Str8jacket Posted February 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 You are pretty talented considering you are in a Str8jacket. I would like to see a video of you fabbing parts in your str8jacket! LOL Its not pretty! I wear only the jacket... on special occasions i may put on some chaps. 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 No chaps please. Unless you're a beautiful woman, I could do without the image of you in your chaps. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 I am concerned that welding spatter with no genital protection would have you screaming like a little girl!!! LOL Not a pretty image. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 That and the sun burn from the radiation. 1 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Had a crack last week and got a bit done. Only just had time now to update. The exhaust is fully done from engine to the tail pipe. Went 2in OD off the headers on each bank merged to a 2.5in single to the back. Single offset muffler and a single 14in resonator. Hopefully it sounds good. Finished the tailshaft stuff. Centre bearing etc. Got the tubes welded in for the crankcase evac in the exhaust merges. Got back to the air filter from hell. Took some stuffing around to get it to all work right with bonnet open close etc. Happy with the results though. The base plate that sits on the carbs is Version 3.6 revision C. Was over it by the end. All so i can see trumpets when i open the bonnet! Getting to the end fiddly stuff now! Getting excited! 3 Quote Link to comment
bigboy620 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Baby's gonna scream when finished! 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Ram Air DCXX ™ Ram Air DCXX ™ is a registered trademark of Stoffregen Motorsports. All use of this trademark without proper consent is punishable by a life of driving boring shit. BTW- DCXX is Roman numerals for 620. 2 Quote Link to comment
DatMo Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 This is awesome. You HAVE to keep it up. 1 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted February 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 This is awesome. You HAVE to keep it up. Not only for reasons of awesomeness... there is a healthy dose of irritated wifeness too! It WILL be going in the next 2 months! 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Happy wife = ? I never figured that one out. 1 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted March 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Ha ve been all over the show doing bits and pieces. Welded in the bungs for the exhaust crank case evac, have finished the top plate on the carbs, put in the pcv, have run ot a bit different so hope it works ok. Want to have the exhaust evac suck through a catch can through both rocker covers, if the vacuum drops or pressure builds up it will vent to the air filter box. Fingers crossed. Radiator is in. Looks to be heaps of room to put the thermo on as a sucker, never been a fan of blower thermos. Need to make a small bit of ducting in the bumper for better air flow. Bottom rad hose i managed to mek various bits and pieces from the pathfinder fit straight up. Need to move my top radiator hose tube from one side to the other, thats on today. Went a little ratrod on my fuel system! I think it lools pretty cool. 2 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted March 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Another pick of the "fuel rail". Mounted catch can on fire wall. Covers the flashy fuel reg a bit, might paint that, not aure it blends with my crappy engine bay paint job. A mate gave it to me, its an ole skool shift knob. Need to run a fuel return pipe. Make up a bracket for the coil packs to sit on. Lots to do. Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Quickly did the radiator between trips to pool and skate park etc 2 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted March 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Spent way to much time messing with the throttle linkage today. Ended up cutting up 3 seperate cable pulleys off of the 2 vg33 motors i have and welding them together to get what i hope will work nicely. I off set the pulley so the throttle gets progressively fast as it opens. Hope to be not to sensitive off idle. Had my first go at putting a new lead end on a cable as well. Worked out ok. See how long it lasts. Waiting on some studs to hold down the carbs and should be close to done on this bit. 1 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Been flat out so limited time on the ute. Have had a bit of small stuff done ignition leads made mounted coil pack some brackets for the throttle cable. This arvo i decided i didnt like having the trigger wheel for the megajolt hanging all the way out the front of the crank pulley. Looked shit. Needed a big bracket that could possibly vibrate and cause dramas so i attacked the pulley and got rid of the vee belt provision and modified my trigger wheel so i could mount it on the back. I had a cool trigger wheel with slots in it which wouldnt work for a press fit on the pulley. Didnt want to wait for another so thought stuff it ill have a go and see if it will work. I cut out a disc in 3mm and machined it perfect round then welded it to the trigger wheel. Then cut the centre out Ended up with a deadly ninja star bit Put the pulley in and spent half hour trying to get it dead centre. Machined off the back pulley edge to suit. Made it a few thou bigger diameter than the inside of the trigger wheel. Heated up the trigger wheel and slipped it on. A few tacks to make sure it wont slip and done. Was super impressed with myself showed the missus. " am i supposed to know what im looking at? " Whats a bloke supposed to do to hey? Really want to hear noise from this thing soon! 1 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 You're making some good progress. Moving the radiator nipple may pose a problem though. The reason they are offset top to bottom is so the coolant travels all the way through the radiator before it goes back into the engine. By moving the upper nipple, you have created a lob sided coolant path. Hot on one side, cool on the other. Search Google for "dual pass radiator" and you'll see what I'm talking about. I don't know what real-world effect this will have on your system. It's possible, depending on the size and layout of your fan(s), that you won't even notice. 1 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 You're making some good progress. Moving the radiator nipple may pose a problem though. The reason they are offset top to bottom is so the coolant travels all the way through the radiator before it goes back into the engine. By moving the upper nipple, you have created a lob sided coolant path. Hot on one side, cool on the other. Search Google for "dual pass radiator" and you'll see what I'm talking about. I don't know what real-world effect this will have on your system. It's possible, depending on the size and layout of your fan(s), that you won't even notice. Yeah im not terribly happy with the radiator in general. The po had the switch for the thermal fan relays in the bottom tank on opposite side of the nipple. Fans would only kick in when really hot. Plus it appears i have given away my 14in fan so it only has the 10in on there. Im thinking get it running and look at it with a thermal camera i use at work and see whats going on. Will baffle accordingly or buy a new rad and fan set up. 2 Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Not sure why all my pic links are stuffed. Testing this one 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 That is a sexy beast. Have you tested your intake for vacuum leaks yet? Quote Link to comment
Str8jacket Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said: That is a sexy beast. Have you tested your intake for vacuum leaks yet? No i havent had a chance to work on the ute in over 2 months. Its really pissing me off. Everything should settle down in the next few weeks and i can finish it off. All the big stuff is done, it needs a bit of wiring and hosing on engine, new water pump and timing belt fit up the radiator. Then it all comes out to put new clutch in and it should be ready to start. 1 Quote Link to comment
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