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I'm a couple days late here, but that is sooo cool! It's a videogame car, I can't wait to see it in person.

Basement Paul wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 8:24 am You keep the spare hardware next to the spare intake manifolds??

-BP

Why yes, yes i do! Haha

I bought a Dell Optiplex 5050 on ebay with an Intel i7-7700 CPU (4 cores, 3.6GHz), 8GB RAM and no hard-drive/SSD for $125/shipped. I think it was new in 2017, and this board will support a whopping 64GB of RAM. This setup should offer a huge increase of performance while also using a lot less ...

It's migration time, again. If you follow technology news at all, Broadcom bought VMWare a year or so back and made a publicly stated goal of locking in their 500 biggest clients, and screwing everyone else with HUGE license increases. Basically designed to make smaller customers go away. Even ...

Welcome to Tiresmoke! That pinion angle was a mess, yikes. Looks like a solid truck, though. This is gonna be your daily?

-Dave

Things have progressed very well, to be honest. It's been 77 days since surgery and I'm mostly back to normal. I still have some occasional discomfort in my feet and legs, but its pretty mild. Ibuprofen and Tylenol take care of it. I'm not limiting myself from really doing anything at this point. I ...

I got the headlight actuator relay and installed it. With the hood up, both lights work as expected, yay! But when I closed the hood, now the passenger side is hitting something and not able to fully open. Hopefully just an easy adjustment, but it seems odd.

Next up are the header gaskets ...

I finished the passenger side headlight today and got it back in the car. It works good now. I have the headlight actuator on order from ebay. I was hoping it would be here this weekend. Once that is in, the headlights should be 100%.

A little progress tonight. I applied 12v directly to the headlight motor, and it works. And it moves exactly like it should.

So I guess there is a headlight actuator relay thing mounted right in front of the left front wheel. It sends the power to both sides individually. Might have to replace ...

Dang, has it really been that long since I worked on this thing??

I decided to try tackling the headlights today. I watched the ChrisFix video on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPj1kJm4AnU

I had already purchased a kit from Amazon with the brass gear and nylon bushings. I started with ...

Had a GREAT wednesday night at the track! As mentioned in the other thread, I took the Chevelle out to race for the first time since May 2024. I really just needed to make a few passes for the Buckeye Skips thing. First pass was a little disappointing at 12.48 @ 107. The datalog showed it too rich ...

hey guys, with Walt's passing, Maverick sent me an email saying that Randi would like to sell the car and if any of us are interested. I hope you don't mind I took it public like this.

If I was smart, I'd sell my '90 to make room for this one, but I'm not there yet. Randi isn't looking to make big ...

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Back in the winter, in the afterglow of Drag Week 2024, I signed up for this local drag-n-drive event called Buckeye Skip's U Cruise Em, U Race Em. I had no idea what it was, I just knew we had fun on Drag Week. They are going to do Tech/Registration ...

I think all the updates are now current.

Thats cool to hear about it still and that new owners drove 1000+ miles to trailer it home.

My old S10 Blazer came up for sale a couple months ago from the guy that bought it from me. It was like seeing an old friend.