So, what did you do today?

[Fbody383]

Plan is to get it in the car this weekend and let it run on jackstands before dyno on the 14th.

Drivetrain is in and car is on skates. Boy-child's Camry needed a rescue towing and is now in the way. Planning to get transmission fluid in it tonight and see what kind of noise it makes.

I know I'm in it for 2nd gear, blocker ring, and 1-2 synchro hub. I'll likely do 3-4 syncs ad well. Gonna need wave washers, snap rings, probably do keys, definitely fork pads, plus whatever else is worn. That car has 120k on it.

Snap rings are a kit, fork pads are cheap and i'm in the stock plastic camp, keys means you're all the way in but worth it if it's apart. Get it apart before ordering so you can take a good look at the bearings.

[Supercharged111]

Snap rings are a kit, fork pads are cheap and i'm in the stock plastic camp, keys means you're all the way in but worth it if it's apart. Get it apart before ordering so you can take a good look at the bearings.

That's the plan. Work schedule is looking pretty full, probably going to be driving the truck until fall now. In fact it's so bad, I need to get a dyno scheduled in the next few weeks. Good thing my turd is pretty much ready to go.

On a side note, I just spent $165 to have eight 36# injectors cleaned and flow tested by Injector Experts (includes return shipping) for my tow pig in anticipation of the Whipple on the shelf. I've used Witch Hunter in the past, but their lack of desire to answer the phone or my email forced me to deviate. Hopefully these guys are legit. Witch Hunter served me good in the past, but this time when I had questions they weren't there and their website implies that they're entirely too busy to bother answering your questions so fuck 'em.

[Fbody383]

Put trans fluid in and ran the silly thing in gear for a bit - no strange noises and seems to shift ok with the MGW. Going to run it in a little more tonight on jackstands and dyno the silly thing tomorrow. What could possibly go... wait, don't answer that.

[Supercharged111]

Put trans fluid in and ran the silly thing in gear for a bit - no strange noises and seems to shift ok with the MGW. Going to run it in a little more tonight on jackstands and dyno the silly thing tomorrow. What could possibly go... wait, don't answer that.

2014 I went to the dyno 4 times and still never fixed my issues. Took 3 tries last year and finally succeeded. Maybe this year I'll nail it in 2x.

[Pranav]

Despite my 4 month hiatus from racing, I've been quite busy.

There was the TDE event late last month, and the whole trans output bushing debacle.

Went ahead and reinforced my trans mount pickup points from underneath last weekend, hopefully the cracking should stop.

Spent a solid 2 days replumbing my fuel system the right way, just wrapped it up yesterday.

Currently working on finally getting that AFFF fire system put in the car after it has sat on my garage floor for four years.. Hoping to get some better side mirrors put in and bolt the passenger seat and harness back in tomorrow evening, and I'll be all set for next weekend. Doing TDE event here at MSRH.

After that, one or two more weekends of work on the car, then may try catch the OTD event at TWS right after our NASA event there (that I have to miss, for a wedding). Hoping not too many of you guys skip out on NOLA in May.

[marshall_mosty]

Got a recall notice from Acura that the airbag inflator could explode and send shrapnel into my face... So it's at the dealer until parts arrive... In mid-JUNE... While at the dealer last week, there was a hail storm. Now my car has hail damage.

Same storm the hit my car also probably totaled our roof at home, but more importantly, the satellite dish somehow punched a hole in our roof from one of the support legs. It's big enough for me to put my fist thru... The ironic part is we don't use satellite anymore and I just never pulled the dish down. Now I get to deal with a himeowner's claim for a new roof, fix the hole, hope it doesn't rain soon.

On a "good" note, I did continue to throw money at #67 and replace the MAF with an entirely new unit and also replace the intake tubing. I have a dyno on 13-Apr, so hopefully I can get the engine to run right.

[BryanL]

Spent a solid 2 days replumbing my fuel system the right way, just wrapped it up yesterday.

What is the "Right Way"? Meaning what did you do and/or use?

[Pranav]

6AN PTFE braided hose running straight from the fuel pump/filter to the rails, through the cabin in one piece, with no bulkhead connections. Previously I had bulkhead connections, so I went from 14 fittings down to 6, less chances to leak as I've caught a couple of the bulkheads producing residue over time.

I used high temperature, liquid tight metallic electrical conduit that have bulkhead connections at entry/exit, so all I had to do is snake the hose through the conduit in one piece and hook it up on both ends outside of the car. The liquid tight conduit allows me to pass the fuel line through the cabin safely with crush/heat/abrasion/cut protection along with complete isolation from myself since it is essentially metal pipe sealed off from the cabin at entry/exit.

I also ditched the Russell 6AN to tube adapters as 3/4 of them were seeping, and at TWS last year I had a close call when the locking nut backed off and fell off the return fitting on the rail/FPR; I had 6AN bungs TIGed to a new pump and the supply rail for a secure connection.

Passenger rail got an Aeromotive FPR in stock location (per ruls) set to 43.5PSI with a 6AN fitting screwed into it. I tried to see if I could just TIG a fitting directly onto a new, stock FPR, but wasn't comfortable heating that thing up during the TIG process and trying it out as an "expriment" so I ponied up the extra $100 for the Aeromotive that allowed me to simply screw in a 6AN fitting. I also considered TIGing the bung on to the detachable pipe that pushes in to the FPR, but I have had an incident before where that clip had popped off and the connection started spraying.

That WRL COTA incident got me skurred...

[Pranav]

Got a recall notice from Acura that the airbag inflator could explode and send shrapnel into my face...

My first car was an '02 Accord, THE ground zero car for the whole Takata airbag mess. I believe a good majority of the fatalities have been in '01-'02 Accords when they started having more parts made in Mexico.

That thing had been hooned and jumped all over the place (AutoX, Drag, Road rallyes), and it lived in a high humidity environment its entire life (#1 factor for the inflator corrosion problem). I got the letter in the mail 3 months after I dumped it at Carmax back in '10. I had a minor freak out when some poor guy in the area was killed by the airbag in a minor collision, in an '02 Accord just like mine last year. Fortunately I found that it was not my car. Thanks Honda.

[Rob Liebbe]

Not today, but last Thursday I had rotator cuff surgery on my left shoulder. 4-6 weeks in a sling and then I can start therapy. Fun!!!