My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[fr3dfr3dburg3r1]

The deeper and deeper I got into your build thread the more and more I absolutely love your car, keep up the rad work!

[Nick475]

but butt .

lol. but butt

[Queef|Chief]

I love coming to this thread! Cars great man, glad the tranny got sorted

[floatingdino]

micah called me a tropper...
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[M.Doban]

i can see your face, micah. this forum is not worthy of seeing your face.

That's not me though.

O___O




Okay. So try as I might with my unpleasantly sub-par photography skills, I just could not get a good picture of the hard-lined turbo oil supply. It's really slick though I don't know why everybody doesn't do this. That braided steel stuff it weak.

Anyways, that along with a new throttle body were part of my H2O prep. My old one was a piece of utter ebay garbage that someone sold me as a Holley. They lied. It was awful. It would stick open and the car would idle way over 1200 rpm... pretty much wherever it felt like. And it would surge like crazy sometimes and not at other times because there was no provision of the fast idle valve. Quite embarrassing.

But enough talk. I had a 68mm so I got a 70mm. I didn't like the pressed in barbed fittings coming out for the factory vacuum stuff so pulled them out, threaded the holes, and plugged them. Same with the MAP sensor. But this thing is NICE. The car idles down at ~800 rpm now as it should. No sticks, no hangs. I love it. It even has recessed bolt holes. LOVE. Buy Omni throttle bodies, people.







I also replaced the fuel tank as part of my prep. The old one had started leaking at the seam. And, if you know me, you know I can't leave well enough alone. So while the tank was out I redid all my fuel pump wiring with nice fancy (expensive) quick disconnect connecters and soldered everything. Not that I hope to pull the tank down again but butt connecters and crimp on clamps are never the proper way to do things.

No pictures because I was covered in sticky undercoating.

That was pretty much all the big stuff. I did little things like check all the suspension bolts, wiring, and just smart things to look at before a long trip. I've never driven the car over 2 hours before so this was a must.

I also found a working clock in the junkyard of which I am absolutely livid about not taking a picture of. It's seriously so nice to know the time while driving.

Oh also I got a transmission yesterday for $20. Score.

So being that there are no real pictures in this post, if you have read all of this you are a tropper and I hope you are blessed with many children.

[w201e34]

i can see your face, micah. this forum is not worthy of seeing your face.

[TrailerTrash]

low slow and plowin snow

[FunfGang]

snow?

... um

It's like cocaine from the sky.

[floatingdino]

snow?

... um

[benz88]

"season"? All year round is the season...

Snow's coming.

[floatingdino]

"season"? All year round is the season...

[M.Doban]

Yep. Like Stu said, most of it was welded and then JB sealed up what was still leaking. I'm so thankful it was repairable enough to cruise around and get home.

Right now the car is sitting at my house all raised up from the drive home and I haven't touched it.

I found a transmission locally for $20 that I'm picking up Friday. Then the car will probably sit as is all winter and into next year until I have time to work on it. But basically it's done for the season. *cries*

[SheaMoose]

Fist Bonneville.
Then h2o.

Are you going to go to Gatebil without me as well?

[CrackerTeg]

That's actually pretty convenient. Glad its not dead.

[FunfGang]

I dont see oil all over the parking lot so im assuming it was still drivable

Friend of ours luckily always carries stupid amounts of nice welding equipment in his car, so he welded most of it up then Micah went and applied JB weld about 5 times.