Technology Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 lol, of course! Happy to help. I finally learned how to search for exactly what I wanted in jegs or summit search engines. if you know the sizes, the angle you want, and all that, just type: 3/8 to -8AN 45 with that 45 as the angle. I was surprised at how many fittings are out there. Really anything you can think of for our cars. I got walbro 255 outlet to -6AN straight fittings, 3/8 NPT to straight nipple oil drain fittings, etc. The only hard part is finding out the thread pitch sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted April 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 got around the issue of the water neck..http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/E004AD1B-B68A-4B71-811C-4BC41478B2CF-2849-0000034771DD5FA1_zps9d30a952.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/A3C323CD-9EBC-4D7B-8879-A2422A5CB7C9-2849-000003478E0FAB58_zps96801430.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/1DC0A5EC-6CFC-49DD-ABF0-C41793ECE6EF-2849-000003479B3CCD4A_zps083c1d22.jpgand welded on the flange for the Forge BOV I got from Brian Paul.....http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/93E8202E-64E5-4AA3-B948-5D2A8A6C2CA0-2849-00000347A415BE62_zpsbaa056a1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Got all my parts to re do my exhaust. I must say it has been a learning experience having my exhaust like this. My floating on bushings idea for the interior of the car didn't have any longevity, the heat ruined the bushings and the exhaust would flop with motor movement. No muffler but two resonators was exhilarating for a while but now it's just loud and having your radio turned up to 40 just for easy listening is old also. The fumes got pretty old too, every day your clothes smell like exhaust is not a good thing. This is really bad if you're sweating, it soaks into your skin. It happened because of the vortexes that happen on the sided of the car. Contrary to popular belief the air running down the side isn't really running down the side, it's billowing like the clouds in the sky. and what I've found is my exhaust shoots exhaust into this cloud and it flows into the window.http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/19B7BBBB-99E5-4521-92F5-373B836FCC95-672-00000111084FDE61_zpsad83ced0.jpgI'm going to solid mount the exhaust in the back with a flex pipe right before it goes into the car and have a flex pipe in the down pipe to absorb the vibration. I'm still going to have the two resonators but I'm going to put a muffler on it also to ramp that sound down. Going with a heavier gauge of pipe also. For the exhaust fumes I'm going to utilize canards to route the air differently... Should be fun, next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidjc Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Very, very smooth! & Way Kool! Been great reading & watching... & certainly great learning! Thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Making my new exhaust tip, you start out with a U...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/EFECC7BB-6CDB-497A-9354-6E0394416813-6494-00000A34FAE36F4C_zpsc96a0601.jpgCut out the middle and plane edges flat with a file to make sure they line up perfectly...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/640BCD27-917C-49B2-A575-899482BFDBED-6494-00000A3517252826_zps5565e76e.jpgWeld them together, don't worry about the middle not getting the middle, when you cut off the end you can weld in there..http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/E07D21DB-D05A-4B99-862C-5FE4B13CE0D5-6494-00000A352E51E0AF_zpse13518c5.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/EFDF2E25-F3FA-4BA8-AED3-345477EF4F2F-6494-00000A353D406FA3_zps9aff495c.jpgWas planning on having my exhaust done today but I didn't have 3" exhaust flanges and of course no muffler shop in all of Las Vegas had them either... so I wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 the next round of clear. Masked in the boothhttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/105D094A-539D-499E-A455-0D973496548C-1809-0000025D7C6A0CB4_zpsa6a8eeb4.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/DDA51531-80AA-44D4-B7DB-B2476FC7BDC3-1809-0000025DA33AEC6A_zps6d8f84b4.jpgCleared....http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/7B352392-7DBB-4A2A-9293-1AD08BB6266E-1809-0000025DB96EC4A5_zps4b67a90d.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/5D796A30-29CE-49CB-8E71-EF92AD192289-1809-0000025DC7B77878_zps54c18a66.jpgfinished...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/11C5051B-C1D1-4CF2-9AE2-FC442EC6A06F-1809-0000025DD4DC3599_zps4adfcc5b.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/839FF6CA-3A57-4E4E-902B-A12DD646A461-1809-0000025DE7D79513_zps55d26c62.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/E25A6A4C-6B07-43D4-B77C-3BD1DA529084-1809-0000025DF356BD79_zps7bc529ab.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/5FE66750-19DB-41F0-974A-EB3056988C7F-1809-0000025E0A58FD3E_zpsb9ff7eb7.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/A3715BD9-417B-43D6-875C-5D9A343A5FB2-1809-0000025E25284B4A_zps52f0ba1e.jpgTomorrow I'm going to block the whole thing with 1500 wet on the long board, get the graphic pinstriped and reclear the whole thing again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taeisallin Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 You're sick dude!That's some meticulous work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) It looks awesome man, but I still dont understand the reason for 18 stages of paint. Its going to look like an everlasting gob stopper when you get a paint chip.. My bumper is like that cause I've painted it 4 times. Edited May 15, 2013 by Convette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) It looks awesome man, but I still dont understand the reason for 18 stages of paint. Its going to look like an everlasting gob stopper when you get a paint chip.. My bumper is like that cause I've painted it 4 times.it doesn't have a lot of color on it, just more clear. so the likelihood that a chip gets all the way through to the color is is slim, in most cases I'd be doing a touch up with a dab of clear coat. If is does get through to the color, I have the advantage of having a paint booth...lol, that I hope won't be necessary. The reason for all the clear is the depth in the paint. The thicker the clear, the shinier and deep the appearance. This isn't true for all clears, but it's something I used to do for the show cars and bikes I would paint and similar to the process of priming and blocking then re-priming and blocking. I'm going to block the clear then re-clear and block then buff, the blocking and buff take off about a mil of paint. It looks amazing, much better on metallic paints but amazing none the less on solids. EDIT inexpensive clears shrink for a very long time and will crack if it's too thick, name brand high solids clears shrink for a day then they are done. You can build them more. Edited May 16, 2013 by mistapickles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Got my flanges and found the same muffler I had on my previous Starquest for $60... it made my car sound like a v8 truck, love love...