Been awhile, but few months ago I had the truck dyno tuned, and tried out different styles of tents after selling the black one. Tried out the Autohome Columbus, CVT Mt. Shasta and finally settled with a Hannibal Impi RTT. Also picked up a set of Hutchinson Rock Monster beadlocks, and threw on a set of 285/70R17 Falken MT's. Fun camping rig, as I can stop anywhere and set up camp.
I also haven't posted in a while - big transition here. I decided to sell the Civic after the engine died and the new swap. As fun as it was with the new motor at 8500rpm, it literally killed my bank and any further dollar spent was a dollar lost. Sad, but true. Anyway, I've decided to try something really different this time, sticking with the Honda's (though I do miss my rwd Nissan's). Bought it completely stock, all it needs is stiffer suspension, more supportive seats, and obviously more power. So far I've just done some simple things - shift knob, cheap yellow film over the fogs, an undercoat, 3M, and 17x7 +38 Enkei NT01's on 205/40's. They poke out which is a first for any wheel setup for me, though when these wear out I definitely want tires with more meat on them.
The cost of rust repair was actually more than the car was worth, sadly. No point continuing on in my opinion.
On the mustang dyno, 259hp 265lb/ft of torque at the wheels. Since my last post, I ditched the bead locks. They were too heavy (120lbs per wheel/tire) and I didn't want to re-gear my truck. So I dropped down to 16" solid steel wheels, that I painted white. Threw on a set of studded 235/85R16 firestone destination MT's (going to change out for Duratracs in the same size this week). I also installed a CVT awning (with full bug screen sides), replaced the bed rack with a longer unit, and sold the light bar and reinstalled my PIAA LP570 lights. I also painted the bowtie black and swapped out the gauge face plate and factory orange needles for some red ones.
Replaced with a set of red hummer oem needles. The needles themselves were a bit narrower but fit like oem. I just needed to shave down the base stems a tiny bit as they were longer than my stock ones.
Does anyone post here anymore? Seems like it's just Panzer and I posting for the most part . In an effort to keep this forum alive: - HKS Super Racing Suction short ram intake installed - HKS Silent Hi Power axle back exhaust installed - Progress rear sway bar installed (no pics because it's boring looking) - Hasport rear mount (62A/street) installed
Most of what's left of us is mostly confined to General Chat (/Misc). Sometimes we even talk about cars, but since there's so few of us - there's not much point in spreading over a gazillion different forums.
The minute spring rolls around I will be posting in here about all the work I'm doing to my Vette. I suppose I could have posted my lift kit and new rubber on the F150. But I don't like the Truck enough to take the time.
Honestly not much. Just going to fix the few things wrong with it. Ie: alternator, brakes, weather stripping. May do an exhaust. May bore and stroke it out to a 383. But my wife really enjoys it stock. So it may just get a sort of restoration. I have been looking at a C5 Z06. If I get that I will be doing some serious shit to it. Edit: may do a transmission swap and get rid of the 4+3 shit.