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rbsurfguy
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That looks AWESOME Jeffrey! What type of exhaust is that, Vintage Speed? What size 1 5/8" or 1 1/2" ? I like the high performance look underneath, yet stock looking pipes out the back. Great job.
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 3:33 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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You’re going to have issues with those valve covers when you start driving the car. You don’t have enough clearance when the engine starts torquing upon acceleration.
The “2276” detracts from the look of the engine.
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:25 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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OK so I've started stuffing the engine in:
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OK - so up until you posted ^^^that^^^ photo, I was thinking you'd painted you're engine tin orange.
Judging from that one new photo, though, it looks as though the lighting has been conspiring to trick my eyes and that engine is nothing but pure gold.  |
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jeffrey8164 
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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| rbsurfguy wrote: |
That looks AWESOME Jeffrey! What type of exhaust is that, Vintage Speed? What size 1 5/8" or 1 1/2" ? I like the high performance look underneath, yet stock looking pipes out the back. Great job.
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It is Vintage Speed 1 5/8". I think they call it the 740 Merged Comp version. Because of the wonders of the information age, I can offer you this link: https://store.vintagespeed.com.tw/48MM-HEADER-150M...p132807809
I'm still anxious to get my bumpers back. It's been a long story but I sent them out over a year ago, they had a fire and had to relocate/rebuild, so now hopefully I'm only a couple of months away.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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You’re going to have issues with those valve covers when you start driving the car. You don’t have enough clearance when the engine starts torquing upon acceleration.
The “2276” detracts from the look of the engine. |
Thanks for the heads up! I'm definitely keeping an eye on the valve cover issue. I'm hoping the Kaefer Bar will help stabilize the way the engine wants to twist. It's definitely a bummer. Might require more work or different valve covers.
I went back and forth with the "2276".
I decided since it's kind of a cartoon car from the 90's I would keep that theme so I painted the tins and various engine parts to roughly match the scheme of the car. I've since realized I could have hydro dipped all the tins easily. Even with my own artwork! Maybe next time.
I know the 2276 is cheese ball but for now it's meant to be.
Besides, they were only $4.00 at the Everything's a Dollar Store in Panama City Beach.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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| KGCoupe wrote: |
OK - so up until you posted ^^^that^^^ photo, I was thinking you'd painted you're engine tin orange.
Judging from that one new photo, though, it looks as though the lighting has been conspiring to trick my eyes and that engine is nothing but pure gold. |
No. Not pure gold I'm afraid.
Copper.
However, Orange is an interesting (&&^%$%#@
What am I thinking?
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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| You’re going to have issues with those valve covers when you start driving the car. You don’t have enough clearance when the engine starts torquing upon acceleration. |
Damnital! I know your right.
I'll have to pull the engine out and the seal and properly trim the lip and paint the bareness.
Then I can put it all back in again.
Ostensibly, when it's all done, I will have fun as well as peace of mind.
And it'll look better!
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:05 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Ok so I fixed it.
Took a bunch of pictures and went to load them on my laptop to resize and post.
LAPTOP DEAD!!!
Hard drive not spinning.
Sh*$y day all around.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Alright, so the engine is bac in and the carbs are on...again.
Then I had to craft a mounting solution for the Bluetooth PLX gauge stuff.
I'm going to wrap it with something soft and bury it in the fenderwell.
Once that is finalized, I'm ready to start it.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:46 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Thanks.
If you look at the middle photo in the upper right between the black wires and the grey wire you can see the Bluetooth chip in a clear heat shrink.
I put a hole with a grommet in the end cap so it can stick out of the box.
It's Bluetooth 3.0 or so it says on the chip so I should have 100ft range and in theory should work from inside the box but I work with a lot of Bluetooth devices in my line of work and don't trust it so that's why I'm letting it dangle outside the box.
I guess dangle isn't quite the correct term as it will be secured with a dab of hot glue.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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I made all the connections, closed up the box, wrapped it in bubble wrap and stuffed it in the rear fender behind the battery.
Finalized the electrical, put in a new battery, checked the fuel lines one more time, pulled the spark plugs and filled it with oil.
Now it's resting until I get some gas.
I still need to take inventory of all my jets and order what I think I might need.
And I'm still waiting for my bumpers! Almost a year now, but they did have a fire.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Here's something silly I threw together
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:37 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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It's puzzling to me why if you're such a fast worker, your whole refresh process has been taking so long?
 Fun video - Thanks for sharing.
(It almost makes me think that even I could do something like that someday.  ) |
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rbsurfguy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:49 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Yeah I was kinda pissed that he had so much time to do everything so quickly, and that he had someone shooting video at various angles. And the arrogance of laying in a music bed while tolling away so quickly is just inexcusable!!
I hate being jealous, especially regarding the space he has in his garage, unlike me that has to work around not touching any of my wife's plants, god forbid if any get damaged, which of course never happens....
Awesome Video Jeffrey.
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:30 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Thanks guys.
It’s taking so long cause I’m “Lazy”
I’m still working up the courage to start it.
It’s either win or fail.
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:39 am Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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| jeffrey8164 wrote: |
Thanks guys.
It’s taking so long cause I’m “Lazy”
I’m still working up the courage to start it.
It’s either win or fail. |
Either way will be fun for us to watch a video of. |
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Evil_Fiz
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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Thanks guys.
It’s taking so long cause I’m “Lazy”. |
"Fireball" would have been better suited for the speed at which you moved 
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iboughtrustandbondo
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: I'm refreshing Rose. My 70/71 bastard child. |
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You’re going to have issues with those valve covers when you start driving the car. You don’t have enough clearance when the engine starts torquing upon acceleration.
The “2276” detracts from the look of the engine. |
Agree with the 2276 emblem. Looks pretty though. |
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