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/329C0AF1-0F5C-4ECC-90E0-C49D4757A6DD-3012-00000466FA712392_zps51375a58.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/FA031D26-1523-43DA-A066-6356B215B8C9-3806-000005C52092C415_zps779d71a9.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Dude i like the paint work and the detail you done to the car.wish you were on the east coast man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknorthstar Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 what is the part # for your magnaflow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 what is the part # for your magnaflow?Magnaflow 12619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknorthstar Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thanks , and your car looks incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Thanks , and your car looks incredible!Thank you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted May 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 getting the exhaust tip placed.... I'm extending the tip to prevent exhaust being pulled into the car through the bezel I made. Sticks out pretty good, I'm thinking cop magnet...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/67A55C1D-A19A-46B4-985C-45E3EE729292-9383-00000D1859E2F19E_zps19d8c33c.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/E187D750-B030-4263-9F99-526EA3BAB0B9-9383-00000D184EB42BED_zpse8fe9525.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/26942BA6-3FAC-41ED-AF34-E83E8424D8A8-9383-00000D182EA70B36_zpsa3b7476a.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taeisallin Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 That's gonna wreak havoc on parked cars. In NYC, you'll wake up the whole block and most cars that have alarms. Gangsta dude! Love it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 It looks much better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 So I was on a Caribbean cruise for a week and on my plane trip back I was fortunate enough to sit next to an aerodynamics engineer from Boeing. We got to talking about this odd canard on the engine and he blew my mind on everything about my car's aerodynamics... So it looks like I'm redoing, maybe replacing, my rear wing and there are some things that are going to change on my car... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) So I was on a Caribbean cruise for a week and on my plane trip back I was fortunate enough to sit next to an aerodynamics engineer from Boeing. We got to talking about this odd canard on the engine and he blew my mind on everything about my car's aerodynamics... So it looks like I'm redoing, maybe replacing, my rear wing and there are some things that are going to change on my car...Isn't that the way it always is? As soon as you get close to done, you think of all the stuff you could have changed or done differently and have to start all over again LOL Diggin that paint scheme too... IIRC that was the design I liked the best out of the 1-2 dozen you put up. Good job. Edited June 3, 2013 by Burton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Tip looks awesome. I just hope you got that welded 360 degrees where they meet together. Its gonna put mad fumes in the car if not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Tip looks awesome. I just hope you got that welded 360 degrees where they meet together. Its gonna put mad fumes in the car if not.taking my time, I put flanges on it this time... who knows, maybe this won't be a one off this time.... lol. I just want to see what the long term test of this setup will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) getting the tip together...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/D1407025-2BAC-4317-8F48-0576D30A8C95-314-000000DA9B602560_zps927212dd.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/5D385EDD-01DA-4094-9547-C3FFFF0874FA-314-000000DAB2A386B1_zps0875d598.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/726AE644-A920-43D1-98D6-8E16DD97DAAF-314-000000DAC51D9497_zpsea036d7d.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/AA8CA91A-5992-4EAC-B3A0-458051A33621-314-000000DAD829B3AC_zpsf0d2bb2e.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/E07BE307-5233-44AC-A8C3-7F07C40ED321-314-000000DAE6BCD1C9_zpscf1425c3.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/81E43D9A-52D6-457F-A99A-BC073FFD7361-314-000000DAF1FE2934_zps622d9b99.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/CF5CBB1C-0351-4921-8DD4-3171AEA54264-314-000000DAFF9FCAA4_zps001e8672.jpg Edited June 4, 2013 by mistapickles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 finalizing the cabin portion of the exhaust... got a coupler to help with alignment.http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/3B0D7A7B-B806-45A6-A55C-B6498D384438-258-0000004411E7320B_zpsdab51e4b.jpgfit everything together... don't laugh at my hammer balancing my exhaust on those stickshttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/AD82133C-E7E6-4A45-AFAA-5D8DA8A0FE46-258-000000445955C2AC_zpse8d9c76b.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/0882E9F3-4C29-4445-AE6D-92C366DB8629-258-00000044484F25DF_zpsdb062f25.jpghttp://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/AA25F34C-0764-4CEB-A4E6-ACB3185CCEDC-258-00000044327B63CB_zps9180180a.jpglined up my mounting brackets...http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/18E0E88D-AF9B-46AD-ABEB-53C92146E515-258-000000446D571AC3_zps502b1959.jpgbuttoned everything....http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/0DF2D373-528C-4643-8F41-F0A29F05A3D5-258-000000447853EFE1_zps3df53c1d.jpgwelded... permanent....http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo278/mistapickles/FEBCB4D0-8378-4F61-B3A8-3A32038C0403-258-0000004484D3BECB_zps0eaf4576.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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