other than motorcycle winter projects

[ANIMOSITY]

Lots a sweet cars here.

My winter projects other then my bike, is a new south bend clutch, and fuel system, for my powerstroke.

And for my cobra, Ive got a a Built 5.4 Navi motor with worked over 03 cobra heads to swap in. Then Make my Procharger D1 fit it all. Will need to sell the old cobra motor to be able to afford a few odds and ends to finish.

Thats if I don't sell it all and buy something else to work on. I hate mod Motors.

 

[snrusnak]

Sweet setup!! I think you'll hit your number A buddy of mine has a 95' GT coupe with a similar setup but he went 331, Vic JR efi manifold, huge single turbo and is on E85. He's had that setup for years now, puts down 1268 on 30psi!!!!

Holy turbo batman! That thing is massive!

 

[BuellyBagger]

@ramairz. I see a couple of midyear corvettes in ur shop. Ill have to snap a couple pics of the customer car being built where I work. We've built quite a few vettes here most for the owner of the dealership.
Here's apic of one we did a few years back its a 64 with a street shops tube chassis alll aluminum c4 susp. And a ls7.

 

[snrusnak]

^^^^^^drool

 

[Fatty SS]

I *was* all excited about my non-bike projects untilyou guys started posting your cars.

I'm giving my house a much needed makeover. We've got new furniture on order, which is a big start. As soon as my tax return comes in, I'll be replacing all the carpet in my house with laminate flooring. I've already replaced most of the light fixtures and only have two chandeliers to replace and that'll be done. I also just replaced all the interior door knobs and closet pulls and such. Went from ugly 80's brass to oil rubbed bronze with everything. It'll feel like a whole new house when it's done. After I'm finished on the house, I've got some serious heat management work to do on my XB9R and a minor fuel leak to repair on my wife's SV. Actually, she'll be fixing her own bike, but I'll be there to 'supervise'.

 

[snrusnak]

I'm giving my house a much needed makeover. We've got new furniture on order, which is a big start. As soon as my tax return comes in, I'll be replacing all the carpet in my house with laminate flooring. I've already replaced most of the light fixtures and only have two chandeliers to replace and that'll be done. I also just replaced all the interior door knobs and closet pulls and such. Went from ugly 80's brass to oil rubbed bronze with everything. It'll feel like a whole new house when it's done. After I'm finished on the house, I've got some serious heat management work to do on my XB9R and a minor fuel leak to repair on my wife's SV. Actually, she'll be fixing her own bike, but I'll be there to 'supervise'.

Hey man that's just as exciting! When we bought our house(foreclosure, in bad shape) we spent a lot of time working on it before moving in. We scraped all the popcorn off the ceilings, painted the entire house in and out, replaced every outlet, switch, light fixture, etc, new appliances, and like you said it truly feels like a completely different place. It's worth the time/effort. It is where you spend most of your time, after all. I'd hate to be one of those that lives in their old worn out house for 20 years then remodels it to sell it.

 

[thrstrmech]

just replaced the water heater, GE 50 gallon, 38,000 BTU unit, those dang "SharkBite" couplings are the s!#@, finally hot water after a couple of days without

^^^very nice vett, still dreaming for a black on black split window in my garage

 

[Loki]

It took a couple of days for your water heater to give you hot water?

 

[RamAirZ]

Holy turbo batman!  That thing is massive!

That's what she said!!! Seriously though, that thing makes peak power and tq all under 6K, comes on nice. Most of the dyno runs you see a "slip" around 3K because it'll break the tires loose a bit lol. I can't find his graph on E85 but here was on an old tune, 30psi on C16 and he's running a Bullseye S380:

At 14psi he's over 700 as well. Also thought he was using Trickflow but they are Vic Jr heads with just some valve and spring work, no porting

@ramairz. I see a couple of midyear corvettes in ur shop. Ill have to snap a couple pics of the customer car being built where I work. We've built quite a few vettes here most for the owner of the dealership.
Here's apic of one we did a few years back its a 64 with a street shops tube chassis alll aluminum c4 susp. And a ls7.

