Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[knonfs]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I would be if I wasn't working 12+ hrs a day... tomorrow is my first day off since I got back, and my last for another week.... and I'll be prepping a boat for the season, then working on the Landi, I GOTTA get that thing done. I did get a few parts orders in today though so that's a plus. I'm slated for Daves on Wednesday, we'll see what happens though....



I'm doing well, how bout you? Saw your ride in PA, what's the deal with that? Good luck man, it's a PITA to fab and plan to take the bumper on and off a dozen times. Worth it though. Getting the ends bent to fit will be kinda a bitch though..... BTW, I'm ordering plans for a tubing bender

Man, I am doing good. Per Dave, the car should beready in a couple of weeks, I cant wait.

I hear you on the bumper, problem is that with the OEM one, its extremely difficult to mount two oil coolers, without having to cut all kind of stuff. I spent a lot of time fitting those oem fd coolers, and well, after all that work, I am not terribly happy with the results.

A tubing bender eh? A hydraulic bender? Man, you are one crazy dude Cant say I dont envy you tho

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Monkman33

I have two daily drivers. That way the likelihood of being stuck driving the 7 as a daily becomes negligible.

Wise man

Originally Posted by knonfs

Man, I am doing good. Per Dave, the car should beready in a couple of weeks, I cant wait.

I hear you on the bumper, problem is that with the OEM one, its extremely difficult to mount two oil coolers, without having to cut all kinjddmj of stuff. I spent a lot of time fitting those oem fd coolers, and well, after all that work, I am not terribly happy with the results.

A tubing bender eh? A hydraulic bender? Man, you are one crazy dude Cant say I dont envy you tho

Yup, hydraulic tubing bender, should open up a few more doors of the things that I can build. Also picking up a 12 ton press this week and a set of some sort of dies

Doing any kind of dual oilcooler setup in an FC is going to be a PITA. Hell, even with my bumper it was a nightmare. So much of that ductin had to be cut away, THEN I had to add a ton of it to the top of the ducts to mate up with the oil coolers. Nightmare.... sorta. The one thing that I wish I had been able to do would've beed to find coolers that I could've tucked up against the wheel wells. The ducting would've been long, tight, and very effective..... and I would've been able to easily add in for brake ducting. I'm scratching my head on that one now but I have a few pretty sexy ideas in mind.

When Dave is done are you going to take the car back for a bit to breakin or just get straight on the dyno?

[knonfs]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Wise man



Yup, hydraulic tubing bender, should open up a few more doors of the things that I can build. Also picking up a 12 ton press this week and a set of some sort of dies

Did I mentioned that I envy you??? LOL

I've done pretty much everytihng on my car, and I can attest that there is nothing like having the right tools (and space to have them)

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Doing any kind of dual oilcooler setup in an FC is going to be a PITA. Hell, even with my bumper it was a nightmare. So much of that ductin had to be cut away, THEN I had to add a ton of it to the top of the ducts to mate up with the oil coolers. Nightmare.... sorta. The one thing that I wish I had been able to do would've beed to find coolers that I could've tucked up against the wheel wells. The ducting would've been long, tight, and very effective..... and I would've been able to easily add in for brake ducting. I'm scratching my head on that one now but I have a few pretty sexy ideas in mind.

When Dave is done are you going to take the car back for a bit to breakin or just get straight on the dyno?

Yup, I had to cut off a lot of material from the bumper cover, and the ducting... What ducting LOL! Since I went with a water to air setup, I might have space to mount an oil cooler near the factory place. I like you idea, but at this point, I want to keep hings stupid simple. Dont tell anybody, but I am getting tired of all work and no fun with this damn car

I ended up using a used reman rew engine, there shouldnt be a need for a break in Dave asked me to call him on Wed, cant wait LOL!

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by knonfs

Did I mentioned that I envy you??? LOL

DON'T! I've got too much on my plate and things keep popping up! Right now my FC is back on jackstands for a few "minor" things

The Landi is still here and I haven't TOUCHED that in about 6 weeks

The 'vert is still waiting for my loving yet "forcefull" touch

The FD is covered in little helicopter seeds and the first thing I need to do when I get started with that PJ is build a "frame" dolly and a hydraulic rotisserie

My buddy is going to be bringing his FD over so we can pull the engine, paint the bay, do some repairs and more modifications

I want to get the boat out of storage
aaaaaaaannnnnnnddddd I'm working 6+days a week and 10+hrs each day.... I need a clone...

Originally Posted by knonfs

I've done pretty much everytihng on my car, and I can attest that there is thing like having the right tools (and space to have them)

That's something to be proud of right there. Tools are great, space is key..... I've found that cars are much more compact when you don't take them apart

Originally Posted by knonfs

Yup, I had to cut off a lot of material from the bumper cover, and the ducting... What ducting LOL! Since I went with a water to air setup, I might have space to mount an oil cooler near the factory place. I like you idea, but at this point, I want to keep hings stupid simple. Dont tell anybody, but I am getting tired of all work and no fun with this damn car

Yeah, the stock ducting leaves alot to be desired, that's for damn sure..... That's kinda why I ditched everything and started anew. I've found that ducting is key...... And each heat exchanger having it's own source of fresh air is key as well. The exit speed of the air after it passes through the exchanger is abysmal, so having an uniterupted flow is trully beneficial.

I think I'm going to try an A2W setup on the next engine that I build... especially since I'm looking for a stock TII pull-out and I'll be using the stock TII TMIC but with some mods done to increase the flow through it... I'll also be using the Atihun hood that is upstairs in my closet sandwiched between the Landi hood and the carbon fibre Atihun hood for the FD.... yes, that's right, there are currently 3 hoods in my closet.... before DGRRXI there were 4

Originally Posted by knonfs

I ended up using a used reman rew engine, there shouldnt be a need for a break in Dave asked me to call him on Wed, cant wait LOL!

Cool..... I was SUPPOSED to be @ Dave's on Wednesday for the tranny.... but work said, "NO DAY OFF FOR YOU!!!!!"