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by TireSmoker
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Climb a Mountain or Buy a Dodge?
Replies: 2
Views: 23

Re: Climb a Mountain or Buy a Dodge?

The obvious solution is to go climb a mountain, in your Dodge.

Like maybe the Mount Washington Auto Road, in New Hampshire. https://mt-washington.com/

Gwen and I did it years ago on our motorcycles.
by TireSmoker
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why Tony Angelo left HRG...
Replies: 1
Views: 23

Re: Why Tony Angelo left HRG...

I've watched some of his current content on his Stay Tuned youtube channel. It's mildly entertaining.
by TireSmoker
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1979 Malibu
Replies: 111
Views: 66322

Re: 1979 Malibu

I've been slowly working on a few things. Chris took my old crank-position-sensor bracket to work and they scanned it in. He got their CAD guy to fix up a few things, and we have now reproduced it in .260 aluminum. I'll be making a trip to Cut-N-Paste Welding this weekend to have it put together. 20...
by TireSmoker
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Welcome Wednesday night racers!
Replies: 0
Views: 55

Welcome Wednesday night racers!

I put a comment on the Wednesday night racers group on Facebook to see if anyone was interested in joining. If you made it, welcome! Post a new Project thread for for you have or what you're working on.

-Dave
by TireSmoker
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1979 Malibu
Replies: 111
Views: 66322

Re: 1979 Malibu

Well, I am a glutton for punishment, so I'm giving it another shot! Maliboost is officially entered for Hot Rod Drag Week 2024, Sep 15-20. I'm entered in the Street Race Small Block Power Adder class. And this is the week after the Champcar Mid-Ohio race with the 944! September is gonna be busy! -Dave
by TireSmoker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

The bad news is I'm not seeing anything on my gas gauge. The other bad news is that I had trouble with the gas pump at Sunoco clicking off with anything but the absolute slowest pace. what the heck?? Good news -- I drove the car to Chardon over lunch and put 17 gallons without any issue and the gas...
by TireSmoker
Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

This was one of the the wires that got replaced after the Mid-Ohio fire. It's relatively new-ish. I should have enough stuff in inventory to make a proper replacement. Right now it's a too-long blue wire amongst a set of red wires. I'm looking forward to getting some miles on this thing in the sprin...
by TireSmoker
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

Found #5 plug wire arcing to the header through a seemingly intact boot. Grabbed a spare wire and its running much better again, woohoo!!
by TireSmoker
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

Worked on the Corvette again today and made some progress. Speece came over to help and we knocked out a few things. *) internal plenum bolts replaced with low-profile button head bolts with a dab of blue loctite. *) removed exhaust, found converter was already gutted, which saved a bunch of work. I...
by TireSmoker
Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

Test drive complete, but the problem remains. I eyeballed the fuel filter when it was up in the air last night and it looked relatively shiny/new-ish, but found no reference to it in this thread, so I guess I've never changed it. I'll order a new fuel filter. I also ordered a fuel pressure test kit....
by TireSmoker
Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1979 Malibu
Replies: 111
Views: 66322

Re: 1979 Malibu

I readjusted the bracket for the max clearance I could get on the crank sensor. I forget the measurement, I did that several weeks ago. A dedicated USB cable has been put in the car. I got the trans-cooler fan all wired up. I got the boost controller all plumbed in and verified the solenoid works. I...
by TireSmoker
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

Remains to be seen. I still think there was some shit in there. But now, there isn't!

I'm excited to take it for a test drive this week.
by TireSmoker
Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

Lots of progress today. It even fired it up! I ended up tapping the runners and drilling the plenum and it turned out being way easier than I thought. The holes didnt need to be drilled out any bigger. I used a 5/16-24 tap. Dave Speece came over and gave me a little trick for getting the tap started...
by TireSmoker
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: iAccel phone app
Replies: 8
Views: 1486

Re: iAccel phone app

I havent heard of this either, but sounds interesting.
by TireSmoker
Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1990 Corvette Z51
Replies: 88
Views: 94923

Re: 1990 Corvette Z51

Ehh, for me, probably nothing. Hopefully I don't need another set! But they'd be in their system if someone needed them.