My Custom 408 S88 Build
10-15-2008, 01:27 AM
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wow, i was browsing through and i saw this.... i completely forgot about this thread 
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i actually had a little mishap... one day in july i was going to get a haircut, and instead 3 firetrucks had a extinguish my car... eeesh. definitely needs some work... but nothing REAL major. it just took some time to figure out what i wanted to do. i made out well with the insurance company, and the title is still clean. i figure i want to pocket as much money as possible to start saving for bigger and better things in life, but will rebuild the car...
the fire was in the gas tank area, and although it took 30minutes to put out (they forgot they had foam, ugh), luckily the expensive area of the car was unharmed. so basically i just need to clean up the crap in the rear of the car. ALL the interior is already stripped out and the stink is already gone. i also bought a wolfe 6pt weld in, minitubs and springs. other than that, just putting it back together. (after cleaning of course, i want the car in like new condition, and have all winter up here in buffalo). just needs new carpet, headliner, some plastics, and im also buying corbeaus for it.
luckily my family owns a facility with a paint booth, and our PPG supplier is a cool guy and is already hooking me up with the paint....again.. lol (i've completely repainted this car 2 times already)..... luckily i wont have as much work this time... rear bumper, hatch, roof, driver rear quarter, and driver door.
at first glance the car looked real bad, but once i ripped all the bad **** out and washed it, it's really not that bad. too be honest, i haven't really missed it AT ALL, and just recently started working on it for something to do.
....i actually had a little mishap... one day in july i was going to get a haircut, and instead 3 firetrucks had a extinguish my car... eeesh. definitely needs some work... but nothing REAL major. it just took some time to figure out what i wanted to do. i made out well with the insurance company, and the title is still clean. i figure i want to pocket as much money as possible to start saving for bigger and better things in life, but will rebuild the car...
the fire was in the gas tank area, and although it took 30minutes to put out (they forgot they had foam, ugh), luckily the expensive area of the car was unharmed. so basically i just need to clean up the crap in the rear of the car. ALL the interior is already stripped out and the stink is already gone. i also bought a wolfe 6pt weld in, minitubs and springs. other than that, just putting it back together. (after cleaning of course, i want the car in like new condition, and have all winter up here in buffalo). just needs new carpet, headliner, some plastics, and im also buying corbeaus for it.
luckily my family owns a facility with a paint booth, and our PPG supplier is a cool guy and is already hooking me up with the paint....again.. lol (i've completely repainted this car 2 times already)..... luckily i wont have as much work this time... rear bumper, hatch, roof, driver rear quarter, and driver door.
at first glance the car looked real bad, but once i ripped all the bad **** out and washed it, it's really not that bad. too be honest, i haven't really missed it AT ALL, and just recently started working on it for something to do.
10-15-2008, 01:33 AM
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IRONICALLY....this was me a week earlier in our back lot after work... we just began selling KME fire trucks and BRAUN ambulances..... i had to put on some old clothes i had in the shop (i rent a shop in the back of my dads business for the car ****)...... and had to pack some pump seals...
10-15-2008, 01:37 AM
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kinda cleaned up:
my friends are ********
i already have the back sanded up and primed....looks like new...and all the **** is out of there. just dont have any recent pics, but this is what it looked like:
this was a gas tank
got torque? ....lol thats just from messing around in the street on radials... no launches:
my friends are ********
i already have the back sanded up and primed....looks like new...and all the **** is out of there. just dont have any recent pics, but this is what it looked like:
this was a gas tank
got torque? ....lol thats just from messing around in the street on radials... no launches:
10-15-2008, 01:40 AM
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the car is actually rather clean on the inside now.... its not done, but i have 99% of all the mildew/mold out... there is no stink... the metal pans are all clean, strong, rust free and primed.
as far as the setup goes... phenomenal..... i did not have to open my hood ONCE this summer other than to change my oil... first setup in years i've had that i didnt have to fiddle around with it. the only thing i had to do was fix my rear end this summer.... and decided i didn't feel like driving it anymore, so i set it on fire :ugh:
as far as the setup goes... phenomenal..... i did not have to open my hood ONCE this summer other than to change my oil... first setup in years i've had that i didnt have to fiddle around with it. the only thing i had to do was fix my rear end this summer.... and decided i didn't feel like driving it anymore, so i set it on fire
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10-15-2008, 10:46 AM
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im assuming short in the fuel pump wiring, failure of the pump, something along those lines.... to be honest, it was too much of a mess... i just ripped it all out, tossed it, and i'm starting over again. i couldn't tell exactly what it was.
definitely taking more precautions this time around. master battery cut-off, maybe foam system... and instead of dual intank, im sumping a 98 tank and running a magnafuel inline pump.
definitely taking more precautions this time around. master battery cut-off, maybe foam system... and instead of dual intank, im sumping a 98 tank and running a magnafuel inline pump.
10-15-2008, 11:03 PM
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10-16-2008, 01:00 PM
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stock engine it made 508, but it sucked. it wasn't tuned right, and that 500 was not reflective of it's output. then i built the 347 (nothing special), and took it to cartek for the tune. they are top-notch. it only made 440rw, but was much better than the previous 500. a couple months later i sold it all because the STS was way too much of a headache to me