Well shoot . . ..
In no particular order . . .
One day, I cut the center radiator support so as to sneak in a new cam shaft and 24v lifters.
Had to do the dowel thing and all . .. .
Another day, I slipped in some studs . . .
Did the bottom-tapping too . .
Then there was the time I installed the first twin set-up (HX35/40-HT3B). Have since replaced the HX35/40 with an S300 (62/14).
Popped the head gasket a couple or three times, they're always fun to replace . . .
I didn't care for the way an earlier set of injector lines worked out, so I made a new set . .
I took a 33qt soup pot . . ..
And made an air filter housing that provides 100% cold air intake . . .
Rebuilding/bombing the trans in the back yard is always fun . . .
I like working on clean stuff . . .
Modifying clutch-packs is cool . ..
Did you know that you can whittle-out a proto-type intercooler and folks will make you one just like it?
The challenge is to put the accessory mounts where you can still use the factory AC. When no one was looking, I slipped in a custom trans cooler up front so as to keep with the factory design. Those rubber mounts for the IC came from Graingers . . .
With all that air going in, I had to do something with the muffler, . . so I got a bigger one . .
To get around that on raceday, I made a 5" Wye just before the muffler and had it turn up into the bed. With normal highway driving, there's a cap on that in the bed . . .
That allows the exhaust to go out the back as usual . . .
When it's time to race, you just loosen the "Band-Clamps" and slip a temporary 5" stack in the bed .. .
And put the cap on the regular outlet . . .
Then race the crap out of it . . .
I've got the W/M pump and reservoir in the tool box . . . .
Somewhere in all this I converted the rear drums brakes to disc . . . .
I didn't care for what guage mounting options there are available for the 1st gens so I ditched the radio and put the ISSPRO stuff there .. .
I've got a number of more sensors monitoring the engine and stuff and take advantage of the DATA logging stuff . ..
This is from last year. I've got an appointment for Oct 18th to go again and see what it's good for.
I recently got into the high 12s . . . .
Geez . . . . the truck's in pieces out back while I bomb the fuel supply some more getting ready for a race next weekend. Maybe I can find some girls who are fun to look at and have them lean on my heap.