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I said ****it and splurged on a new rubber gasket for underneath the windshield frame. Figured I'll probably be putting the hard top on for this winter.
Maybe with doors that don't rattle I'll hate it less.
Allegedly this is genuine Toyota, but who the hell knows.
Did find it interesting that there's a bead of black goop (butyl?) under it.
I've always put a bead of something under them anyway. Apparently Mr T approves.
Rubber feels thinner between the ridges than others I've had, but maybe that's how they are now. It would increase the pressure on the raised bits if it wasn't all the same height I guess.
Anyways, maybe it won't drip on my foot after I use the windshield squirter now
Maybe with doors that don't rattle I'll hate it less.
Allegedly this is genuine Toyota, but who the hell knows.
Did find it interesting that there's a bead of black goop (butyl?) under it.
I've always put a bead of something under them anyway. Apparently Mr T approves.
Rubber feels thinner between the ridges than others I've had, but maybe that's how they are now. It would increase the pressure on the raised bits if it wasn't all the same height I guess.
Anyways, maybe it won't drip on my foot after I use the windshield squirter now
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Been a while. Did some s***.
Most importantly, built another guitar, and went full Les Potato this time. Probably going to refinish it in the summer, my first ever attempt at a burst with nitrocellulose lacquer, and the weather in December is not great for that stuff.
Then a combination of boredom and peer pressure got me into an intercooler. Which caused a bit of a snowball effect when I pulled the aluminum rad and saw weepiness.
Yay.
Bj rads are pretty much hens teeth at this point, so I found one that was close. Allegedly 70s Hilux, but it's the same dimensions as a 40 rad, 3 row, and lower hose fitting is in the right spot.
Nippon Denso even.
Fits pretty well, just had to drill new mounting holes in the support. Worked out ok, because I put the IC inside the support. I figured there's zero chance I'll ever have a proper bj rad again, it'll be some industrial one if this doesn't last.
Managed to find a goofy upper hose on lordco's wall of hoses that fits just about perfectly. Be nice to move the fitting across, but for a 100 buck solution compared to over 1k for a brass 42 rad, I can live with it I think..
That boost pipe is pretty ghetto so I'll redo it at some point. But for now , it works. Best I could do with the junk on hand .
I built a stainless exhaust for the truck as well, so I might have enough of that left over.
So far a couple cedar hot laps and no puddles or extra clanks, so maybe I'll trust it to drive a little further today
Most importantly, built another guitar, and went full Les Potato this time. Probably going to refinish it in the summer, my first ever attempt at a burst with nitrocellulose lacquer, and the weather in December is not great for that stuff.
Then a combination of boredom and peer pressure got me into an intercooler. Which caused a bit of a snowball effect when I pulled the aluminum rad and saw weepiness.
Yay.
Bj rads are pretty much hens teeth at this point, so I found one that was close. Allegedly 70s Hilux, but it's the same dimensions as a 40 rad, 3 row, and lower hose fitting is in the right spot.
Nippon Denso even.
Fits pretty well, just had to drill new mounting holes in the support. Worked out ok, because I put the IC inside the support. I figured there's zero chance I'll ever have a proper bj rad again, it'll be some industrial one if this doesn't last.
Managed to find a goofy upper hose on lordco's wall of hoses that fits just about perfectly. Be nice to move the fitting across, but for a 100 buck solution compared to over 1k for a brass 42 rad, I can live with it I think..
That boost pipe is pretty ghetto so I'll redo it at some point. But for now , it works. Best I could do with the junk on hand .
I built a stainless exhaust for the truck as well, so I might have enough of that left over.
So far a couple cedar hot laps and no puddles or extra clanks, so maybe I'll trust it to drive a little further today
Is that the body you had in the shop last month that looked like layers of laminated wood? Very cool. My friend in
Vancouver is making a pour in molded Gibson copy for his kids high school project. Nice when dad helps, I guess.
Not sure where he is on development, I'll send a couple of pics when done.
Do you have any measurable data on benefits of intercooler? Or does it just run and doesn't overheat for now.
Vancouver is making a pour in molded Gibson copy for his kids high school project. Nice when dad helps, I guess.
Not sure where he is on development, I'll send a couple of pics when done.
Do you have any measurable data on benefits of intercooler? Or does it just run and doesn't overheat for now.
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I think I was doing the routing to carve the top then. Like contour lines of a map, gets you in the ballpark of the right shape.
On my old 45 when I added the IC, it dropped the egts enough I could turn the fuel up quite a bit more.
I could set the red warning light off on my pyro pretty easily on this before, (alarm set at 1150 I think) so the hope is it'll be a little cooler at the same fuel setting now. We'll see. College Hill is where I'll notice it. So far I've only ripped around cedar and it's pretty flat.
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Made a super douchy intake pipe. I had to flatten the brim of my hat to get it to fit.
Noticeably lower egts with the IC. Seems like about 200 f. Maybe 250.
Which is about how I remember it working last time around...20 years ago
Noticeably lower egts with the IC. Seems like about 200 f. Maybe 250.
Which is about how I remember it working last time around...20 years ago
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I thought about putting on one of those horsepower increasing stickers.
Or just using a sharpie
