I thought your wing got a hit from the hardtop also? I remember seeing pics of paint chips and stuff???

 

The wing has a little damage. I touched up the section where the paint chipped off.. Luckily only white paint chipped off which was easier to touch up...
Anyway, my car isn't perfect looking at details, but it still looks sharp from a few feet... That's all I want.. There are several cracks on the body from the twising frame etc.. but those are hardly noticeable..

Another thing... Even though I might not follow advice at times, things still work very well for me the way I end up doing things.

With my old setup, I got the car from 12.49 to 11.67 within a year by doing things my way and it worked great. I set myself goals with my car and I always manage to reach my goals...even by using unusual methods etc..

 

TT thanks for understanding what I have been trying to get across. I was, by any means, attacking Oliver.

Oliver, don't start making changes now (sounds like excuses). Bring the car out Saturday to Moroso (you know how important the points are "to you" ) and then start with the intake next week. This way you have a whole 3 weeks until Bradenton to get it right. And why do you need wheel spacers to use the trans-brake??


I forgot...YOU have to show up!!!! Those Oakley sunglasses are still up for grabs. We need to see what part/s are going to fly off your car while going down the track. I will have them with me.

 

There are no excuses... I'm pretty sure that I'll be at the Moroso Challenge..

I need wheel spacers for the transbrake because the car will squat more with the brake and the wider part of the tire might rub against the frame.. It might just work fine without, but I don't want to take chances... Unfortunately, the wheels that I'm using are only available with 2 different backspacing setups. One of them would stick out too far and the other one causes the tire to be very close to the frame. 1/4" spacers should give me plenty of clearance...
Spoke with a guy at the track who uses spacers on his dragster (yes, the aluminum POS spacers) and he had no issues with them... So I should be ok too!

 

speaking of that, how's the car naming going.

 

what does that have to do with it? Haven't picked anything yet...so I didn't turn down any advice yet. I am almost certain about the paint job.

 

Give me an example of advice that I turned down? (And I'm talking for advice that I asked for and not advice that was volunteered)

 

Maybe it's because there are NO trailered cars on the POWER TOUR (of course). You were able to take off "close" to that for CI. This will be 1000x better. Don't you get any paid vacation time at you work?

 

Fortunate for use DEP is out of town. Otherwise we would have been repremanded about this being in the wrong topic.

 

My vacation is mostly planned for... I'll be in Brazil for 3 weeks and 3 days at the Cruise In... That leaves 2 days of vacation...

 

Do you really want to know? ...from the top off my head i recall:

transmission cooler mounting problem
glass fuel filter, and location, useage of rubber hose w/ hose clamps
scoop
differential removal
trans oil lines

In all those topcis you ask something and turn down most of the advise given, not saying you can't do that but think of it, next time people will think "oh he knows it better anyway...better not reply" I must admit, I have thought that a couple of times.

 

I'm still gonna change that when I'll have time.. I'm gonna use heat sink design coolers at the rear crossmember. I never said that I'm not gonna do anything about it


I changed that

I have no idea how to fit a non-clamp style fitting on my metal fuel lines and also onto the sending unit on the fuel tank... How can you use a different type of fitting on the sending unit???
I used good type fittings wherever possible..


I said that I'm going to consider it but won't do it immediately.. It's not an easy decision to cut a hole into the hood...

The way I removed it worked just fine and was recommended that way by one forum member. I can't follow all members advice. I just follow the advice that suits my needs best.. I believe Redvetracer recommended to cut the holes... and I did.. so I followed his advice there..

It wasn't possible for me to use other than brake line fittings because none of the expensive fittings would attach to the transmission line ports on the tranny.. I spent hours trying to attach the fittings.
My speed shop didn't have any fitting that would attach to it.. so I had to go with the only thing that fit...

There are many ways of doing things. I wait for as much input as possible before making my decision on how to do things...

 

And that is only scratching the surface !!!

 

I have responded to every single issue.. Come on and post some more instances...

 

Well okay..change being stubborn to being reluctant and "after much debate"

I know you changed some stuff but it was after a majority stepped in and called you on the issues.

It's easy to use a different style fitting on the sending unit, take it out and modify it for an fittings (a bulkhead adapter will work) or use a weld bung, then again it does involve some fabrication. Eitehr way I would never use rubber lines & hose clamps in my car, and certainly not if it was a race car.

I know it's not an easy decision to cut the hood, that's what i mean w/ making a choice of either drag car or road car, ttrying to do both at the same time leads to problems resulting in a car that is not quite right for either, a troublesome and maybe uncomfortable road car and a race car that's not everything it could be (and that w/ the same money spent)

I know the way you removed your diff worked fine, I would do the same mod if I had a pre 80 car, I jsut would have taken the job a tad more seriously and would have made a nice removable cover, that's what I mean. Your arguement is "you won't notice it, the carpet is covering it" ... but you know it's there, doesn't that bother you at all?

What kind of fittings are on your tranny? Inverted flares? There are AN adapters available for that, have you checked out the complete aeroquip catalog?

I still don't think you get what I mean just for giggles go to an old topic and look at the posts, you wills ee that almost after every reply from someone else you five a reply (and that's a good thing, shows you're on top of it ) but most of them are something like "can't do it, won't do it" with some sort of excuse.

But, it's not real important, I just wanted to say I kind of understood Norms reply (w/ everyone else piling up on him) ..

 

We all know that. That is why you have 1,000,000,000,000 posts

 

wll there were some more instances (because you want to know), there was the roll bar issue (height of harness bar), the carpet issue, wasn't there something with spacers also? What about front springs, a damaged differential....and some other stuff???

 

When he had seen/heard I have spacers on my car...He said "I would NEVER use spacers on my car. They are not safe!!"

 

I thought it was eleventy billion...

 

Unfortunately, I have no fabrication skills

I'm still trying to have the best of both worlds.. I know that I'll have to make a decision at one point, but the time to decide hasn't come yet...

nope, I don't pay too much attention to cosmetic detail... The only things that I pay close attention is to things that will effect performance, handling etc..

The fittings are flared fittings. I went through a lot of different AN fittings from the speed shop and none of them worked. and I played with it for hours and hours... I actually messed up the thread on some of the fittings so I couldn't return them
I believe the fittings on the 200R4 a flared 1/4 inch or so.. Not sure..
I'm limited with my fabrication skills and equipment.. I'm going to use what I have. I'm not spendiong $$$ on a expensive tool just for a small job...
Well, I usually post in a thread if I have something to say about the topic.. Norm just comes into every thread that I post and starts talking about other things that have nothing to do with the subject...