That's a sweet vette!!! Love the stinger hood. I bet that thing screams, love the LS7. The vert is a 63' and the 63' split window body you see is for a pro-mod car. It goes to this (it's a spare, he's debating if he wants to build another car with it, it has a full cage already that it's sitting over):

The guy that owns it also has a new ZR1

 

[snrusnak]

That's what she said!!! Seriously though, that thing makes peak power and tq all under 6K, comes on nice. Most of the dyno runs you see a "slip" around 3K because it'll break the tires loose a bit lol. I can't find his graph on E85 but here was on an old tune, 30psi on C16 and he's running a Bullseye S380:

I live off goldenrod road, that's like 5-10 minutes from my house. That is very impressive.

^^^^ZR1 drool...

 

[thrstrmech]

Loki...na, it took an hour...went out mid day last week Thursday, ordered new one, got it late Friday evening and installed it

 

[mowgoli84]

My winter project is this s-15. Texas truck til about 6 months ago, NO RUST!

355 SBC Making at peak hp 389 @ 5500rpms, and torque 409 @ 4000 rpms.
Turbo 350 Trans
Posi and 4:10 gears out of a z28 camaro
Full Flow master exhaust
B&M Ratchet & all the autometer gauges
Truck weighs around 2300 lbs

This winter:

Paint!
Working on redoing the interior with hushmat, new insulation and carpet.
Weld Pro Star Rims, skinnies up front and 275 drag radials in the back.

Working on getting it ready for car craft nationals in St. Paul this July if anyone else makes it out to that.

Future plans... LS1 Turbo

 

[dannenvance]

Full gut and reno of our downstairs bathroom incl new tile, wall texture, remove popcorn from ceiling, new vanity/counter/sink/plumbing & paint.

 

[snrusnak]

Full gut and reno of our downstairs bathroom incl new tile, wall texture, remove popcorn from ceiling, new vanity/counter/sink/plumbing & paint.

How are you going about removing the popcorn/texture?

 

[BuellyBagger]

Well heres a little up date on my winter project, which will likely continue on into spring.
4wd junk installed and tested
Exhuast built (straight pipe with baffled tip)
Electric fan (from chevy cobalt) installed running hayden fan controller
Fenders fitted, still need to sand and prime them
Front Bumper/ Brush gaurd built
Roll cage unwrapped from the packageing

To Do:
Weld cage and paint it
Paint front clip
Bedliner bumpers
Replace windshield
Replace soft top brace
Install speakers and cd player
and lots of other odds and ends

 

[BuellyBagger]

FYI i designed the bumper by building it out of cardboard b4 steal so i dont waste ne metal (im on a budget cant afford to wasted good metal)

And heres the project going on next to mine its a 68 VW with a slightly tuned up 1600 dual port its getting a cage and racing buckets. I think hes gonna finish it as a patina rod. Its being built by the 16yr old son of My friend/slash co-worker that owns the shop im doing the geo at. Of course with a lil help from his old man.

 

[thrstrmech]

my 16 yr old son has a 68 baja bug, needs new floor pans and paint job...we get our parts locally from JS Bugs in Oceanside, they have almost everything one would need if you're doing a full on restoration

 

[BuellyBagger]

Vid of the geo running first test on the jack stands about a month ago.

 

[BuellyBagger]

maybe i did that wrong??? heres the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8S1ivAe_I

 

[xb12rs]

Here is my my winter project. My 2001 Camaro ss 6 speed cammed with 62,000 miles

Recently painted calipers to match car.

Installed these kooks 1 7/8 headers

Also did what we call the wire mod
Took this

And turned into this

.
Hid a few ground wires etc to clean its looks up.I'm sure I forgot some stuff.