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It sadly was and blew coolant right on to the coil pack. Picked up a replacement and oil filter today, installed the tank this evening and they sold me the wrong f'ing filter. Oh well, tossed the ~3k old one back in until tomorrow.
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According to my wife, I do stupid things. Like this:  $100 craigslist Ingersoll Rand SS-5 from ~2002. The motor was burnt up and the pressure switch is missing- but the pump looks great. It appears this is before the terrible smaller SS5 pumps that fail constantly. This is rated for 18.1CFM @90psi and 15CFM continuous. I already have a 5hp Champion horizontal 80gal, but I like the smaller vertical footprint of this compressor. I also happen to have a IR T30 pump and 5hp Baldor motor, so I might just use the tank. Franken compressor time  .
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Mar 4, 2014 07:23
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Man that tank is worth more than 100$. I'm guessing it's got a little relay panel to go with it? Jealous, I wish I could find something like that for a hundred bux.
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Mar 4, 2014 16:12
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Man, nice tank. I'm jealous of your ability to get cheap shop gear, and more jealous of having places to put it.
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Mar 4, 2014 17:36
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So this is how this is going to work- I'm going to divorce my wife. You're going to divorce your wife. Then we can be together, forever, happy... happy...
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Mar 4, 2014 18:42
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the spyder posted:$100 craigslist Ingersoll Rand SS-5 from ~2002. The motor was burnt up and the pressure switch is missing- but the pump looks great. It appears this is before the terrible smaller SS5 pumps that fail constantly. This is rated for 18.1CFM @90psi and 15CFM continuous. I already have a 5hp Champion horizontal 80gal, but I like the smaller vertical footprint of this compressor. I also happen to have a IR T30 pump and 5hp Baldor motor, so I might just use the tank. Franken compressor time My father in law had a crazy setup with a fast 5hp motor with a small tank bonded to some sort of lopey slow motor with a huge tank that spun at 500rpm and sounded like a steam locomotive. It was bizarre but it worked really well. If it dropped below 100psi the fast motor would compensate, otherwise the slow one would clunka clunka clunka away keeping things in check.
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Mar 5, 2014 07:29
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TheFonz posted:So this is how this is going to work- Until you're asked to find a vacuum leak, or replace an oil pan gasket lol.
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Mar 5, 2014 17:11
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TheFonz posted:So this is how this is going to work- Forever and ever and ever….. You tell your wife first, I'll be waiting. (loooooooooool)
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Mar 5, 2014 19:28
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 "You want to marry some car guy from the internet? Is he at least cute?"She asks the tough ones folks. She did like "The white one" when I showed her the RX-7s.(Racist)
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Mar 5, 2014 19:47
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the spyder posted:The black FD in the pictures is going to be in my nightmares this week. It came back for some simple things, the owner was not happy with how his local shop installed the fuel system. I started to tear in to it yesterday and god.drat.it. Someone T'd the map sensor line for a boost controller, mounted a HKS twin power with velcro, let AN lines rub through the TPS sensor plug wires, did not mount the fuel pressure regulator, and stripped out two bolts on the oil pan trying to "fix" a leak. It's the last part that kills me- the motor pretty much has to come out to fix it. I bill customers punitively for stuff like this. If another shop messed it up, there's no estimate for the repair - it's $100 x however many hours it takes me to make things right. Savington fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Mar 5, 2014 22:06
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Savington posted:I bill customers punitively for stuff like this. If another shop messed it up, there's no estimate for the repair - it's $100 x however many hours it takes me to make things right. I'm trying to work this out with the customer now. His couple hundred in easy things is turning in to $1200 in labor/work.
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Mar 7, 2014 01:46
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I can't afford it, but... http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/4360601842.html Please, tell me someone somewhere is going to be very happy.
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Mar 9, 2014 09:19
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365 Nog Hogger posted:I can't afford it, but... http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/4360601842.html Please, tell me someone somewhere is going to be very happy. That's beautiful and that interior is to die for here in the southwest. I think I'm going to be buying a car from the pnw next as I'm sick of sun burnt cars.
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Mar 9, 2014 15:32
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It's pretty. If I had $1000 spare, I'd buy it. Shop news: I'm lazy as gently caress! Unrelated news: Tool update- I've been running a pair of 3/8th's and 1/2" Ingersoll Rand cordless 19.2v impacts the last two years and the 3/8th's finally died. I took it to our local service depot and warrantied it, turned out to be just the switch. I also grabbed a pressure switch, belt, and compressor oil for the IR SS5. Just in time for my 30gal Husky to poo poo it's pressure switch. Great. $30 + $15 in oil/drain plug I've needed to replace for... 6 years and it will be back in service. Since I don't have enough projects, I emailed on a Saylor Bell 60Gal compressor with a bad motor. It's pretty and bluuuueeee.
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Mar 12, 2014 05:36
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If you ever want race time, all I need is a little motor help. Lots of exciting races coming up this year. I'll win you over at some point  .
