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beken
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JUN 02, 07:50 PM
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Did I hear you grind your gears getting into reverse, David? Hope you don't break another tranny to quickly. Congratulations on the build.
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Capt Fiero
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JUN 02, 08:03 PM
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Clutch needed more bleeding. But none the less it is running and I drove it a bit, I am so happy.
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Capt Fiero
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JUN 02, 08:46 PM
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blakeinspace
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JUN 03, 12:11 AM
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loved the vid...! Reminded me of the first time I saw Chester fire up the Dirty Rat! Lots of fun. First thing I noticed near the engine bay was the Mountain Dew bottle. I thought, "Oh, No! He's gonna spill the precious liquid gold into the engine bay!" Then you started your car and I did not even detect the engine lurch. Looks like it is well secured, and I enjoyed sipping my Dew as you sipped yours in the video. Good Job.
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Capt Fiero
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JUN 03, 12:26 AM
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The Motor is smooth as silk. As for mounts, it has new stock rubber tranny mounts. And I took 86FieroEarls mounts down To a fab guy and we re-designed them. Earl refunded my money for them so I took that cash and we basically doubled the strength of them. The front mount was re-enforced with 3/8 Plate, with all Grade 9.8 hardware and the other mount we added a 3/8 plate steel with gussets and mounted the heck out of it, three, 5/8's grade 8 bolts into the cradle, then 4 bolts between the mount and the upper plate and then 3 bolts into the block. We came to the conclusion that it would probably bend the cradle before it tore a mount out.
The motor is balanced very well. If you watch in the fire up video, the motor does not even vibrate at all. I am very happy with the New Billet Flywheel from LSC. It was less than have the price of other places, and seems to be awesome.
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watts
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JUN 03, 02:27 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by blakeinspace:
loved the vid...!
I enjoyed sipping my Dew as you sipped yours in the video. |
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Actually - that was ME "doin' the dew" - Dave was behind the camera (ok, except for the part where he turned it around!).
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blakeinspace
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JUN 03, 03:47 AM
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| quote | | Originally posted by watts:
Actually - that was ME "doin' the dew" - Dave was behind the camera.
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oops  ! Well, "DEWd"... good job too you! You gotta have a wingman in stuff like this!
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Capt Fiero
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JUN 03, 01:19 PM
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LOL, Ya I was the goof ball person with the Camera.
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Capt Fiero
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JUN 03, 08:28 PM
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Well I picked her up today and drove her home. WOW. The power is amazing even with the little bit of horsing around I could do getting her straight home. 1st gear is almost useless unless you want to creep away from a light. I found myself going 2nd to 5th was the best for cruising down city streets at 60kph or so. The sound is quieter than my old V6 I am really happy with that. Dan at the exhaust shop said that I am really going to have to get bigger pipes on it at some point but for the time being I am happy having a semi stock looking exhaust on the car. The custom Y-Pipe came out wonderfully. Has both O2 sensors in it and a flange in the middle to make removal easy. They gave me a HUGE price break. He spent close to 5hrs building the Y-Pipe, plus all new Pipe and bungs for the 02 sensors, and clamps and such. The total cost was 260 CDN after tax. I will be here at the house for the rest of the evening getting it prepped for Arlington and then taking it for a short run later tonight to make sure there are no bugs left in the car. The 5spd is wicked cool to have. I love it. The torque of the V8 is amzing, Even if she does not want to rev I dont care, I will just short shift and keep pulling like a freight train.
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86fieroEarl
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JUN 03, 08:31 PM
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| quote | | Originally posted by Capt Fiero: Well I picked her up today and drove her home. WOW. The power is amazing even with the little bit of horsing around I could do getting her straight home. 1st gear is almost useless unless you want to creep away from a light. I found myself going 2nd to 5th was the best for cruising down city streets at 60kph or so. The sound is quieter than my old V6 I am really happy with that. Dan at the exhaust shop said that I am really going to have to get bigger pipes on it at some point but for the time being I am happy having a semi stock looking exhaust on the car. The custom Y-Pipe came out wonderfully. Has both O2 sensors in it and a flange in the middle to make removal easy. They gave me a HUGE price break. He spent close to 5hrs building the Y-Pipe, plus all new Pipe and bungs for the 02 sensors, and clamps and such. The total cost was 260 CDN after tax. I will be here at the house for the rest of the evening getting it prepped for Arlington and then taking it for a short run later tonight to make sure there are no bugs left in the car. The 5spd is wicked cool to have. I love it. The torque of the V8 is amzing, Even if she does not want to rev I dont care, I will just short shift and keep pulling like a freight train. |
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Yeah driving the 4.9 stick is fun, It will get very addicting  And yes 1st gear is useless... Unless your launching it from a light.
A few tips to keep your car running good for a long time.
1.) Allow time for the clutch to break in
2.) make sure your oil cooler or line is tight 3.) Never run this engine with low oil. ------------------
 [This message has been edited by 86fieroEarl (edited 06-03-2005).]
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