today i finally found my coolant "leak".

pin hole by upper hose on resivor of radiator that was "misting" the coolant to atmosphere, but never leaving a puddle or residue. took me a few weeks to find this one lol.

 

dialing in my truck for upcoming auto cross handles so well now and is setup for me in the truck so my camber goes even with me in it

and yes my toe is off .1 but ya never even notice it lol

 

Last time I went to get aligned their tool that clamps the wheel didn't clear my fender. Gonna have to take them off to do it next time lol.

 

they should just turn the clamp 90deg. that's what I had to do when I worked at Firestone

 

The posts that grab the wheel werent long enough. He tried rotating it, but with all my camber on a stock rim its pretty buried into the fender.

He also seemed baffled that a 78 back frame uses coil springs, and that the upper arms center shaft is mounted to the back of the spring cup. So shims = negative camber, not positive camber like typical setups.

I will replace all my balljoints, tie rods and bushings this fall and align it myself. Its always a battle to find a shop that can handle more than a mild drop on anything.

 

Today I decided to paint some stuff on my truck. I have half a quart of gloss black rustoleum brush on paint. I painted my brake booster and master cylinder, my passenger side motor mount and that side of the engine crossmember, my steering box and shaft, and the drivers side of the frame along the outer edge, and the leaf spring. I will finish blacking everything out tomorrow. Need to do a little more degreasing and move a few items out of the way for the rest. Ill get pics tomorrow of whats done when its dry

 

dynoed my truck the other day 106 and 190 torq

not bad for n/a eh ps it's not diesel just a 22re

 

I saw your numbers. That was the 94 yeah? What kinda mods do you have? I hope my 20/22r carbed combo puts down bigger numbers than that. I understand the 7M truck now

 

I don't have 7m truck motor is to big for one any who

I do have 7m in my supra that going to be running soon just have to find a new trubo to run that will go with my new clinder head going for 9000 rpm of pure omg

mods are in my build thread really

 

Thought ya had a supra motor in a truck. Read it wrong. Ill check your thread again.

 

Today on my truck some more rainbow lorikeets shat on it


I have the engine out and might do some re blacking

It was leaving smoke screen behind it and with the head off continued to leave oil on the bores on every cycle leaving me thinking the oil rings are not doing there job even though the engine has only done 30, 000 original miles

 

camshaft came in yesterday. now i need to go do homework on putting in a cam properly so i dont end up with a huge paper weight lol.

anyone just reuse the stock rockers? a quick search showed almost $300-$400 for a new set? f that...

 

cam

you can use the old rockers just might be a little noisy if they are worn.What size cam did you get.I always loosen all the tappit screws so the are super loose.Get some assembly lube and lube the cam bearings genorously and slap it down.Set the timing mark before you tighten it down and thats about it.

 

only way you can really damage the cam is to not adjust rockers to the new cam or do it wrong and make the too tight.

 

Like he said, set the adjusters to zero. Flat with the base of the rocker arm where it meets the valve. Then torque the cam bearings and head bolts back down. Is strongly advise a new head gasket while you have it apart. Little more work, but no risk of the old one being compromised from releasing its torque.

And I reused the same set of aluminum rockers on my last 3 engines with no issues. If the adjuster studs ever wear out they are fairly cheap to replace and if the arm itself that rides on the cam goes bad ill find another rocker assembly. I just recycled like 3 sets of steel rockers last week. They're junk.

 

Today I used my truck to get me a new job. At an auto repair shop about half hour north of me. I really dig it. Been wanting back into that field for five years since I left my last shop. So expect some shameless self promotion as we ramp things up and start doing it big there. I'm gonna talk boss man into turning it into partial custom stuff not just mechanical repair.

 

Nice! half hour north of Lynnwood, so Marysville area? I missed Summer Slam but will not miss PSTOC Toyotafest. You plan on going?

 

I thought I already missed PSTOF this year lol. I went a few years back in Tacoma. Bunch of use yota guys rolled down. Shonuff and his buddies mostly.

And I haven't lived in Lynnwood for a year and a half. I never got around to changing it. I'm out in snohomish now, which is like 20 mins east. The shop is called Arlington Automotive. 168th and Smokey Point Blvd. there's a bikini coffee stand and a gas station/liquor store combo in the parking lot. So I KNOW I'm gonna love it.

 

someone notice anything.... different?



(2am tryin to sleep...? let me play you the song of my people)

also, ive been helping my buddies lower, customize, or repair their trucks n cars.

here's mark's truck with recently painted n refinished polished lips on his crown vic's. all neatly wrapped in 205/40/16's










RJ's truck also went lower... much lower. same similar setup on the crown vic's but he is using a 205/45/16 tire instead.




average SD Yota garage day...



helped my friend also add some more style to her ride and swapped out the old gsr fat fives for some wider more offset xxr banana sports.





we also got richard slammin with HIS new crown vic wheel setup n 4runner front end conversion




4 speed to 5 speed transmission swap for mark's truck too...




so yea. been BUSY AS FUK!! whew!

 

Nice bozo pipes. Looks slick.

At first I was like, sweet Vic rims. Then I saw more. And more. And got as bored about them as starions. You know other cars have rims to rob too right?