LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
Woo hoo!
What a Rush
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65Fury440
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Checking in for updates.
How goes it Mr. H?
How goes it Mr. H?
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
It’s been busy here, but not regarding Rush. Yesterday was the ms’ birthday so we went to dinner after work.
Regarding Rush, I’m waiting for the mail. The low- mount alternator bracket should be here Thursday. It’s needed to mount both the alternator and the crank trigger pickup. I am still flabbergasted by the fact that MSD has a continuing problem with reluctor oxidation. It’s probably due, at its core, to a regulatory burden on chromate use. I don’t know but there sure seem to be many cases of it on various sites - even their own support forum. Their answer is that it’s due to condensation after heat cycles and to drill more vent holes in the cap but this sucker has never been heated. It was frosty when fresh out of the box. It’s evidently a plating process that’s just not well controlled.
So, with luck I’ll be firing it up this weekend. Honest!
- dad
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
It’s been a productive day. One step forward. I combined the mounts to make one that may, eventually, allow for an alternator.
They were designed differently. I’m not going to let that slow me down - much.
I pressed the pin out and cut a slot to fit bushings on the 1/4-20 cap screws.
Some copper anti-seize and we’re good.
However, the alternator won’t quite fit as mounted. The MSD flying magnet pickup is long enough to interfere with the alternator body. That’s alright.
Two steps back..
- dad
They were designed differently. I’m not going to let that slow me down - much.
I pressed the pin out and cut a slot to fit bushings on the 1/4-20 cap screws.
Some copper anti-seize and we’re good.
However, the alternator won’t quite fit as mounted. The MSD flying magnet pickup is long enough to interfere with the alternator body. That’s alright.
Two steps back..
- dad
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The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
Dylan has video. In a word:
WICKED!
I’ve some minor leaks to tend to. It’s going to take some serious AFR tuning. It still leans out badly. But, I’m closing in on it.
A cop stopped to let me know that my loving neighbors have noticed. We had a good chat. He says to only make noise during the proper hours and he has nothing to say about it. He was giddy like I was. We have some decent cops here in Dallas nowadays.
Here’s the installed crank trigger:
- dad
WICKED!
I’ve some minor leaks to tend to. It’s going to take some serious AFR tuning. It still leans out badly. But, I’m closing in on it.
A cop stopped to let me know that my loving neighbors have noticed. We had a good chat. He says to only make noise during the proper hours and he has nothing to say about it. He was giddy like I was. We have some decent cops here in Dallas nowadays.
Here’s the installed crank trigger:
- dad
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The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
Here it is folks 
Not the first start but shortly after. I'll post some more vids later if wanted. I can't wait to get home and piss off some neighbors (more).
Mom tried her best on the camera. Hope you guys like it.
Not the first start but shortly after. I'll post some more vids later if wanted. I can't wait to get home and piss off some neighbors (more).
Mom tried her best on the camera. Hope you guys like it.
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
Awesome, it's alive..... No pressure but when do we get to see it under it's own power? Maybe a little burnout also
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
Hopefully around Christmas.Awesome, it's alive..... No pressure but when do we get to see it under it's own power? Maybe a little burnout also
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
We’re going to put some attention to a few leaks and strap down the fuel cell. One thing for certain:
This car is absolutely NOT streetable.
- dad
This car is absolutely NOT streetable.
- dad
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
Maybe not a daily, but what about a quick jaunt for ice cream or something like that????
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
I'm sure it will make its way around the block once or twice...
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
Oh lordy, that sounds oh so sweet. Sweetly wicked that is.
65Fury440
Senior Member
Outstanding!!!
Sounds wicked!!
Sounds wicked!!
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
Here it is folks
Not the first start but shortly after. I'll post some more vids later if wanted. I can't wait to get home and piss off some neighbors (more).
Mom tried her best on the camera. Hope you guys like it.
Sweet! I need people like you around to kick me in the *** to get my projects moving along. I like the cop who stopped by, we need more of those guys and gals, everywhere. As for the neighbors, if I lived on your street, and hadn't of already met you, the sound of that car would have brought me over with a 6 pack, for a proper introduction.
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I would find it difficult to resist the urge to piss off the neighborhood a little more...
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
I changed a leaking rocker arm cover gasket today. It got kinked and a spring chewed on it a little.
One step forward..
..making progress!
- dad
One step forward..
..making progress!
- dad
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You should try out a set from these folks... @BIGBARNEYCARS turned us on to them a while back... fully reusable.
Silicone Gaskets – Real Gaskets Tennessee
The Horvaths
Young man with a cowboy hat
The black ones that I’m replacing the cork with are good metal-filled (for shape memory) silicone gaskets. I don’t know where Dylan got them but they are quite nice.
Thanks for the heads-up. That’s going into my quasi-permanent records.
- dad
Thanks for the heads-up. That’s going into my quasi-permanent records.
- dad
65Fury440
Senior Member
I have used good ole cork gaskets.
ASMOF there are a set of Superformance hanging up in my garage for the time when the cork quit sealing. So far VCs have been on and off a bunch of times, so far so good!
Thanks for the heads up!
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