Saturdays In Raleigh, Nc
05-16-05, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Smoken'
Got the TII running cool today. I replaced the replaced the thermostat with the oem one, put back in my stock cooling fan, and put in a bottle of Water Weter. It is now sitting rock solid at 180 degrees. Now i just have to put my bumper back on and see how hot she runs.
05-17-05, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Smoken'
Got the TII running cool today. I replaced the replaced the thermostat with the oem one, put back in my stock cooling fan, and put in a bottle of Water Weter. It is now sitting rock solid at 180 degrees. Now i just have to put my bumper back on and see how hot she runs.
05-17-05, 10:12 AM
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The thermostat thing is weird... I have an aftermarket 180 degree thermostat I got from autozone with a 1/8" hole drilled into it. When I installed it the whole car ran much cooler on the stock temperature gauge. Before it would get a little higher than halfway up when it was warm outside. Now it's maybe a quarter of the way up when it's warm out, which is about where the car ran in cold weather with the old thermostat. I believe the old one was OEM but had no hole in it.
05-17-05, 08:59 PM
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Hey Y'all, I am back from Tennessee and it is good to be back in NC. I really hated missing the drive-in Saturday but thought about what was going on in Raleigh. How was the turn out and what happened? Saw Josh's post about blowing away the Camaro, I hope he gave you his license plate for your garage wall.
The trip to Tenn wasn't a total waste of time I found a red FB in very good shape at a used car lot in Clarksville. The exterior was in good shape and the black interior was in pretty good shape as well, it had a total of 112,000+ miles on the speedometer. I didn't get a chance to drive it or look under the hood though to see what it was really like. It looked like an early model FB with an analog clock in the dash and they were asking $2795 for the car. I thought that was a high for a 20 year old car.
I can't tell you how hard it was to stay on I-40 past Asheville instead of turning south on 74 to go down to Fontana Village.
Steve glad to hear that the OEM thermostat seems to have fixed the hot running problem for you, I'm also really surprised that it couls make that much difference.
The trip to Tenn wasn't a total waste of time I found a red FB in very good shape at a used car lot in Clarksville. The exterior was in good shape and the black interior was in pretty good shape as well, it had a total of 112,000+ miles on the speedometer. I didn't get a chance to drive it or look under the hood though to see what it was really like. It looked like an early model FB with an analog clock in the dash and they were asking $2795 for the car. I thought that was a high for a 20 year old car.
I can't tell you how hard it was to stay on I-40 past Asheville instead of turning south on 74 to go down to Fontana Village.
Steve glad to hear that the OEM thermostat seems to have fixed the hot running problem for you, I'm also really surprised that it couls make that much difference.
05-17-05, 09:26 PM
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oooook guys since i finally found some time before finals here are the pics as promised ENJOY!
Rays nice GTU
how steve was keeping cool
Gregs always nice S5 TII
Josh's mighty FD
Mikes work in progress
My hatch load of parts
he he he humour
The line up before i left
Jasons nice little TII
Guys i have one last thing to say, next meet will be the last meet that my 10th Anniversary will be attending the RRDI meets still rotary powered. once i get back from the meet it will go into my garage for its transformation into my northstar V8 powered budget supercar.
yes it is a sad time but my transformation will yeild alot of TII parts and a whole TII drivetrain. so watch out everyone i will be attending the rest of the summer meets in the caddy to take pictures and still hang out with you great people!!
Rays nice GTU
how steve was keeping cool
Gregs always nice S5 TII
Josh's mighty FD
Mikes work in progress
My hatch load of parts
he he he humour
The line up before i left
Jasons nice little TII
Guys i have one last thing to say, next meet will be the last meet that my 10th Anniversary will be attending the RRDI meets still rotary powered. once i get back from the meet it will go into my garage for its transformation into my northstar V8 powered budget supercar.
yes it is a sad time but my transformation will yeild alot of TII parts and a whole TII drivetrain. so watch out everyone i will be attending the rest of the summer meets in the caddy to take pictures and still hang out with you great people!!
05-18-05, 06:45 AM
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hey barry i dont think i ever got to ask you. why a northstar and not an lt1 or ls1. is it a matter of weight? i know an ls1 with the aluminum block and heads(which is all of em) only adds something negligible, like 70-80lbs to the front end over a stock FD, I would think the numbers are similar for an FC.
bert, i think i would have made the detour and run the gap. hell i might have skipped the reunion all together and
steve, i think the whole FMIC is highly overrated. driving my car hard-ish on the back roads yields 225+ probably higher, but i slowed down. I am gonna hook my fans to run fulltime, and maybe drill the thermo like ray was talking about (hell for summer I thought about taking it all the way out, but I am gonna try the fans thing first). I am also going to try and get some ducting going, to help route the air. all in all i wish i would have gone with a v-mount setup, but it would have been 2 times the $$$
bert, i think i would have made the detour and run the gap. hell i might have skipped the reunion all together and
steve, i think the whole FMIC is highly overrated. driving my car hard-ish on the back roads yields 225+ probably higher, but i slowed down. I am gonna hook my fans to run fulltime, and maybe drill the thermo like ray was talking about (hell for summer I thought about taking it all the way out, but I am gonna try the fans thing first). I am also going to try and get some ducting going, to help route the air. all in all i wish i would have gone with a v-mount setup, but it would have been 2 times the $$$
05-18-05, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Smoken'
I saw one in the autotrader last night. Had a rebuild with streetport, only had like 200 miles on the engine. It said it was done by clean and fast.
