GD George's cars (Retired)

[BAD STI]

Haha... It was my 78 bandit edtion transam. I was building a chevy small block for it.

LOL I called it!

God I want something with a V8... It makes me feel so un-American to be a white conservative male who's only owned Japanese cars.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

I have only recently gone Japanese. I was always one of those die-hard muscle car freaks that could never see anything without an American badge on it. I had no idea what handling was.

That all came crashing to a halt when I had my ass handed to me by one of the first year STi's at the time and I've wanted one ever since.

Now I will never look back.

 

[BAD STI]

I have only recently gone Japanese. I was always one of those die-hard muscle car freaks that could never see anything without an American badge on it. I had no idea what handling was.

That all came crashing to a halt when I had my ass handed to me by one of the first year STi's at the time and I've wanted one ever since.

Now I will never look back.

I just went to craigslist and started looking for trucks less than $2k to see if I could find an old carb fed V8 beater.... Look what I found... I started laughing out loud as soon as I saw it.... because I could see myself driving it.

4 Door Diahatsu Deck Van 4x4 white, lift, tires, winch, power windows and locks, removeable 2 man deer stand in rear. Runs great $7500

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Holy crap the thing is awesome. It looks so clean for 7500.

It looks like a toy!

I just went to craigslist and started looking for trucks less than $2k to see if I could find an old carb fed V8 beater.... Look what I found... I started laughing out loud as soon as I saw it.... because I could see myself driving it.

4 Door Diahatsu Deck Van 4x4 white, lift, tires, winch, power windows and locks, removeable 2 man deer stand in rear. Runs great $7500

 

[BAD STI]

Holy crap the thing is awesome. It looks so clean for 7500.

It looks like a toy!

:lol:

I'd run an open header so it would sound equally awkward.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Hmmm. That's odd!

Thanks for fixing it Fuji.

Maybe someone thinks my car is so much like sex they consider it NSFW and closed it! :lol:

 

[BAD STI]

Hmmm. That's odd!

Thanks for fixing it Fuji.

Maybe someone thinks my car is so much like sex they consider it NSFW and closed it! :lol:

Now that I think about it I noticed a red closed folder next to your thread.... I thought to myself "I guess we have weired icons for no new replies".... We didnt notice because we can post in closed threads. Oops. :lol:

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

I am a fan of the Hydra. I installed one and tuned my friend Tiburon with one. Very intuitive.

I have not seen the injectors yet. I will check them out. They are in your journal?

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Oh Yes! I remember now. You shouldn't have any issues with them. The price is pretty damn good!

 

[BAD STI]

Those injectors only work with this fuel pump setup. Right George? ;-)

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

When I got mine I had a fair amount left to finish up the rest of my fuel delivery system including fuel rails. I didn't go as crazy as you did but I got 1000CC's for $329

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Yess.... Yes... you will need that specific one if you are to have any success... Do EEET

Those injectors only work with this fuel pump setup. Right George? ;-)

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Cool! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Is this the RS manifold you are referring to?

I'm going to have to get a custom fuel rail bracket made since the intake manifold doesn't line up. Emailed a local fabrication shop, hoping to CNC a nice aluminum adapter bracket for the rails I have. Should be too easy to make if I can use a 2 axis press. I need to spend some time this weekend hacking away at the manifold. I wasn't using a penetrating lube and the stuck on aluminum was making me think I was screwing up my bits. Been taking pictures of my progress, and once I have a final product I'll show the progression of the manifold.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Nice!

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Stickers! I just added 20 AWHP

 

[toomes]

I miss my car being this clean

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

I have to keep it clean. I have to draw the attention away from all the dings dents and botched fender roll.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

We're both rocking the same APR Canyards!

Mine have seen better days. :lol:

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

So I had a little adventure today...

In my efforts to figure out what was wrong with my front end and the horrendous noise it was making, I discovered that it was not the strut at all but it was in fact the ball joint. More specifically the castle nut was stripped and the only thing keeping it in place was the cotter pin.

Holy crap, one good turn and I would have been history. I wounder what ass hole tightened that last... OH WAIT. It was me :facepalm:

So I put it all back together and headed to the auto store. Just as I pulled into the parking lot, the ball joint gave way. Now I was fucked because I had no tools. I figured I would go in and buy a new ball joint and I would figure it out when I calmed down. Well these guys are my hero's of the week because they lent me all the tools, a floor jack and jack stands I could fix it right there in the parking lot.

Needless to say though I was only able to do a half assed job because I couldn't get the ball joint out of the hub assembly to save my life so I put it all back together with the new castle nut and made it home.

Tomorrow I will take it all apart again and do it right.

Moral of the story... Don't let George do any suspension work on your car. He just might kill you.

For anyone looking for the best auto store in the Islip, Brentwood, Bayshore area, Go to Mars Auto. They are a hardcore old school auto parts business.

 

[IGOTASTi]

Yep guess I can't let you work on my car, LOL. Glad you safe my friend.