pvanweelden
04-21-2019 07:01 PM
I have that same piece of shit HF bender. I feel your pain lol. I added some of the usual mods to
it, but it's still a pos. And not wide enough. I need to finish my 50" finger brake.
Center console looks great!
Stay safe in Saudi. They usually only cut the heads off good looking people....;)
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gt1guy
04-21-2019 08:36 PM
Originally Posted by pvanweelden (Post 4458712)
I have that same piece of shit HF bender. I feel your pain lol. I added some of the usual mods to
it, but it's still a pos. And not wide enough. I need to finish my 50" finger brake.
Center console looks great!
Stay safe in Saudi. They usually only cut the heads off good looking people....;)
Thank man.
Here's something that pissed me off so much I had to laugh. Inside to inside of my A-pillar cage
bars is 48.5". I can't cut that out of the short side of a 48"x 96"sheet.:nono:
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j3ff3ry_j33p
04-22-2019 04:31 AM
please don't get your head cut-off in Saudi . We need you to finish this build first. :thefinger:
(jk)
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gt1guy
04-22-2019 10:55 AM
Originally Posted by j3ff3ry_j33p (Post 4458720)
please don't get your head cut-off in Saudi . We need you
to finish this build first. :thefinger:
#metoo
Actually, it really doesn't matter where I go, it's always the same. Fly in, next morning I'm
offshore. At that point it's all water, platforms, and a boat or barge. It all looks the same, same
food, the divers generally act pretty much the same...........like rich semi retarded children with
differen't accents.
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gt1guy
05-03-2019 09:51 AM
Saudi ain't hot right now. It's actually quite pleasant. Next month forget it.
Head still attached to neck. Ramadan starts soon. So things will slow to a crawl everywhere.
Probably lots of guys falling out from dehydration.........cause they
can't eat or drink when the big orange ball is in the sky. Should be fun to watch.
A beer in Bahrain is $15
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snout
05-03-2019 10:05 AM
Originally Posted by gt1guy (Post 4458780)
#metoo
Actually, it really doesn't matter where I go, it's always the same. Fly in, next morning I'm
offshore. At that point it's all water, platforms, and a boat or barge. It all looks the same, same
food, the divers generally act pretty much the same...........like rich semi retarded children with
differen't accents.
lol 300k/yr is not rich. That's a median income in some parts of the country. (sarcasm for the most
part; p.s. your center console is tits)
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gt1guy
05-04-2019 09:20 AM
A 22 year old single kid with shit for bills, pulling in 200k and living tax free is rich in my
book. It's actually really easy to do working just 6 months of the year.
I think I was broke most of the time when I was 22. Probably stoned too.
Oh, galley guy stroked out today. Guess I might need to start keeping score.
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gt1guy
06-24-2019 12:33 AM
And so the Saudi adventure comes to a end, for a month or two anyways.
Last thing I did while on shift was to pull the trigger on the summit racing shopping cart I had
been growing. Already got the first tracking numbers and goodies should start arriving on Tuesday.
Ended up going with a AEM CD7 dash display. Went back and forth between digital or old school mech
gauges. Digital won out. And the AEM is waterproof.
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JKommuter
06-24-2019 08:14 AM
Welcome back. Now get to work!
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gt1guy
06-25-2019 05:39 PM
Originally Posted by JKommuter (Post 4464686)
Welcome back. Now get to work!
I'm on it!
Already had a box of goodies from Summit waiting at the house.
*Brackets for the 3qt Accusump
*All the 4AN fittings for the brakes, porp valve, emergency bake 1/4 turn valve
*Pushrods for when I do the trunion upgrade on the LS
*Set of the Hella super tone horns
*Orbital mounting bracket
*Stubby adapter from column to orbital
*MSD cut to length plug wires ( coils are going on firewall)
*4 corner steam kit for the LS
*Inline cooler thermostat for the trans
*Inline cooler thermostat for the LS
*Adapter plate to plumb Accusump directly into the oil galley on the block
Also had two LifeLine LL-1257TB batteries and battery trays from Armada show up a couple days ago.
Going to run one for the chassis, one for the engine and both for starting. They'll fit perfect on
the floor between the back of the front seats and B-pillar cross bar.
Right now the priority is still to get the dash sheetmetal bent up and installed. Just got a
tracking number for the AEM dash display, so that needs a dash to mount in. Other than the
headlight, wiper and cruise controller switches, everything else is done through toggle switches,
so that's a dozen or so holes that need to get drilled in some sort of organized fashion.
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gt1guy
06-29-2019 02:29 PM
My Holley Hydramat arrived for the fuel cell. The shit ain't cheap, but I've never heard anything
other than great reviews for it. My cell has a rather large footprint of 34.5"x 17.5", and I knew
there would be issues with the surge tank I bought to put in the cell. No matter where I thought to
put it, there would always be a scenario where the fuel was hiding on the other side of the cell.
Enter the Hydramat, and with one pickup hose connected in the center, it will suck fuel from any
corner at any angle. The Hydramat is 30"x14", so I should be able to use all but maybe a cup or two
of the fuel.
Sometimes you just have to make that funny face, close your eyes and hit add to cart. I did just
that. It's over. It shipped. I have it. Already forgot about the price.
Also received the AEM digital dash. It runs off a pass through on the OBDII. 7 pages of confusion
I'll be able to set up, if I so desire. Has a GPS receiver for speed.....I guess I can use it for
trail mapping too, it's the model with data logging. I can also add inputs to it, so, turn signals,
fuel level, high beams, ect. can
be displayed.
Most important, it's waterproof.
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gt1guy
07-10-2019 11:46 AM
Found a place to bend up my dash for me. Now I have to wait a week to week and a half for them to
get to it.
I guess I'm working on the frame now. All my link mounts and cross members are only tacked in
place, so there's work to be done.
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gt1guy
07-10-2019 06:31 PM
Ok, I have a real question for those of you running suspension seats.
How much "suspension " movement do you think you get out of the seats?
I have PRP Podium elite's. Where I was planning to mount the batteries was behind and somewhat
below (call it half way) the seats. Well, as luck would have it, due to the latch on the battery
box I need to raise them up 4"-5". That will put the bottom of the batteries even with the bottom
of the seats.
In that position, the batteries don't touch or push into the back of the seats. But there's maybe
1/4" between them. They're behind the metal (vertical) parts of the seat frame itself.
Problem is, I have no idea what is too close. I can literally punch the seat as hard as I can from
the front and I can't feel the battery, baut that's a pretty retarded test.
Anyone have any thoughts? Pictures:
And a really shitty pic from the side.
thedirtman , you have suspension seats don't you? What do you think?
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