What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2023]

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Built6spdMCSS

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Made it in, speed bumps looked bigger than they actually were. Story of my life...😐

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Wuz going to suggest that you could modify them for height by gently rolling up to them until you came in contact and then using the heat from your pipes to "change" the height to one more appropriate for the room you need but wasn't sure that the company would be all that enthusiastic about the modifications; plus getting the goo off your tubes could prove nasty to do.

Way, way back a whole lot of long time ago, one of the local high schools put asphalt speed bumps in the students parking lot in an attempt to curtail youthful exuberance as applied to the Waaaah pedal on their cars. Certain parties, so challenged, came up with the solution of swapping out their good street wheels for a set or two of baldinis mounted on steel rims. They then ever so gently backed up to the bumps, got themselves located on top of them, and executed a brake stand while bringing the rear wheels up to speed. Not sure how many dead tires they went through but the bump did get ground down to a bump with two massive ruts cut into it. School Board was not amused; student population thought it was hilarious. Wonder if the shop teacher ever got curious about the amount of action going on by the tire changing machine.



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Wuz going to suggest that you could modify them for height by gently rolling up to them until you came in contact and then using the heat from your pipes to "change" the height to one more appropriate for the room you need but wasn't sure that the company would be all that enthusiastic about the modifications; plus getting the goo off your tubes could prove nasty to do.
Its the little flange tabs hanging down. If the steel was hot enough to be formed by hitting a speed bump, I have bigger issues.
 

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Wasn't thinking about it that way, more along the line of using the header collector heat to deform or soften the bump so it would sag and increase the freeboard space.



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Quick update, had to modify my snap ring pliers but got the truetrac buttoned up and modified Moser cover installed. Also got the driveshaft bolted on, as well as calipers loaded and on. I'll fill it with fluid tomorrow so that the rtv has time to set. Obligatory pics...
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UC645

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Started to rip apart the functionally safe, but hideous wiring I did for the Bussmann panel I put in.
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There’s 7 unnecessary power wires and 5 unnecessary grounds on those bussbars, and those are getting thrown out for a pair of battery stud/bussbar combo to help clean up that mess. I’ve got a partially bussed RTR panel in the mail, bussed on the relay side, and leaving the fuse side open to keep everything in one location.

Just a heads up, you can only reliably get the relay bussed version from Waytek Wire, no other place stocks it.
 
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Started to rip apart the functionally safe, but hideous wiring I did for the Bussmann panel I put in.
what? you don't like the mid-80's underhood splatter paint job? 😁

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UC645

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what? you don't like the mid-80's underhood splatter paint job? 😁

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Oh those are staying like that. That’s epoxy primer on there and anything I can use to remove it will ruin those fuel lines. The regulator they’re plumbed into is getting tossed into orbit though, hunts pressure by 3-4 PSI.
 
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Only thing that caught my eye is that raw, uninsulated. one wire twisted together with another wire that is laying in the open on that hose. Is that about to be one of the victims in your electrical clean up exercise?



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