Hi I'm new and I'm here to mess with Fendamonkey
03-18-09, 06:12 PM
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Hi I'm new and I'm here to mess with Fendamonkey
Yes, that's right, I too am a forum *****. But I'm here to keep up to date on what Levi (aka Fendamonkey) has been trying to do to his RX7. I figured this was easiest.
But I like to break cars too. I am the former owner of a 2003 Civic that was putting down just under 400whp to it's one drivewheel (open differential FTL) until I had a horsepower side effect when the MAP sensor blew out of the intake mani at 18psi and around 7K on the fun gauge. Rebuilt the head, re-ringed the pistons and re-honed the bores, couldn't get it to run right again. So I parted the entire car out, cut it up, and sold it for scrap.
See? A Honda Civic fits in the back of a Nissan pickup.
Time for a new project. I picked up a 1966 Volvo Amazon that was mint. It comes with an inline, pushrod 4-banger. Yeah, that's coming out soon and I'm going to shoehorn a an L98 350 in it from a '90 Corvette with the matching 6-speed ZF tranny. Good times. I'm tired of tuning OBD-2 and SOHC 4-cylinder motors, so she's getting a carb. I'm undecided about whether I'm going to stroke the motor to a 383 or just do a 355 build on it. The car is wicked light (2400 pounds in stock form) so I may just do the 355 so I don't have a fiery death at the end of some corner. We'll see.
I'm excited. Even in the 35-degree rain.
I love this little car.
Dual carbs on a 4-cylinder. No thanks. Carburetor is French for "Don't **** with it."
But I like to break cars too. I am the former owner of a 2003 Civic that was putting down just under 400whp to it's one drivewheel (open differential FTL) until I had a horsepower side effect when the MAP sensor blew out of the intake mani at 18psi and around 7K on the fun gauge. Rebuilt the head, re-ringed the pistons and re-honed the bores, couldn't get it to run right again. So I parted the entire car out, cut it up, and sold it for scrap.
See? A Honda Civic fits in the back of a Nissan pickup.
Time for a new project. I picked up a 1966 Volvo Amazon that was mint. It comes with an inline, pushrod 4-banger. Yeah, that's coming out soon and I'm going to shoehorn a an L98 350 in it from a '90 Corvette with the matching 6-speed ZF tranny. Good times. I'm tired of tuning OBD-2 and SOHC 4-cylinder motors, so she's getting a carb. I'm undecided about whether I'm going to stroke the motor to a 383 or just do a 355 build on it. The car is wicked light (2400 pounds in stock form) so I may just do the 355 so I don't have a fiery death at the end of some corner. We'll see.
I'm excited. Even in the 35-degree rain.
I love this little car.
Dual carbs on a 4-cylinder. No thanks. Carburetor is French for "Don't **** with it."
03-18-09, 07:02 PM
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Welcome. Keep out of trouble.
Also, your signature is over the size limit. Please change it to comply with the rules stated in:
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Also, your signature is over the size limit. Please change it to comply with the rules stated in:
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03-18-09, 07:04 PM
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My bad, I figured the forum would resize it automatically. In regards to the stay out of trouble bit, no worries there. I'm 32 and a bit past starting e-fights. Levi and I go back a little bit and I like keeping up to date on the mods he does to his 7.
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