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What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (24 Viewers)
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Wheels:
Brand is Black Rhino, "Armory" is the model.
Delta Panhard bracket:
It does seem to be tracking better. I'd get some darting from ruts in the road, especially when coming to a stop at intersections. I haven't driven it a lot but that issue appears to have gone away. It has been easier to keep the vehicle going straight.
Delta's shop is on my way home. I've stopped by a couple times. If you look at their front bumper thread, that's my LX450 they put their bumper on. I currently have an ARB but would like upgrade to theirs. I'm looking at getting a set of their radius arms to address some caster issues.
Random sidenote:
Side benefit of 4x4Labs bumper and giant 37" tire hanging off the back: The ride is much, much better. It was pretty harsh with stock bumper and no spare tire. I'm guessing I added 200+ pounds to the rear of the vehicle over stock bumper and much smaller spare I had (pre 37's). Suspension is OME. I was considering redoing the suspension with some tapered coils but I'm going to wait and see for a while.
got a hold of some ZJ 5.9L Cherokee louvers in my attempt to reduce some under hood engine temp, will send pic after.
Those look to be in good shape.
I'm still debating as to wether I would vent air from the top down (facing forwards) as to me it would be better to push clean cool air down across the motor instead of pulling road dust or moisture up (it's dirty enough as is).
Or if it would be nice in the winter months when there is more moisture and debris to be pushing warm air up in front of the windscreen (vents facing back), to help melt snow or ice, or if it would help the airflow push stuff up and over the windscreen to some degree.
I'm leaning towards mounting one over the turbo/exhaust pushing down, and over the air compressor on the opposite side to do the same to have the most benefits, but I need to hear more feedback before I'd consider following through on it.
Are you running a air cooled top mount intercooler for the 6BT? If not, there will be little to no benefit in pushing cooler air down to the engine bay. Most forward facing hood scoot like Subaru is pushing air down into the top mount intercooler. For me, the backward facing vent will help releasing the hot exhaust air from the radiator fan from the engine bay. It is similar to my V-mount intercooler setup in my RX-7, by drawing hot air away from the radiator and intercooler out to the hood vents.
Haha! Hey I don’t like making mistakes. That takes time
Hey, you cant rush greatness - I dont fault anyone for that!
Funny, I'm in the process of building a top mount, had most of it welded out, gotta scabricates together the rest, I have an STI scoop for it in the garage but haven't cut it in to the hood yet, might do that this week and try and get the rest built soon after, this was done on Saturday.
The upper and lower pieces of the piping to the manifold are welded on, and the intake side is tacked in place (not shown), I have to build the front and back faces, but I'll need to pull the turbo and crossover to finish fitting it, might be able to mount the new turbo in the interim till its finished.
It should make it run cooler with the IC and air getting pushed past the motor, I have a couple electric fans that should fit on top of the IC, my thinking is that on the trail I might be facing heat soak without highway speeds. I have most of the electrical for it in place.
Also got a fill cap welded on the front valve cover, I want to eliminate the one on the timing cover at some point.
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very nice, have never seen an STI scoot on an 80, so would be interesting in seeing it when done. Will you be fabricating a hood shroud to work with the top mount IC or try to reuse STI factory shroud? For slow wheeling, have you thought about using AI (water injection)? good luck with your project, and definitely looking forward to seeing the build.
How the geolanders working out?
For my first NYSI (state inspection) for the 80. My buddy did it, so I was able to get a good look with it on the lift. Found a few more ways to spend money on it. Then took it for a drive in the country. Managed to find an abandoned road that made for a very fun 3 miles of overlanding. I should have stopped for better pictures .
icorradoi
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Now that I have a fuse box in the quarter panel I wanted to install a 12V/USB outlet that was within easy reach to charge electronics and the such. I figured my daughter isn't going to take up smoking at 10 years old, so I wanted to get rid of the stupid ashtray at the same time. Luckily, Blue Sea has an outlet that fit that exact area with some minor cutting of the interior panel.
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Handy template I lined up with the ashtray opening. Didn't have to cut through any of the reinforcement ribs.
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I don't know why this came out upside down.
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Conveniently located.
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My helper wasn't impressed. At least she's cute...
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Handy template I lined up with the ashtray opening. Didn't have to cut through any of the reinforcement ribs.
I don't know why this came out upside down.
Conveniently located.
My helper wasn't impressed. At least she's cute...
icorradoi
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Here you go...
Blue Sea 4353
https://www.amazon.com/Below-Deck-C...&qid=1539644124&sr=8-3&keywords=blue+sea+4353
Woke up this morning to some rough idling. Fired up the Toyocom OBD reader and found this....
Before I got home the CEL came on with a code 26. O2 sensors are OEM with less than 10K on them.
Before I got home the CEL came on with a code 26. O2 sensors are OEM with less than 10K on them.
Woke up this morning to some rough idling. Fired up the Toyocom OBD reader and found this....
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Before I got home the CEL came on with a code 26. O2 sensors are OEM with less than 10K on them.
Its means that tomorrow I will put one of the old sensors back in to see if it clears. I just hope that my sliders and cat guard are not in the way. Neither were fitted when I changed the O2's earlier..
Its means that tomorrow I will put one of the old sensors back in to see if it clears. I just hope that my sliders and cat guard are not in the way. Neither were fitted when I changed the O2's earlier..
What SHOULD they be running?
I have no idea what the % readings are but the graph view shows one bank cycling and the other one static. Previously they both cycled. It could be a broken connector - I guess I will find out tomorrow.
Had to get some repairs done to my freightliner. But since it is in the shop, I am camping out in the 80 till morning lol.
SUMMIT CRUISERS Jr
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I am digging them. I now have ~4k miles on them and just did my first 5 tire rotation at 3300 miles. After the rotation, I have gotten some intermittent vibes. I was hoping that they would go away, but after 650 miles, they still show up which is annoying. It used to ride as smooth as my mom's LX. They are still quiet and only have minor rock rash on some superficial parts like this little thin rubber ring that is between the side lugs and top tread. The sidewalls still look perfect and are very beefy while the edges of the lugs have chunked ever so slightly probably due to the compound designed for long life.
