F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 60/62)
IMSA GT AUG 30, 11:13 PM

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Originally posted by shemdogg:
Was in sac a few weeks ago and saw this lmao. Chp had em sitting on the curb lol. I was doing an hd run about an hour later, was in the left turn lane right next to it watching while the tow guy destroyed the car getting it off the median. Hooked up chains and yanked it off the median w the truck.

Huge oil stain from the car to the end of the median, was going pretty fast for how far they went.




You know how many idiots do this in my town? The difference is we have big cobblestones set in the concrete in the islands so the cars send rock flying all over the place and they REALLY get stuck. Amazes me how stupid people can be.

But back on topic........Your car's coming along pretty awesome. I hope I have a chance to see it some time.

[This message has been edited by IMSA GT (edited 08-30-2023).]

ferrobi SEP 02, 07:53 PM
I’m amazed at the stupid people running into the rocks
shemdogg SEP 02, 11:34 PM
Lol probably tweakers. Adam if youre ever going to be down this way, lemme know.

Got the car hooked up to the front mounted battery today, everything under the front trunk is all cleaned up, connected, heat shrunk, and covered in loom. Got a wee bit more wiring cleanup inside, mount the fuse box, and wirings all done. Then get some time to throw at this motor, then finish up the paint and details.

shem
shemdogg SEP 03, 11:36 PM
More progress today, finished up the battery cable connections up front, all done up there. Then I cleaned up a ton of wiring inside and under the dash, mounted the fuse box, made a plate under the side gauges for a switch and left room for something else. Pulled out the console gauge cluster I made and trimmed it to fit without hitting my leg. Overhead wiring is done, need to cleanup and finish the center console and pcm wiring and the cab wiring is done. Gave it a lil cleanup



shem
shemdogg SEP 04, 10:23 PM
Had a lil time after work today, pulled the pan and wiggled me some rods. 2 had play, pulled em the bearings didnt look too hot. Much worse than on the first motor, they looked fine and after scuffing met spec. Anywho the journals had a few imperfections I could feel w my fingernail, so I polished all the the journals, flushed em, and changed all the rod bearings. Heres the rod bearings all mixed up

Not too bad but not salvageable either and bearings are cheep cheep- $30something for clevites

Threw in a new pan gasket tray thingie and bolted up the pan, filled it up, and cranked it dry. Oil pressure went up to 25lbs very quick but I wanted more. Did it a few more times, jacked up the driver side to shove the oil toward the pickup, same chit. Put the 3 plugs I took out back in(guess what 3 lol), and cranked it. Sumbitch fired right up and idled(as it always did), but it felt different, sounded different. No knock from this block . Its was pretty cool- I never heard a motor in this car that didnt knock, this was the first time. It sounds great, like a normal motor. I just let it run and enjoyed it. Few exhaust leaks, one from the crossover pipe, and a few pinhole ones in the mani to exhaust connection. Fuel gauge is pinned on empty , temp gauge not getting a signal, tachs reading dubble.


Cuz called me over to show me the trailer he build, hes down to the details. Showed him the motor, he was stoked. He gave me a compass off one of his boats, this bad boys going in the dash! Whats one more gauge at this stage

Schweet! And it lights up red

shem
shemdogg SEP 19, 10:11 PM
After seeing fierogurus Rembrandt of an engine, I pulled my harness and ran a buncha the wires under the blower. Only have the egr and 1 injector wires going over the motor now.