05-18-05, 07:40 AM
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well a decent FD is gonna be around 12-15K. a crapped out one might go for about 6-7 if you don't mind an auto, or a blown engine. Also, if you plan on modding, everything is going to be at least 1.5 times the price of the equivalent mod for a FC.
05-18-05, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by impulsive-rx7
Great pics man.
The latest news is that I'm not going to Iraq..... go figure.
SOOOO, my plans are back on for deals gap, I'm thinking Independence day weekend.
The latest news is that I'm not going to Iraq..... go figure.
SOOOO, my plans are back on for deals gap, I'm thinking Independence day weekend.
05-18-05, 10:12 AM
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Stereo help in Raleigh
I would love to come by to give someone the opportunity to make a little cash installing my stereo on their own time. Ive got a Sony detachable face some sony speakers, and amp and sub. If there will be anyone there to give me some advice or to offer to do the job......it would be great!
Cory
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05-18-05, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by AntiVenom7
hey barry i dont think i ever got to ask you. why a northstar and not an lt1 or ls1. is it a matter of weight? i know an ls1 with the aluminum block and heads(which is all of em) only adds something negligible, like 70-80lbs to the front end over a stock FD, I would think the numbers are similar for an FC.
bert, i think i would have made the detour and run the gap. hell i might have skipped the reunion all together and
steve, i think the whole FMIC is highly overrated. driving my car hard-ish on the back roads yields 225+ probably higher, but i slowed down. I am gonna hook my fans to run fulltime, and maybe drill the thermo like ray was talking about (hell for summer I thought about taking it all the way out, but I am gonna try the fans thing first). I am also going to try and get some ducting going, to help route the air. all in all i wish i would have gone with a v-mount setup, but it would have been 2 times the $$$
bert, i think i would have made the detour and run the gap. hell i might have skipped the reunion all together and
steve, i think the whole FMIC is highly overrated. driving my car hard-ish on the back roads yields 225+ probably higher, but i slowed down. I am gonna hook my fans to run fulltime, and maybe drill the thermo like ray was talking about (hell for summer I thought about taking it all the way out, but I am gonna try the fans thing first). I am also going to try and get some ducting going, to help route the air. all in all i wish i would have gone with a v-mount setup, but it would have been 2 times the $$$
05-18-05, 11:09 AM
#3392
I can give you all the advice you need, but due to things like brittle plastic pieces breaking, I prefer not to touch other people's cars.
Does it have the stock stereo in it now? If so, it's easy enough to go to Circuit City and pick up a wiring harness that will plug into the stock wiring so you don't have to butcher it. Or, you can get it online at www.crutchfield.com. The Crutchfield kits are better, but the CC ones get the job done.
Does it have the stock stereo in it now? If so, it's easy enough to go to Circuit City and pick up a wiring harness that will plug into the stock wiring so you don't have to butcher it. Or, you can get it online at www.crutchfield.com. The Crutchfield kits are better, but the CC ones get the job done.
Originally Posted by reeducator
I would love to come by to give someone the opportunity to make a little cash installing my stereo on their own time. Ive got a Sony detachable face some sony speakers, and amp and sub. If there will be anyone there to give me some advice or to offer to do the job......it would be great!
Cory
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Cory
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05-18-05, 06:14 PM
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Hey guys.
I've got a pair of Centerline Telstars that I'm looking to sell. They are 15x8 with 5" of backspacing and 5x4.5 (so they'll fit the 5 lug cars). Crash Test Joey has or had a set on his 2nd gen with 275/50's and they rubbed. That's a fairly wide tire though with an 11" section width.
What they look like on an FC: http://www.torquecentral.com/showthread.php?t=23107
Here's one of the wheels. They're both in really good shape and I've got center caps.
I'm looking for $175 for the two wheels if anyone is interested. They'd be good for the strip.
I've got a pair of Centerline Telstars that I'm looking to sell. They are 15x8 with 5" of backspacing and 5x4.5 (so they'll fit the 5 lug cars). Crash Test Joey has or had a set on his 2nd gen with 275/50's and they rubbed. That's a fairly wide tire though with an 11" section width.
What they look like on an FC: http://www.torquecentral.com/showthread.php?t=23107
Here's one of the wheels. They're both in really good shape and I've got center caps.
I'm looking for $175 for the two wheels if anyone is interested. They'd be good for the strip.
05-18-05, 08:27 PM
#3397
Mechanical Engineering
Originally Posted by AntiVenom7
hey barry i dont think i ever got to ask you. why a northstar and not an lt1 or ls1. is it a matter of weight? i know an ls1 with the aluminum block and heads(which is all of em) only adds something negligible, like 70-80lbs to the front end over a stock FD, I would think the numbers are similar for an FC.
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and another thing, no one has ever done a northstar swap into an FC; i want to be the first and maybe only.
05-18-05, 09:11 PM
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does anyone need any red carpet i have the main front piece and the back piece in really good clean condition and i also have an s5 black headline and back carpet in o.k condition if no one wants any of it im throwing it away. eric
05-18-05, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Smoken'
Are the tires anygood? I dont have any cash but i still have a ton of parts. You need anything?
They're still pretty good. The wear indicators are 3/32" deep. Something happened to one of them though.
It looks rough, but it's not too bad IMO. I'm not sure what happened to it.
I don't really need any parts though.