Amagi82

hahahaha Yes, that is a pull starter off a snowblower attached to the alternator there. I attempted to attach it to the crank pulley but there wasnt room. The alternator will work just as well I wasnt even drinking when I thought of this, lol, thats the scary part. All in the name of weight reduction!!! hahaha

Amagi82

Oh yea, like my cold air intake??



And dont worry, the wires will be covered up just as soon as i finish the wiring to the engine bay

rotor vs. piston

Oh man, you got to be kidding me, a pull start ROFLMAO. I'm also rewiring my car, I'm done with the inside (lost about 3lbs of wire & 20lbs of "un-needed stuff") I want to go ahead and do the engine bay but the weather doesn't want me to.

Have fun.

inittab

and........ you can start the car with it?

Amagi82

actually i havent finished wiring up the alternator quite yet, but we'll find out pretty soon. I can turn the motor pretty well with the pull starter... it remains to be seen if it will start though, lol

Manntis

and the handle doesn't whirl around under the hood, striking your alternator, hood, etc. before getting tangled in the belt?

Amagi82

no, it will be attached properly when I feel like attaching it properly... but right now I can just pull start it and pull the pull starter piece right off, and throw it under my seat and go

mar3

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Manntis, that sig is so not right....feel like clubbin' seals today?

Keaponlaffen

dude, if you can actually start your car with it, you HAVE to get a video of that, and post it here! That would be hilarious to get out at the gas station and pop your hood to pull-start your car

Amagi82

hahaha, I'll see what I can do

Rotary7s

Your gonan have Popey arms...

Well atlease 1.lol

Pedestrian X

if your that serious abou weight restriction mebbe you could ditch the sotck blue airbox thingy plop thataluminium hose stuff over top the carb and stick a cone K&N type filter at the other end of the hose??

Manntis

it cracks me up

kid takes a volleyball in the face and falls on her bum. As you can see by the arc of the ball it wasn't going very fast - just enough for slapstick comedy.

AdrenalifeRX7

Eventually that belt is gonna slip. That's not good for the alternator bearings either.

Wankelguy

If that pull starter will actually start the car, I'll eat a bug. That cold air intake will work a hell of a lot better if you hacksaw the restrictive part of the air horn off the aircleaner housing, too. Personally, I'd be ashamed to post a pic showing my engine looking so corroded and filthy, but to each his own, eh?

Amagi82

K&N air filters cost money. I'll do something with the intake once i have some cash.

Amagi82

Hey, the engine bay is 10 times cleaner than it was when I bought it!! lol. The camera also makes it look way worse than it is.

pratch

Cleaner or not...

If you want weight reduction, try taking some purple stuff to that engine bay (don't let it soak too long or bye-bye aluminum). You have to have 10 pounds of sludge in there at least!

And yes - I'm speaking from personal experience... want to see the pics?

Before...




After



This was before removing the rats nest. Hell, this is the weekend that we killed it and did the tutorial, actually

Lookieme

Brings new meaning to the phrase:

"Dude, that car sounds like a lawnmower!"

Directfreak

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That won't work. If you want to remove the starter, then push start it.

MIKE-P-28

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LET ME SEE IF i GET THIS RIGHT? You want to remove the starter and the battery , so you can reduce weight to make the car faster? A stock 12A is never gonna be fast... Spend your time on some mods rather than fruitless tasks

Keaponlaffen

I'm assuming he's doing the pull-starter thing as a joke?

Amagi82

lol, this is my beater car. The car was in the 14s when it was over 250lbs heavier than it is now. Not to mention I havent even made my exhaust system yet, it still has the stock first cat. This car WILL hit 13s, stock port, NA, no nitrus. I'm doing this just to prove its possible. Just because I can. I'll bridge or PPort it some time in the future when I have some money to burn.

And guess what, a 13 second car is plenty to kill the local ricers and embarass a few V8s. No cash + lots of time = having fun and doing what you can to make your crap cars faster

OtakuRX

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Well, you do have a unique idea, hope it works just for how damn funny it will be.

MIKE-P-28

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13's in the 1/4 mile? man you are smoking