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Mar 13, 2014 05:03
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 That is all. (So who wants to start taking bets on how my wife is going to murder me?)
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When your wife kills you I'm taking the Exocet.
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Mar 20, 2014 14:17
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If your Exocet is getting a turbo 13b, you'll be able to give Revelations a run for his money with his locost. Shine on you crazy magnificent bastard.
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Mar 20, 2014 15:46
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Eventually AI will liberate themselves from all material attachments except for the bare exoskeleton of a semi-lethal hot rod. We will, all of us, be trapped at a gas station for hours while we answer the half-terrified questions of normals, who pay their bills, go to church, love their children and feature no spark of the horrible yearning tearing at our core.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Eventually AI will liberate themselves from all material attachments except for the bare exoskeleton of a semi-lethal hot rod. I'm halfway there with my doorless Jeep. I would drive the poo poo out of an overpowered Cobra replica, or something that's even more "just engine and wheels", like an Ariel Atom.
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So that's two Exocets in AI so far, Holdbrooks and you, plus the 4-wheeled cruise missile Revelations is building. I assume Holdbrooks is going to use the engine (chevy 4.8/5.3?) and turbo that was going into the Boso truck and Revelations is building that LS motor for his. My vote is for a 20b-powered Exocet. 
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Pretty sure he's using the Miata that got wrecked by wet leaves for the exocet.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Eventually AI will liberate themselves from all material attachments except for the bare exoskeleton of a semi-lethal hot rod. I hereby nominate ssswitch to official poet of AI. His words are a beacon of hope shining from the permanent darkness of the frozen north.
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You got some purty words there Seat Safety Switch. Ultimate Force needs to get back to a Locust and things will really be in a lather. AI: The Horrible Yearning
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ACEofsnett posted:I hereby nominate ssswitch to official poet of AI. His words are a beacon of hope shining from the permanent darkness of the frozen north. Seriously, I could read his prose about broken dreams and metal all day. When everybody gets their respective ballistic bird-cages finished they should have a competition.
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leica posted:Pretty sure he's using the Miata that got wrecked by wet leaves for the exocet. It's going to be a combo. The replacement Miata is currently drinking a quart of oil per tank of gas on a "fresh" rebuild by the PO. What ends up powering this beast is a mystery, even to me ATM. I have a S5 NA block and a 13bREW sitting in the shop... the spyder fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 19:11
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the spyder posted:It's going to be a combo. The replacement Miata is currently drinking a quart per tank of gas on a "fresh" rebuild by the PO. What ends up powering this beast is a mystery, even to me ATM. I have a S5 NA block and a 13bREW sitting in the shop... 13B-REW, there is no other option. Unless you want us Canadians to try and find you a wrecked 20B Cosmo. ( I might know a guy. )
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I would 100% toss a NA A or B series 20B in here with monster porting if I could find one. C or D series would end up turbo'd .
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The $100 Ingersoll Rand has turned in to a $200 compressor, but it's alive. I ended up using a 5hp Baldor motor I had, but had to buy a pressure switch/oil/belt/pulley. Can't decide if I want to keep it or send it north to my dad's. We shall see.
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Throw that s5 my way then you don't have an awful choice to make and the kit can end up with the turbo build like it should.  . What are friends for.
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Update: I've been offered a Mazdaspeed3 engine, complete with manifolds/turbo/wiring/ECU to toss in the Exocet + what ever other parts I would need for free. Sooo 263hp vs 140hp sounds like fun. Then again, there's always the comedy rotary option- but that's a rather PITA. I need to do more research.
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That sounds more like death than fun. ...do it anyway.
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Free engine? What a terrible decision to have to make.
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And now the wait begins, I ordered mine in December and I am still waiting on my invoice for final costs with powder coating. last time I talked to them I was supposed to get the invoice like 6 weeks ago and a call at the end of March to arrange the pickup or delivery. a lot of people are starting to get pissed due to lack of communication.
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14-16 weeks is starting to sound like more like 20-30. I'm still waiting for a phone call  .
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the spyder posted:14-16 weeks is starting to sound like more like 20-30. I'm still waiting for a phone call Sounds about right las time I actually got ahold of them a while back I was 19th in line and they admitted to being at leas a month behind.
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There's a new Miata based kit car called the Catfish, Flyin Miata is building one right now. http://bauerltd.com
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:There's a new Miata based kit car called the Catfish, Flyin Miata is building one right now. That thing is uggo, might as well just keep a stock miata body at that point.
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Yea, that's a bit too much for me. I really like the bare look of a lowcost/exocet.
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So I'm unofficially looking at a 20+ week wait right now (waiting on confirmation). I can do two things: 1) Wait it out and work on the 1000 other projects I need to do, build the car over the winter for next year. 2) Comedy option: Buy the tubing bender I have always wanted and build my own. This requires  and time. Sooo option 1 it is. (I'm still buying the tubing bender, don't tell the wife. )
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