Forum: projects & restorations
01-24-2021, 07:54 PM
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Love the steering wheel.
I understand the...
Love the steering wheel.
I understand the crimps and heatshrink: somethings is just comes out so much like you imagined it should it's significance far outweighs it's importance.
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-24-2021, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 88
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I'm betting it's more along the lines of early...
I'm betting it's more along the lines of early 80s single stage Maaco "gold." Thankfully there's no clear coat. Some areas of paint are quite odd with, seemingly, islets of gold paint. Almost like...
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-22-2021, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 88
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Installed the hood, sponged washed, and...
Installed the hood, sponged washed, and clay-bared the whole car. One interesting note is the door mirrors are in dramatically different positions. The right side is much closer to the window.
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Forum: performance & modifications
01-19-2021, 06:58 PM
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Views: 1,360
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-19-2021, 06:50 PM
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I believe it - up until a week ago it was: car...
I believe it - up until a week ago it was: car ignored in a garage for a decade.
Your advice tipped the scales and I have a buffer coming in in the mail. Now that it's not the 50yo original paint...
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-19-2021, 01:51 PM
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-18-2021, 07:45 PM
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Views: 548,254
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-18-2021, 02:12 PM
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-16-2021, 02:05 AM
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Dug out the hood and after reading a bit on...
Dug out the hood and after reading a bit on restoring antique paint decided it probably couldn't look any worse. This actually looks better than real life. It was impossible to discern the reflection...
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-12-2021, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-12-2021, 04:17 PM
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That was one of the great tragedies of COVID -...
That was one of the great tragedies of COVID - not feeling the need to break out the summer tires. The T5-R just sat on the curb all summer wearing the winter steelies. I think I drove it twice? The...
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-10-2021, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 88
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And as it stands today:
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And as it stands today:
https://i.imgur.com/aC4DHuD.jpg?1
Left the garage under it's own power and idled in the driveway. Fan cycled on and off again so that all seems to work. Nothing leaks....
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-10-2021, 02:09 AM
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-10-2021, 01:32 AM
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Forum: projects & restorations
01-10-2021, 12:57 AM
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Forum: projects & restorations
12-10-2020, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 1,132
Views: 548,254
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Forum: projects & restorations
11-23-2020, 03:42 AM
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Replies: 88
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Woot! It runs!
Got everything put together,...
Woot! It runs!
Got everything put together, turned the key, and off it went. Got it up to temperature without any leaks or other problems, all the extra oils and brake clean cooked off the...
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Forum: projects & restorations
11-18-2020, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: projects & restorations
11-18-2020, 09:16 PM
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Forum: projects & restorations
11-18-2020, 01:44 PM
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Interesting on the brace - I very vaguely...
Interesting on the brace - I very vaguely remember that from pulling the manifold from the junkyard way back when. If it misses the intercooler pipe it would still need to deal with the engine mount...
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Forum: projects & restorations
11-16-2020, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 88
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https://i.imgur.com/NXykDwz.jpg?2
Haven't...
https://i.imgur.com/NXykDwz.jpg?2
Haven't seen things this back together for a very long time. It ran (surprisingly smoothly) on a squirt of brake clean into the intake manifold before I ran out...
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Forum: projects & restorations
10-29-2020, 10:44 AM
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Forum: projects & restorations
10-13-2020, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: projects & restorations
10-11-2020, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 88
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https://i.imgur.com/F7pGTXf.jpg?2
Before:...
https://i.imgur.com/F7pGTXf.jpg?2
Before: 2.25" diameter, conical output, and more than enough band clamps.
https://i.imgur.com/WOFiqw2.jpg?2
https://i.imgur.com/Ymdzqzr.jpg?1
After: 3"...
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Forum: projects & restorations
10-05-2020, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: projects & restorations
08-07-2020, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 88
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cwdodson88, thanks for the tips on the AN...
cwdodson88, thanks for the tips on the AN fittings. It made things a lot simpler. I ended up applying a bunch of your advice and using a very sharp drill bit (held in a tap handle) to take off about...
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Forum: projects & restorations
08-04-2020, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 88
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That's pretty close to my technique: wrap in...
That's pretty close to my technique: wrap in tape, cut square with cutoff wheel, unwrap, slide into ferrule. Then I put the fitting in the vice and push the ferrule onto that (with everything well...
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Forum: projects & restorations
08-04-2020, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 88
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Picking things up again after a busy month of...
Picking things up again after a busy month of other stuff and starting to plumb up the turbo. I'm using Earl's Auto-Fit (https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ear-309104erl) and Auto-Flex hose...