Drilled a 2.5" hole in the firewall and ran the wires thru that w a grommet to the pcm. Bled the clutch cuz it felt like little pressure, no air and it works fine. My fieros got a much stiffer clutch. Fired it up and hooked it to the scanner, everythings gravy. In the middle of redoing the heater lines now. The way its set up the firewall heater hoses are almost touching the exhaust mani. I pulled the rubber and metal pipes and bent the ends closer to the firewall. Dunno if ill run metal or rubber tubing to the motor from there yet. The belt design I had was slipping a lil bit, so I rerouted it to the setup I have a pic of above and no more slippage. Got a few engine and electrical things to wrap up.

shem
Dukesterpro SEP 20, 09:32 AM
Shem,

you gotta be one of the best story tellers ever on this forum. Always a joy reading your update. That car is kickass.
shemdogg SEP 24, 09:57 PM
Thanks Duke! Dont get me started on storytellin.... lol

Almost done w the in cab wiring, moved a few things around. Only thing left is the cleanup of the pcm wires behind my seat. And few more lil details on the swap and this things ready for the referee. Was working on udder stuff when I put the front lip back on n snapped some pics from ground level


Forgot a buncha parts lmao

Hoping to wrap it up this week n get back to the body details

shem
fliphone SEP 25, 01:24 PM
Shem, your craftsmanship and attention to detail on every part of this build blows my mind. I'm gonna have to make a trip to "The Ghetto" CA at some point
shemdogg OCT 01, 10:12 AM
Thanks man! It is looking pretty epic in those pics. "The ghetto" has cleaned up considerably. It was the early 90s when this lil town was murder capital of the nation. I was the white kid on the skateboard lol. The place has gentrified bigtime and the cheapest home is just over a million. Still some unsavory characters that seldomly pop up here and there, but the biggest problem is parking lol. Not like I help I have 5 vehicles, and getting more!

Went to the renaissance faire last weekend, it was awesome! Sexy shoes/feet, fishnetted legs, dolled up faces, hot costumes, and a hooterpalooza. All the voices in my head turned into various types of marine engines all at or near full throttle. It was deafening!

Saturday im working on the cars, and these 2 mormon kids( one of em looked like he just turned 18 that day lol) come around the corner. Their faces light up when they see the cars. Before they could speak, the faster part of this song started up lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8VFpGhP0JU
(How fast are that guys fingers hitting those strings?! Bad assery!)
The were peeping out the kit car and asked what it was. I said that theres a fubbabi. They just kept staring at the car and started nodding their heads lol. They checked out the engine on the stand in the garage, let em peep the mustang, and showed em the fiero. Didnt say it was a fiero, and they were def car guys. Then the youngest one starts asking me about fieros and telling me what a pain they are to get the motor out, and his friend had one, and yada yada yada. The whole time hes "edjumacating" me on fieros, I make a point to turn my eyes and head to the fiero(ace ventura style), then to the kit car, then back to his eyes. Did it about 3 times and kid didnt get it lmao. Offered em some water bottles and sent them on their way.

Got the cooling system completed. Pulled the heater tube that runs along the passenger frame rail to the back. Where those tubes connect at the firewall leaves the rubber part of those hoses damn close to the exhaust mani. I cut the tube and bent it up w a 5/8 bender so it just has a small connector hose holding the two ends together at the firewall, and routed the tube over my tensioner.

Ran the motor a bunch, let it heat cycle a few times. Started troubleshooting the fan circuit, fan is now fried for some reason. New one coming. The theres the issue of the temp gauge not working. Some guys keep changing the 3800 temp sensor till they fins one that runs the fiero gauge, or some folks have drilled and tapped the head. I went on kragens website looking at gm temp senders and ordered the smallest one. I had planned to remove the coolant bleeder and drill/tap to the senders threads. Turns out I got the right size, this sob threaded right in.

I gots me a working temp gauge now. Reads a lil high compared to the pcm but good enuf for now. Wondering if itll be off on the fiero temp gauge, mines aftermarket and came w its own sender. Cough cough which I misplaced lol.

Now the speedo and tach arent working, and im doing some things to the air ride to cleanup. Really running out of things to do besides body stuff.........

Had a lil berfday fiesta ayer, dusted off and rolled the mustang around a bit.

Smoked up some ribbage for hours. They came out so tender the meat jumped into your mouth off the bone

Wifey and her seester made alambres

Those were crazy silly good!

shem