Dan Sarandrea (Phila)
Waitin' On Parts...
New dancin' shoes for my X!View attachment 22619
I just hope you got the round ones, the square ones are no fun.
New dancin' shoes for my X!View attachment 22619
Haha, the old clogs she was wearing shook at 70. I just did some early Saturday morning runs "on a controlled professional racing circuit in Mexico" and got up to 90 mph without even spilling my coffee. The Beamers and Escalades were getting out of my way for once! (BTW, notice anything odd about that picture?)I just hope you got the round ones, the square ones are no fun.
Were you really in Mexico? Being in Texas it is possible. What track would that be?professional racing circuit in Mexico
Reminds me of those puzzles in the back of magazines; how many clues can you locate in the picture?BTW, notice anything odd about that picture?
Haha, the old clogs she was wearing shook at 70. I just did some early Saturday morning runs "on a controlled professional racing circuit in Mexico" and got up to 90 mph without even spilling my coffee. The Beamers and Escalades were getting out of my way for once! (BTW, notice anything odd about that picture?)
(BTW, notice anything odd about that picture?)
Sorry Mechano! Dan the Philly Man beat your answer by 60 seconds..
I'm active in a couple of car and motorcycle clubs around here and at a San Antonio event I met some nice fellows that had driven up from Monterrey, Mexico. They invited everyone to come to their event in a couple of months and everyone agreed it would be a great adventure and count us in. But it turns out you now have to have a passport to cross the border. You have to get special car insurance because Texas policies don't cover Mexico. The event was an autocross at a very ritzy hotel ($$$) in the heart of the city. Then I started wondering about roadside breakdowns and on and on. We decided it was way too much hassle to spend a weekend chasing cones with some car guys in Monterrey.I see what you mean by "Mexico". But you got me thinking, having a actual race track just over the border in Mexico would be an inexpensive way to be able to have fun without all of the hassles.
Maybe he said "go big, but if it rains, go home and get the van"?go big or go home".
I did not see how it was done. But what I gathered was he rattle can black the entire emblem. Then lightly sand off the black going with the grain on the letters. After that clear coat. It takes attention to detail and alot of patience. It turned out great.Really nice job. What process was used?
Damn, those are the very two things I don't have.It takes attention to detail and alot of patience.
this morning I learned a little about hydrophysiscs (if that is such a thing). when I went to put the 15s on the car I was debating on the size. I was told by a certain young whipper snapper, who just may have a black and red k20 x, " go big or go home". so I did go big. I have now discovered that 225's in the front and 245's in the rear of a 2000 lbs car turns it into a boat at pretty slow speeds on wet roads. After only getting 1/2 mile from my house and having the car drive like it was on ice, I went back and jumped into my van. the good part. look VERY stormy and I probably shouldnt have driven the X anyway.
Odie
Odie, that looks like what is called a "cold weld". The MIG wasn't set hot enough, as in not enough amperage on the welder settings. Too low of amps/heat setting and there isn't much penetration of the metal (like in that case). By comparison, too high and it will blow right through (burn a hole) the metal (like when welding sheet metal). Try cranking it way up when you redo it. If your welder was already maxed out when you did those welds, then you need to use a larger welder with more juice. And that weld result likely indicates that all of the other welds are the same. So unfortunately it might be worth pulling the engine and redoing all of them before something bad happens.one of the motor mount welds didnt hold up
My thoughts exactly. If i remember the issue was it was too hot for the rail but too cold for the braket. We are going to do 2 things. 1. Redo how the bracket is attached to disperse the load better and preheat the thicker metal of the bracket so we can use the lower temp and not burn through the rail. The odd part is it appears that it didnt penatrate the rail and did on the bracket.which makes my theory untrue. The welder was not on max at all so turning it up shoukd not be an issue (i think it was on 4 of 10 on my friends big hobart mig). I really think it was poor design on my part. Not thinking about the torque load as well as the extra load when i hit bumps. I was only thinking of static load. Taking the engine out isnt too bad. Last time we timed it to be 2 hours for a single person.Odie, that looks like what is called a "cold weld". The MIG wasn't set hot enough, as in not enough amperage on the welder settings. Too low of amps/heat setting and there isn't much penetration of the metal (like in that case). By comparison, too high and it will blow right through (burn a hole) the metal (like when welding sheet metal). Try cranking it way up when you redo it. If your welder was already maxed out when you did those welds, then you need to use a larger welder with more juice. And that weld result likely indicates that all of the other welds are the same. So unfortunately it might be worth pulling the engine and redoing all of them before something bad happens.