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Forum: projects & restorations
06-30-2020, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 1,132
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Forum: projects & restorations
06-30-2020, 12:09 AM
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Views: 548,254
There's a whole spec (pdf)...
There's a whole spec (pdf) (https://www.inserta.com/PDF/AI-STR-THD-PORT-DIM.pdf) for the ORB/J1926-1 fitting and when properly applied with a port tool (pdf)...
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Forum: projects & restorations
06-24-2020, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Progress continues:
Fitted the Yoshifab...
Progress continues:
Fitted the Yoshifab oil return (https://yoshifab.com/store/plumbing/an-oil-return.html). After a thread on how hard/easy that was to install I gave it a long thermal soak in...
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Forum: projects & restorations
06-15-2020, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: projects & restorations
06-14-2020, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Thanks for the kind words. I figure, I might as...
Thanks for the kind words. I figure, I might as well post up the good, the bad, the dead ends, and the parts links where I can. Not everything can be a youtube montage with slick beats and mitered...
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Forum: projects & restorations
06-14-2020, 02:21 AM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Progress - but nothing that's particularly...
Progress - but nothing that's particularly dramatic or photogenic:
finished welded cold side charge pipes, leak checked, fixed leaks, and painted satin black (the last refuge of learning...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-31-2020, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Thanks - that's a blast from the past. Back in...
Thanks - that's a blast from the past. Back in 2006-2008 time frame I think I just transitioned from borrowing my girlfriends digital point and shoot to an iPhone 1. All/most of the pictures I took I...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-21-2020, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Did a little playing with the layout and...
Did a little playing with the layout and cardboard last night. If I stack things tightly and go with the alternative filter (https://www.summitracing.com/parts/knn-ru-3390) I can get a small gap for...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-19-2020, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
That's good advice on the AMM. The filter...
That's good advice on the AMM. The filter (https://www.amazon.com/RU-3190-Universal-Clamp-Air-Filter/dp/B00062YR0G) has a little snout/tube built into it that's about 1 diameter long. I can...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-19-2020, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
At one point I put it up against the original...
At one point I put it up against the original radiator and it is a good bit shorter. I rationalized that by telling myself the lower portion is blocked by the front cross member and (at least in my...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-07-2020, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Back when I bought the car the control cable to...
Back when I bought the car the control cable to the thermostat was broken so I need to stop and reach under the dash to adjust the heat. When I took the B20 out it swung sideways, hit the firewall...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-07-2020, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-06-2020, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
I imagine it'll be okay. The body is glass...
I imagine it'll be okay. The body is glass re-inforced plastic so insulated and they should be cooled by a continuous flow of fuel. With the NiW rail getting to the connectors is just possible.
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-06-2020, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
https://i.imgur.com/fwqKfCP.jpg?1
I'm...
https://i.imgur.com/fwqKfCP.jpg?1
I'm getting geared up to do the exhaust. This shows the Yother flange (https://yother.com/collections/engine/products/mild-steel-angle-flange-mitsubishi-td04) and...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-05-2020, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
Next time the manifold is off I'll take some...
Next time the manifold is off I'll take some pictures. It's so tight because this is a 405 head using the K-jet holes. I had a friend turn the ID on the K-jet holders down to take the Bosch injector...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-04-2020, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-04-2020, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
https://i.imgur.com/PlV03Dq.jpg?3
I think...
https://i.imgur.com/PlV03Dq.jpg?3
I think this was in a different thread but this shows all the coolers mounted up. They each have about 0.25" of space between them. When planning the stack up I...
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-04-2020, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
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Forum: projects & restorations
05-04-2020, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
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Forum: projects & restorations
04-30-2020, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
That's really good information - thanks. Once...
That's really good information - thanks. Once this is (re)running I hope it's fun enough that it's a race between me blowing up the M41 (or the spare), the fuel system, or swapping out the narrow...
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Forum: projects & restorations
04-30-2020, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
https://i.imgur.com/3m9JpSv.jpg?2
Part of...
https://i.imgur.com/3m9JpSv.jpg?2
Part of the fun of a long project is fixing things you did a long time ago (8 yrs?!?) and in the case of the fuel pump cradle before it even had a chance to...
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Forum: projects & restorations
04-30-2020, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 35,005
https://i.imgur.com/TAKNmFp.jpg?1 ...
https://i.imgur.com/TAKNmFp.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/OG7WwGC.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/2XWtyoq.jpg?1
Version C in some more detail. It's made up of:
Alternator: East Coast Electric Super...
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