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Started by Monsterlover, March 19, 2021, 07:59:32 PM

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Popeye the Sailor

#690
June 03, 2025, 02:56:34 PM
I think it needs antique plates, if PA lets you run year of manufacture plates, I'd find some from the year it was built.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Monsterlover

#691
June 03, 2025, 03:11:23 PM
Quote from: Popeye the Sailor on June 03, 2025, 02:56:34 PMI think it needs antique plates, if PA lets you run year of manufacture plates, I'd find some from the year it was built.

Once I have the antique title status things get a lot easier. If I happen to run across a plate that's either the correct year or within a couple years either way they will let me transfer that plate onto the truck.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Popeye the Sailor

#692
June 04, 2025, 04:30:27 PM
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Monsterlover

#693
June 04, 2025, 05:31:29 PM
[laugh]
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Monsterlover

#694
July 09, 2025, 07:50:42 AM
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Monsterlover

#695
August 31, 2025, 11:06:11 AM
Still waiting but there's a ray of hope.  I got to working with my state rep and she found that there's one lady roadblocking my application.  This lady is now not responding to my gal at the state reps office and she's not thrilled about it.  Our last conversation went like this -

"send me all your paperwork, copies of the cashed check and the pictures.  I have another way to get this done.  I'm going to go around her"

Game on!

In other news, I drove it 40 miles home from my friends shop to my house.  It's...dangerous.  I've taken to calling it Deathtrap and it fully lives up to that name when you put your foot in it.  Normal driving and cruising it's just fine.  Very mild mannered and easy to drive. 

With heavy throttle the world goes absolutely sideways when the cam comes on and the turbos get to chugging.  The whole demeanor of the vehicle changes.  With the revs up and a floored throttle, Mr Hyde is here now.  [evil]  [evil]  [evil]  [evil]

In first it will paint the road with the rear tires, leaving stripes as long as you keep your foot down.  The rev limiter shows up fast.

I absolutely love it.

However, it does run really hot.  I think the airflow while driving isn't enough.  I pulled off for a cool down at 240 and within 5 minutes of idling it was back to 202.

I'm adding a huge oil cooler this week (11x7x2) with a fan and adding Amsoil's equivalent to water wetter to the cooling system.  If that's not enough it looks like I may cut the bed under the radiator and add a duct to bring under truck air up and through it.

I'm also planning to go from the factor F250 4.11 gears to 4.56's.  That will make it easier to get moving from a stop and will make 6th gear useable.  That's likely a winter project though.

Leaving the gas station across the street.  First fuel stop. https://photos.app.goo.gl/RErbUtZujAVxbSCR9 (click to play vid)

Rolling along in second https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZgBtN8LtyGmgcc3R9

Flooring it on my road.  The vid starts JUST as I hit the limiter in 1st (the bang sound) https://photos.app.goo.gl/totyzeSgApTGXTTm9
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

herm

#696
August 31, 2025, 04:56:44 PM
BAD AZZ!! [evil]  [evil]
If you drive the nicest car in the neighborhood, work in a cash business, and don't pay taxes, you're either a preacher or a drug dealer...

1.21GW

#697
August 31, 2025, 07:20:11 PM
Can you explain to bang sound to us tech-challenged idiots?  There is a rev limiter that you hit in first?  What exactly is "banging"?
"I doubt I'm her type---I'm sure she's used to the finer things.  I'm usually broke. I'm kinda sloppy..."

Kopfjäger

#698
August 31, 2025, 08:38:45 PM
Banging off the rev limiter" refers to repeatedly hitting the engine's max RPM by cutting fuel or spark. The "banging" sound is the engine rapidly repeating these power cuts and restorations.
Woohoohoohoo! Two personal records! For breath holding and number of sharks shot in the face.
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