Boaz MacPhereson posted:

Come back to us!

Any progress made with carb man? Are you currently running from the law after assaulting carb man with a pipe?

Mat_Drinks posted:

Yeah seriously! Tell us the story like it's a Punisher comic!

Punisher MAX posted:

A half-hour's drive later I had the jump leads clamped to the skin of his balls and I'd been turning the key in the ignition for fifteen minutes and he'd poo poo all over himself and the world was a beautiful place.

8ender posted:

Wasn't there already some fan fiction involving carb guy guest starring Kastein earlier in the thread or did I imagine (fantasize about) that?

ironblock posted:

The air is cool and silent. It's just before dawn, and rays of pink light are starting to creep over hilltops and into the sleepy valleys below. A golden-brown thrush alights on the branch of a lone aspen. She preens her soft feathers, fluffing them up as though to ward off the cold. She sits and waits, looking for breakfast.

The branch quakes lightly, almost imperceptibly so. The thrush doesn't feel any breeze, and she is alone on her perch. What could it be? She cocks her head and listens. In the distance, she can just make out a soft roar, like snow avalanching off a tree's branches, or maybe a torrent of water splashing down onto rocks. Then, she sees it. Chasing away the muted rays of morning sun, the harsh yellow cascade of halogen high beams blasts over the rise.

The furious trundling of the enormous diesel mill is nearly overcome by the sound of ten knobby tires chewing up the country road at 54 miles per hour. The morning's peace is shattered, but inside the truck's cab, there is a different kind of silence. A purity of intent, of focused will. An understanding between the truck's occupants that whatever comes to pass, whatever may have been ordained by fate, whatever transgressions against men and Gods are about to occur, that these things are right. That no questions need be asked, no answers need be given.

As the country road gives way to to city street, and then to suburbs, the passenger smiles. The target is home. He and the driver share a moment of mute understanding, and the five ton truck commits a federal offense, obliterating the flimsy mailbox. A copy of Us Weekly flutters back to Earth in the neighbor's yard. With a grunt and a small lurch, the truck seems to regret its enthusiasm, cautiously backing its rear tires off the lawn while bringing its nose about. With the truck's formidable lighting array now aimed directly through the living room's picture window, sunrise has come early to one house in Syracuse.

Red-faced and sweating, the man of the house bursts through the front door, flinging open the screen with wild abandon. His eyes widen as he takes in the scene in his front yard. The truck is still aimed at him like a ferocious beast, quietly rumbling sooty exhaust onto the petunias.

Just as he puts his hands up to block the blast from those brilliant headlights, they're switched off, and the truck's doors open.

IronBlock and Kastein jump down and form ranks in the muddy horror that once was the man's lawn, their jet-black suits contrasting sharply with the damage around them.

IronBlock carefully adjusts his Rolex and clears his throat.

"Mr. Parker," he intones, "you're late."

ironblock posted:

I dug up the ACTUAL modifications that VPD does to the HSR42s, and they're loving bullshit. I could do them in my garage with a Dremel and a bottle of whiskey.

ironblock posted:

Let's do this, AI. Let's build a goddamn Datsun.

Terrible Robot posted:

Still kinda wish we'd gotten to see kastein knock on drive through that dick's door with the 5-ton.

Snowdens Secret posted:

Any legal (CARB etc) complications from doing this work in California?

IOwnCalculus posted:

1967 is pre-inspection in CA so it should be good. Arizona is one of the only places that would still run it through a sniffer test but as long as it passes they don't care how you do it.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

I'm excited. The brake stuff sounds sketchy, why won't you bend the lines?

It's neither complicated nor dangerous compared to running a stock master and prop valve on big titty aftermarket brakes. Maybe I'm misunderstanding though. Brakes are not my strong suit.

ironblock posted:

Brakes:
- My brake balance is most likely going to be COMPLETELY hosed. The actual piston surface area of the 4 piston brakes is smaller (two small circles vs one large one), and I went with the larger piston slave cylinders for the rear drums. My plan was to attempt some panic stops in a parking lot after the car is running and see if I'm locking the rears first. Starting to wish I had gone for a 67.5 so I could have had a dual master. Might need a proportioning valve (do these even work?)

Suspension
- Want to use the Bilsteins, but I don't have the correct paint or the stickers. I keep trying to get them, and then I lose touch with the guy at Bilstein USA who said he could get them. Anyone have Bilstein stickers?

Terrible Robot posted:

Still kinda wish we'd gotten to see kastein knock on that dick's door with the 5-ton.

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CARB woes,

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Incredibly questionable brakes

NitroSpazzz posted:

Proportioning valves work great and are pretty painless to install, just toss inline to the rears and adjust as needed. Between Dad and I we've had them on 5 cars, I recommend wilwood but they're all the same thing.

Bilstein stickers? Like the stickers they send out with their shocks? If so I should have a few laying around.

Viking Blood posted:

Ironblock, regarding the carbs, the dude at v-performance says that he upgrades the float needle and/or seat to handle the higher pressure of a fuel pump. Did you get more info on that somewhere? I'd be curious to know.

ironblock posted:

This was kind of the only X-factor, but by doing some Googlin', I've discovered that sometimes the Harley guys need to pressure feed "high cube drag bikes, bro", and they use Mikuni part no 786-27001-2.3, which is a smaller float bowl valve "for pressure feed only". I strongly strongly suspect that this is the only "mod" being done to make the carbs work with pressure feed.

ironblock posted:

Stickers: Like the actual stickers that go on the shock body. Look like they're foil. I don't NEED these, but it will piss me off to repaint the shocks and not have them. It would bother me to install dirty old parts on my nice clean car.

Bajaha posted:

Ummm... could it be this simple/easy? eBay Link
Part number looks like it matches and says it's a needle valve, my understanding of carbs is all theoretical so I might be pointing to the wrong thing.

NitroSpazzz posted:

I have a few unused, unopened sets I'll check when I get home. If I find anything I'll let you know

mafoose posted:

Are the stickers shot?
If not, why not just mask them off?

ironblock posted:

ironblock posted:

Yessssss. I think John Deere tractor yellow is close enough. If I could get some mildly accurate stickers on there, I think that's all I'd need to be happy.

revmoo posted:

I want to get some parts store-brand stickers on my car. Imagine a gigantic A1Cardone sticker over your windshield! AC Delco running down one side and Duralast down the other.

Larrymer posted:

I'd be shocked if you just emailed Bilstein and asked for them that they wouldn't send them to you. That's basically free advertising for them.

ironblock posted:

Minor update

I'll be in California from June 20th to ?? in July - at least a month. I have to work my normal schedule, but nights and weekends are free. I am now going to order everything on my list in advance. I should have enough time once I get there to make adjustments and do one, maybe two more orders, so this time, I'm prepared for the unforseen.

The HSRs arrived in CA yesterday.

It's happening, guys.