That button is scarily close to the ejection button!
ARCHIVE Wits' End Turbo Test Mule #3- no cartwheeling allowed
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That button is scarily close to the ejection button!
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Making another minor change on the #Turbo truck. The #rondavisracingproducts radiator comes with a 1/8NPT fitting for a 1/4” nipple. Well I can’t leave well enough alone. I want to step it up with 1/8NPT to 3AN and just run a threaded hose to the “new” coolant overflow tank 
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AN hose for coolant overflow? Hell yeah.
Are you keeping a running spreadsheet of what & how much your putting into this rig?
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Just a little bit different
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- #687
No because my wife sees it
You really need to get this truck to SEMA this year. Last year there were only a couple of 80s and none had your product line...or a Turbo kit.
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I would need to hunt down someone willing to display it. No way in hell I'm doing a booth there.
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So understanding that the OEM solution was crazy simple and JUST a short length length of some 3/8” oil hose, I decided to way over complicate it by switching all of the trans cooler lines over to AN-6 fittings and Continental hose. I am loving how it’s all turning out and changing hoses is now going to be incredibly easy...in 15 years when it’s time to change then again 
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Ha! They don’t even know what SEMA is. They are majority military. Some aerospace.
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My huge order of Breeze AeroSeal clamps finally arrived. I switched out the t-bolts I did have in there for worm gear clamp. Since these are going onto thin-walled aluminum tubing, worm gear clamps are better for consistent clamping force whereas the t-bolts put more tension on one point and could disfigure the intake pipes.
One of the things I don’t like about worm clamps is how it looks with the excess clamp. It just sits there. Poking out. Mocking me. Well some 3M VHB makes quick work of that.
One of the things I don’t like about worm clamps is how it looks with the excess clamp. It just sits there. Poking out. Mocking me. Well some 3M VHB makes quick work of that.
Maybe order shorter clamps or have them trimmed to ahead of time.My huge order of Breeze AeroSeal clamps finally arrived. I switched out the t-bolts I did have in there for worm gear clamp. Since these are going onto thin-walled aluminum tubing, worm gear clamps are better for consistent clamping force whereas the t-bolts put more tension on one point and could disfigure the intake pipes.
One of the things I don’t like about worm clamps is how it looks with the excess clamp. It just sits there. Poking out. Mocking me. Well some 3M VHB makes quick work of that.
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Oh for **** sake! Cut your own damn clamps!!! Mud has reached a new high/low when you need your hose clamps trimmed for you. Haha
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Not to mention all that unsightly mess should be under the pipe
....Sheesh