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wicked450r
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I hear you....I will be taken this weekend off from working on it...Will be back on it next friday....I hope like hell i can atleast trailer it home and finish the wiring here at my house....
I need:
Oil filter adt.
Oil hoses
Fuel tank bigger bungs welded on
mount fuel pump and filter
make 1 fuel hose
shifter to transmission connected
hoses to the remote breather
....And drive it.....
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vwrides.com
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DirtGhost
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| wicked450r wrote: |
| I....And drive it..... |
Me too !!! I miss mine . Almost getting ready for body work
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manxbuggyman
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The car looks great. I think you should put a support from the engine cage to the muffler. I have seen many crack with out support.
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wicked450r
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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The car looks great. I think you should put a support from the engine cage to the muffler. I have seen many crack with out support.
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Im not so sure i like the exhaust, I may redo it....I guess i should let my wife say yay or nay or the tip
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xirxious
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| Does those beams not require the torsion tubes to hold them on? I looks like a threaded nut goes through there? Do you have to turn the inside of the beams for an inch or 2 to fit? I looks like they've been machines, but it could just have been ground or something. |
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wicked450r
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| Does those beams not require the torsion tubes to hold them on? I looks like a threaded nut goes through there? Do you have to turn the inside of the beams for an inch or 2 to fit? I looks like they've been machines, but it could just have been ground or something. |
My front has no torsions in it, and those are a thru rod the coil overs hold the car up....The beam is made out of Chromoly tube
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DirtGhost
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wicked450r
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DirtGhost
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| Man you gotta lot to do to yours.....I was at that stage |
I am way past this stage. I am now dry fitting all parts. Mirrors. upper eletric box. Head lights upper lower. Gas tank is made and straps welded in. All shocks on it. we are moving along pretty well. Body work coming up soon.
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wicked450r
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Got most of my Gauges, still need to get the Boost gauge (Its on back order for 4 weeks). The fuel tank should be welded up and the shifter should be ready to install...Hoses and Remote oil filter housing, and fuel lines. and i should be able to fire it up
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nukeworker
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That thing is SWEEEEEET!  |
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wicked450r
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Thanks guys...I got almost all th ewires ran yesterday and I need two steel Braided hose made up from my fuel filter to pump and from pump to fuel rail....I will make the oil lines tonight when i get home from work and drop the oil add new oil and should be good to go
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xirxious
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Still looks very nice, how much did you have to upgrade the motor for the turbo? Just forged pistons or the whole HD lower?
On the Cro-mo tubes you used for the beam, was there a standard wall thickness that fits the bushings or did that need machining on the ID (I thought I saw marks on the inside of one) or do you just match the bushing to the tube? I'm looking into doing the same idea and it seems like I can just start with 1-3/4"? tube and .120 wall and custom fit the bushings. I was going to do some work to get the gap as small as possible on them. I have some 10" travel shocks, butthe springs were made for something lighter. |
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wicked450r
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Still looks very nice, how much did you have to upgrade the motor for the turbo? Just forged pistons or the whole HD lower?
On the Cro-mo tubes you used for the beam, was there a standard wall thickness that fits the bushings or did that need machining on the ID (I thought I saw marks on the inside of one) or do you just match the bushing to the tube? I'm looking into doing the same idea and it seems like I can just start with 1-3/4"? tube and .120 wall and custom fit the bushings. I was going to do some work to get the gap as small as possible on them. I have some 10" travel shocks, butthe springs were made for something lighter. |
Thank you very much....The motor is a Built motor H beam rods forged pistons,
The Chromoly beam is standard wall size (.095) we put the bushings in the fit. you can always get a different weight springs for those shocks
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wicked450r
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Ok i got it home and took all the wiring outta the car, started from scratch...I just fired it up a few minutes ago...WOW...what throttle response it has. now i just need to wire loom th ewires and build a center console from the gauges and the ECU
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