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03-09-12, 10:06 PM
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I wish, just snowed like crazy a few days ago.
That pic was from last summer afaik. I haven't seen the car in person yet but was told it's been stored and hasn't seen winter. Here's hoping its a as good as it looks.
That pic was from last summer afaik. I haven't seen the car in person yet but was told it's been stored and hasn't seen winter. Here's hoping its a as good as it looks.
03-09-12, 11:12 PM
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I thought we were gonna get a view of some Chickie ..(Harlet extraordinaire!)
..oh well..nice car...chuckle!
pump up the tire on the passenger side front.
..oh well..nice car...chuckle!
pump up the tire on the passenger side front.
03-10-12, 07:53 AM
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Sorry to dissapoint. I call it that because that's what my wife labled my last car as i spent so many late nights with it in the garage. It was an 86 mustang i built a blow through twin Turbo system using nothing but junk yard parts to see if i could do it.
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03-18-12, 11:08 AM
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Yeah, it has the infamous dowel pin leak, and once I got it running I found it had massive vacuum leaks. The previous owner didn't fix the leaks and just messed with the carb settings until it would idle. I eliminated the rats nest which in turn got rid of the vacuum leak. Tuned the carb and it runs really well now. I tried some Stop Leak for the dowel pin and attempted to drill into the offending o-ring and inject gasket maker to stop the leak. It didn't work though, maybe I was off of the o-ring a little but I am not certain. It also seems like they dyed the dash to match the interior as I attempted to wipe it down to clean it up and the dye came off a bit and now my dash looks streaky.
The exhaust is leaking at the header as one of the bolts is snapped off too. So there is a few things it needs badly but the worst is the rebuild to fix the dowel leak. So now I don't know if I want to rebuild the 12A, or look for a TII engine trans to replace it with. I do know that it needs to have a power adder in it one way or another.
Went with a friend of mine to picknpull and found a Brullen exhaust grabbed that for 28.00 so wasn't a complete loss. BTW there is a 300zx there with the VG30ET in it complete if anyone is interested. I should have pulled it but didn't feel like it lol.
The exhaust is leaking at the header as one of the bolts is snapped off too. So there is a few things it needs badly but the worst is the rebuild to fix the dowel leak. So now I don't know if I want to rebuild the 12A, or look for a TII engine trans to replace it with. I do know that it needs to have a power adder in it one way or another.
Went with a friend of mine to picknpull and found a Brullen exhaust grabbed that for 28.00 so wasn't a complete loss. BTW there is a 300zx there with the VG30ET in it complete if anyone is interested. I should have pulled it but didn't feel like it lol.
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03-18-12, 04:52 PM
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Sorry I should say a Brullen muffler. Sadly no rx's there, but just up the street there is a towing yard that has what looks like a targa sitting in it. I tried to go in but the yard was all locked up.
The 12A is a very unispiring engine lol. Went for a drive and took it all it had to hit 160.....downhill......with a tailwind.
The 12A is a very unispiring engine lol. Went for a drive and took it all it had to hit 160.....downhill......with a tailwind.
03-18-12, 07:23 PM
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looks like I am either going to flip this car and look for a different one, or build a blow through on the 12a and see what happens. Prolly a lot easier then the last one I built.
03-18-12, 08:59 PM
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03-19-12, 09:09 PM
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LOL is that a magnaflow exhaustake plenum?
That is awesome
That is awesome
http://www.theturboforums.com/smf/the-turbo-'builds'-board/my-86-twin-turbo-build/
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