Archive for July, 2015
successful street tuning
pic is pretty telling, reliable and strong.
ready for next steps
exhausted
time for a change, sold the billy boat
went full custom. not to bad for shadetree job.
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still debating the tip, i went with the angled straight cut but still the rolled tip too.
loctite the crankpulley
make sure you use loctite on those with 2-pc crank pulley and balancers. especially if you have a cold natured low idling big six with a hot cam.. Â or this will happen, i’m very fortunate that i caught it..
brake caliper rebuild
someday up to six years ago the brakes on the car decided to seize unbenounced to me until i was behind the wheel. the rebuild was very time consuming, with many many steps.
- you can still get the rebuild kits with a little wait.
- for the prep i used brake cleaner and gasoline, with a great deal of brushing.
- followed by a soak in evapo-rust to loosen & remove pistons. a close inspection of the pistons and channels gave me hope for a rebuild.
- i sanded the pistons with 1500 grit paper, more brushing followed
- then another soak even longer for all bits, several days.
- a cleaning in brake clean & a new soak method but this time in ATE super blue 3 days
- reassemble
Euro Classica 2014
prior to dyno tuning, between remote street tuning & sporadic outings i decided to head to the euro classica. albeit without power steering and without proper stopping power. it proved to be worth it was a great outing with the family (they drove separate) the car brought home best in show.
afterward we were invited to show the car at a local charity event with some fantastic company. what a great end to great day.
