Saturday, January 31, 2015
quick fairmont update
cold side closed up, downpipe done today, wide-band installed, did some fuel tuning and that is working great, so going to drop in the 80s and start working on their tuneup next
Thursday, January 29, 2015
ms3 gold idle air control cold start
testing out the idle control on a 30deg startup
since im waiting on driveshaft, and ill do my brakes this weekend, getting somehwere for sure, doing great
since im waiting on driveshaft, and ill do my brakes this weekend, getting somehwere for sure, doing great
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
got the new top secret ecu for fairmont 5 today
efi source plug and play gold box, MS3 processor, onboard usb and com port connections, on board SD card built in for internal data logging and more!
ill be wiring this into as much as i can, 2nd fuel pump, fans, methanol and more will all be turned on and off by the ecu, i will even be wiring boost control and more, trying to use every last feature it has, and there are MANY.
ill be making an update video soon about this ecu
ill be wiring this into as much as i can, 2nd fuel pump, fans, methanol and more will all be turned on and off by the ecu, i will even be wiring boost control and more, trying to use every last feature it has, and there are MANY.
ill be making an update video soon about this ecu
Monday, January 19, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
accessories throttle cable, and gas tank putty!
fuel cell had leaky fittings and o rings, always wanted to try that quicksteel putty stuff and holy shit it works great
smash together, roll up in a log like play dough and cover the edges of the fittings, and viola, hard as cement in an hour and doesnt leak a drop
blazer alt, truck bracket, caravan throttle body
also my friend that gave me the fuel cell also gave me a quick disconect steering wheel attachment, and we figured, what the hell, why not make the tsock wheel a quick disconect one just for fun
so my neighbor is going to machine the hub down and flatten it and bolt it to the hub then we will weld it on the stock column
smash together, roll up in a log like play dough and cover the edges of the fittings, and viola, hard as cement in an hour and doesnt leak a drop
blazer alt, truck bracket, caravan throttle body
also my friend that gave me the fuel cell also gave me a quick disconect steering wheel attachment, and we figured, what the hell, why not make the tsock wheel a quick disconect one just for fun
so my neighbor is going to machine the hub down and flatten it and bolt it to the hub then we will weld it on the stock column
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
71 fuel injected small block chevelle
running EFI source EMS PRO
base line pull before turbo goes on
base line pull before turbo goes on
Thursday, January 8, 2015
sloppy mechanics pitching in when we can so students can go turbo LSX!
So Jan 6th we had a Votech student post a build they are working on in class, a 07 ranger with a 02 5.3, and th400 planned as the power plant, he posted photos of a carb intake and what looked to me like a quadrajet on top, with the promise to show more photos of the project.
My first reaction was, holy shit this is awesome, and i know that these things are usually budgeted pretty tight and they work with what they have or what people will give them.
in my first post i said please let me know if i can offer any advice at all on the program or if they needed any help, i said if you throw the carb away ill donate dyno time to the school so they can learn more about a project like this, and man it would be cool if we can help them go turbocharger right away (since most of sloppy is all about throwing turbos on junkyard LS motors)
immediately members started saying post what you need and we will try to get you parts!
then i learned they were farther away than would make that a practical reality east PA vs Michigan (probably 14 hours away)
He said he would be showing the teacher some sloppy mechanics videos and tell him we are interested in helping. first i thought ill try to get them everything i can, then i thought, well i better ask and make sure this is OK haha, we got the teachers information and overwhelmed by it all said we can send anything to support the students and the program.
Before i could even ask him my friend Viren (of VSracing) steps up and said he will start looking around immediately for turbo V8 parts and other things he can ship them for the car for free, I said i would contact Mike & Mike @ efi source and see if they would chip in or discount an ECU and wiring harness to control the turbo LS motor for the drag car.
Mike said absolutely he will donate ecu, wiring harness, and sensors towards the project at no cost! he asked where they were located because he wanted to show up and do it in person! also finding out they were in Michigan makes this difficult haha.
Either way we have people stepping up who work at parts stores to send fuel pumps, and more.
pretty soon they'll have everything they need, and they didn't have to spend any money at all.
whatever else they might need we will raise the money to pay for it and ship it their way i am sure of it.
as always i am amazed at my group's willingness to help out in these situations.
looking forward to updates in videos and pictures of the truck and how it turns out.
ill be posting updates when i can, and linking the videos they put up, also talking more with the teacher soon
My first reaction was, holy shit this is awesome, and i know that these things are usually budgeted pretty tight and they work with what they have or what people will give them.
in my first post i said please let me know if i can offer any advice at all on the program or if they needed any help, i said if you throw the carb away ill donate dyno time to the school so they can learn more about a project like this, and man it would be cool if we can help them go turbocharger right away (since most of sloppy is all about throwing turbos on junkyard LS motors)
immediately members started saying post what you need and we will try to get you parts!
then i learned they were farther away than would make that a practical reality east PA vs Michigan (probably 14 hours away)
He said he would be showing the teacher some sloppy mechanics videos and tell him we are interested in helping. first i thought ill try to get them everything i can, then i thought, well i better ask and make sure this is OK haha, we got the teachers information and overwhelmed by it all said we can send anything to support the students and the program.
Before i could even ask him my friend Viren (of VSracing) steps up and said he will start looking around immediately for turbo V8 parts and other things he can ship them for the car for free, I said i would contact Mike & Mike @ efi source and see if they would chip in or discount an ECU and wiring harness to control the turbo LS motor for the drag car.
Mike said absolutely he will donate ecu, wiring harness, and sensors towards the project at no cost! he asked where they were located because he wanted to show up and do it in person! also finding out they were in Michigan makes this difficult haha.
Either way we have people stepping up who work at parts stores to send fuel pumps, and more.
pretty soon they'll have everything they need, and they didn't have to spend any money at all.
whatever else they might need we will raise the money to pay for it and ship it their way i am sure of it.
as always i am amazed at my group's willingness to help out in these situations.
looking forward to updates in videos and pictures of the truck and how it turns out.
ill be posting updates when i can, and linking the videos they put up, also talking more with the teacher soon
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Saturday, January 3, 2015
engine in, trans mount made, trans in, turbo kit bolting in etc
engine and trans installed, converter bolted up, made a trans mount in 2 minutes, photos of oil pan clearance, and started bolting the turbo kit in.
