockwaves we had to dump right after the muffler which makes a huge difference. And with the tuning Chris did it just feels and sounds like a totally different motor.

My wife is going to hate it :lol: Sorry honey :mock:

We jumped in for a drive with Chris at the wheel, to reintroduce me to her, and he put her through the gears a few times. Damn was it a great ride. Pulls real hard and just screams when he punched it.

We had a a little problem with the cam spring on the carb sticking so we pulled over about a mile away to play with it, got back in and noticed she was already getting hot because the fan wasnt kicking on. We headed back to the shop and found the ground was loose.

Unfortunately I had to run and so did they so that was all... but damn was that fun. I was smiling ear to ear... and still am writing about it.

I was so damn excited I forgot to take any pic/video. Next week....

Congrats Jeff! It's a great time in the build so enjoy the moment :thumbsup:

Holy cow Jeff---this is a way impressive build. I don't believe I have ever seen a better front end on a 69 that yours. Man---you went all out and didn't hold back. It blows me away that is even the same car--unbelievable man. Beautifully executed thus far--especially the stance. Seems like the guys you have working it are doing their jobs well. Congrats on having one of the nicest cars on this site--

D

Jeff hurry with the pictures and videos!:popcorn2:

Yeah thanks Ron. Like I said, grinning ear to ear the whole time. Am I the only one who has dreams about there car every night?

Last night I had a dream Chris put a stealth nitrous kit on it and we were street racing Murder Nova... LOL how funny is that?

Thanks Doug... I appreciate the kind words. The guys up at WCAC have gone above and beyond exceeding my expectations. It took Chris a while to convince me one the front end but once I saw the rendering I was in.

As for the stance... You set the bar bro. We're all just trying to nail it like you did.

Oh you betcha Mario (in my best Fargo voice)

Chris sent the carb back to Quickfuel on Friday for a freshen up. We were still having issues with the needle sticking in the seat causing a little hesitation/stumble. Can't have that.

Will get up there once we get it back to take it for a rip. I will have multiple recording devices :flashie:

Cant wait to see it running. Hopefully mine gets done next then we can go cruising around after the Good guys show in Downtown Pleasanton.

Can't wait for the video's Jeff.

Yeah I hear ya. That will be a blast. We'll scare a lot of women and children with my Borlas and your Spintechs :underchair:

We still need to get those SoCal guys up here for a cruise too and stuff them full of Mtn Mikes pizza.

Last week Joe said he will be full time on your car starting this week. All my wiring is done. They installed the stereo system Friday. Chris said it kicks ass... not that I will be able to hear it. There is just some little stuff left to dial in (get the carb back, alignment, charge AC, etc.) so now its on to yours they said.

What he said. ^

I thought it was nice when it was black with white stripes. Now it's out of control! Great job pulling this all together building a top notch car!

Congrats on getting it on the road..now get it dirty and go thru a set of tires quick...

Thanks - yeah it's come a long way. As with most projects it has evolved along the way. The end is near and I can't wait.

We hit a bump recently- had issues with the Quckfuel carb and had to send it back. What should of taken 3-4 days took a week an a half. Got it back today so we are back at it.

Baring any unforeseen issues we will have it delivered Friday for the Napa show this weekend. Will also have it inside the big hall at next weeks West Coast Nats.

Yeah I can see a new set of tires in the not too distant future. The speedo says 7 miles but the rear tires have burned off a few thousand already. She's being broken in right. (Insert posi imodicon)

:thumbsup: Yeah what he said.

Oh the drama of it all...

Well as I mentioned we have the home town show here in Napa this weekend. Friday night is a cruise in (band, food and drink) then Saturday is the show downtown. I've been pushing to have the car done and there since Autorama in Feb. Over the last couple months I have rallied 6 buddies to bring their cars so really dont want to miss it plus all the friend want to check it out.

Everything was on track with time to spare until the Quickfuel issues 2 weeks ago. Sent the carb back for what was to be a 1-2 day fix then overnight it back. They ended up having to put a new body on it basically a new carb now) but the moron sends it back ground. 5 days later (this Monday) it shows up. All the jetting and adjustments are gone so it all to be redone. Chris knocked that out yesterday and got it all dialed in. Little stumble/hesitation is gone so far.

But on Friday the Ridetech control unit goes dead. This is the 2nd unit and cable we had sent to us 3 weeks ago. After some trouble shooting they determine its the cable again. Requested a new one to be overnighted and it arrived today. This is the 3rd cable now so we are good to go. Having already torn out the interior earlier this week they were ready to put it back in after installing the new cable. Then the controller goes dark this evening and wont power up. WTF!!!! Chris calls me and says its dead. I'm SOL

So I'm thinking, call them at 5 am tomorrow and beg them to send out a new one overnight so it gets here Friday morning, install, troubleshoot and re-install the interior. UGH. My hopes of having it here are slipping away. Time for a few beers.

I just got a call from Chris, they are still at the shop working on the cars for next weeks GG West Coast Nats, and he says "we got it working". Holy hell... there is hope. After a few hours of trouble shooting they determined the remote key fob pig tail that goes between the ECU and the controller isn't working. They unplugged and wala working good so far.

Tomorrow morning she goes off to get aligned and some more break in time... Fingers crossed nothing else pops up and we are a go. :excited:

Dang Jeff, that reminds me of the saying "It's not the bumps on the road of life that get you, it's the little JERKS"! Keeping my fingers crossed for you bud. Good thoughts going your way :thumbsup:

Ah -- You'll have good stories to tell Jeff!


I have a buddy that would have been hitting things with hammers... and cursing and using made up words.... and just basically having a hissy fit melt down. All the while I'd be telling him -- "DUDE!" It's hot rodding...


Hope you get 'er done. I just saw Bruce Cohn at Deuce Days in Victoria... (B R Cohn Winery) -- hope he brings his sweet little '33 Willys to the show. He's a great guy and a good hot rodder - if you don't know him - introduce yourself. You'd like him.

We will keep our fingers crossed for you. I hope to get over to Napa for a few hours, hopefully see it there.

Haven't met him but have seen a few of this cars at different event. Beautiful roadsters. Will keep an eye put for him this weekend. Have also seen some of the collection at the winery events.

Yeah Mike come on over and find us. Love to meet ya and talk shop.

Update... Looks like we are on track... Chris took her to get aligned and the AC charged. About a block away from the alignment shop she dies...no spark.... Find out one of the wires on the distributor got pinched by the hold down. Easy fix.

After some more shake out driving she dies again... No fuel. Find out its a bad fuel pump relay. Easy fix.

Tonight there are issues getting it into reverse. Seems to be some binding with the Muncie linkage or the shifter.

Oh, and anyone ever had this issue, I have all new deluxe OER window regulators and none of the window cranks will fit. They have tried 4 different sets and none will go on. Seems that the splines are off. Anyone have a suggestion?

Greg, it's like you said, it's all part of hot rodding and dialing in the build. Better to happen now then after I get her home.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Keep going Jeff. Sooner or later you'll run out of gremlins :)