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wngrog said:
You will. His presence is required at the Roundup in '06.
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Bring it!! I'd love to see your rig in person. You'll love the wheeling :cool:
 
Update... IT RUNS!!!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO

Damn, this propane thing is the stuff!! When it fired, it ran like it was already warmed up! Throttle response is fantastic, and I can gradually increase the RPM's with no stumbling, hesitation, etc.. And it idles at what I'd guess to be ~500rpm, nice and smooth.. That will help with the auto. Starting is instantaneous after the first start. As fast as you can turn the key, it's running.

OK, so it did take me 5 hours to fill all the fluids and track down a manifold leak, but damn, what a motivator this is..

The engine is soooo quiet at idle.. and the exhaust is leak-free. Odor is hardly noticable, and it's sooo easy to tune the mixture.

I took 2 little videos, I'll post them later.

All in all, I'd bet I gained power, from having something that works right, instead of my old carb which was good, but it ain't this..

EFI or 'pane, the only ways to fly...

Now, just need some driveshaft stuff so it'll move, and brakes so it'll stop. Ohhh Jesssseeee... :D
 
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Love the paint... Congrats on the fire up.
 
OK.. let's see.. I'm getting close!

Rob has been doing some great work on the floor!!
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The decklid is complete... twin gas struts help it go up.. and after looking at every store I could imagine and finding nothing, I dug the latch out of Rob's stuff.. :rolleyes: Works perfect!

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A little vid of the decklid in action :rolleyes: (right click and save)
Decklid Movie
 
Got some bling, too.. Shock mounts and the Bilstein's are in!

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Also have the transmission cooler mounted, had to make a few brackets for it to sit on, but it's secure, should work well here, and be out of harm's way.

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Last, but not least, the video of the engine running.. Keep in mind, it was not warmed up at all when this was taken.. I'm still amazed at how well it runs... (right click, save..)

It's alive!!
 
The owner of the Ricer you stole that tip from is gonna be pissed...........
 
Texican said:
The owner of the Ricer you stole that tip from is gonna be pissed...........
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Borla pipe, from a Mustang system.. :flipoff2:

But when that ricer goes looking for his gauges, he WILL be pissed!
 
Well, Nicole had her input, and I gotta say, I like it. She said "the brakelights should go there".. and so they are...

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But, waaay better than that... IT DRIVES!!! Now before you guys have a field day.. my new seats aren't in yet, and I wasn't about to wait.

Captured on video, the first time I put it into gear with the auto... My stomach was in knots... and i hit the brakes a little hard... these ain't manual brakes anymore!! :D

http://www.rnrfab.com/rich/05build/7-24/firstrun.wmv

Check out this crawl... I'm gonna love it!! the idle is low enough, it doesn't try to drive through the brakes at all.. perfect.

http://www.rnrfab.com/rich/05build/7-24/crawl.wmv

As promised, I said I'd do a burnout!!

http://www.rnrfab.com/rich/05build/7-24/burnout.wmv

And I guess I forgot something I left sitting on the floor.. Oops! :p

http://www.rnrfab.com/rich/05build/7-24/shackleoops.wmv

Can ya tell I was a *little* giddy?
 
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I think I'd come up with a different battery tie down and some bigger tires... ;) ;)

Looking awesome - it's nice to see that there is a possibility that mine will run again someday... :beer:
 
Rascal said:
I think I'd come up with a different battery tie down and some bigger tires... ;) ;)

Looking awesome - it's nice to see that there is a possibility that mine will run again someday... :beer:
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What here makes you think that? :D :D
Butch
 
Texican said:
What here makes you think that? :D :D
Butch
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What? The battery and tire comment or the I wonder if mine will ever run again?
 
Rascal said:
What? The battery and tire comment or the I wonder if mine will ever run again?
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What in this thread makes you think yours will ever run again?

I'm waiting on the frantic phone call, "It turns over and over but won't start"
:D :D
 
As much as you'd like that. It's not going to happen - hopefully
 
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