Little video of the first start

I need to hook the laptop back up... the tach says 800RPM, but it sound like its idling much higher than that

Its also smoking more than I expected...

 

congrats on the start up. Im sure you will iron it all out

 

That oil drain line looks way too horizontal.

 

Any news!

 

Ugh. i had a couple pinholes in my custom radiator I put together. My welder broke, yada yada. havent had the motivation to worry about it... It was on my list for today tough.

I did get a few more idle starts. The smoking was definitely just from too much oil lube when I put the engine together. Its fine now.

So, hopefully today, I can get the car back together. Maybe get her on the road.


To make it even worse, its not like I haven't been in the garage.... I picked up a new project...

An '85 Fiero... Im building it for my Senior Vehicle Systems Capstone at school. Its supposed to be more of an Engineering project. By the basic idea is to run 10s with a $600 budget + a few extra parts I have laying around to fudge the budget....

 

fiero project sounds awesome. Did you get the body parts back in the TA yet? Curious to see the head lights.

 

They have been on. But they are off as of now. Waiting for the radiator(which sits inside the front bumper cover. The stock flip-up headlights have been deleted. I made custom brackets for the covers. I bought 5" round driving lights from autozone which Im going to mount in the fog light openings.

 

Careful there, headlights are supposed to be at a certain height ( i dont know it off the top of my head) . You might get hassled a lot for this one. I know of some guys (my dad included) that put better fog lights in and didnt turn on the headlights and still got pulled over. Cop said they were bright enough but just too low. Never looked into whether or not he was lying but i figured id share the experience.

 

I do know that it is illegal. I think the rule is 24". I don't plan on driving at night often. this is just more of a backup. If I get a ticket, no big deal.

Thanks for the heads up though.

 

Sounds good.

 

Decided to try out the 2-step today... Set at 5k. Turned out to be pretty violent. haha

 

Holy ****! You fucked that fan up! Thats beast dude! Lol What 2 step is that?

 

Yea. Wasnt planned but it made my night. Im dying laughing all night watching this. Lol

Its the basic lingerfelter unit. 002.

 

Wasn't expecting that but that's funny ****!

 

No wonder it is the Punisher T/A.

 

HAHA. me either.

exactly! haha

 

Whats next on the list?

 

sounds good

 

Good lord.... my 2-step sounds like popcorn compared to that. Awesome!!

 

Well yesterday I was just finishing up little stuff, putting the bumper on, etc.

I tried to hook-up the clutch line, I just could not get it to snap in... Im going to try again here in a few minutes. If all goes well, Ill call someone over to help bleed the clutch, and be street tuning by lunch.



haha, I was not expecting such a violent response... but it sounds wicked, and it made full boost.

Now, I just need to find room in the budget for a 9", slicks, and qa1s