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Messages - Mikey97D

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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Some jewelry arrived for the TC yesterday


I hate anything to do with gear oil so this is to motivate myself to change it.

Last October, my friend bought a, '06 Z06 Corvette out of Ohio.    Took a flight with him to drive the car back home.  He bought it for a track car (and fun) that runs compared to his two RX7's.  I have been displaced a bit in the garage but that is the way it should be.

Head work, Long tube headers, and a centrifugal blower make it interesting to drive on the street without getting carried away or in a ditch. 
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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Those valve covers look phenomenal with the Thunderbird on them.

Hope it stays warm for you.  We've been in a deep freeze in the northeast.
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User Rides / Re: She wants to be plugged in too !
If you are concerned at all about the antifreeze and don't want to get a tester or it test bad, you will be better off dumping all the coolant out leaving it empty.

Poor kitty out in the cold!  LOL
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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
Beautiful work!

Sounds great! 

Must be very satisfying to hear it run?
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
I was looking for one of those donut things but couldn't find anything listed for the car.  Do you remember the brand gasket set that came with the donut?  The FelPro 8993 didn't nor the Felpro kit above it (more gaskets).

ps: I have the headgasket number already memorized........this is not a good sign.
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
I have been fighting an exhaust leak between the wastegate cone  and the down pipe.  Finally gave in on Friday and went to a exhaust shop.  The cone part of the down pipe must have oblong from misalignment and was never going to fit.  The garage made a new pipe and also added a glass pack for me right before the ler.  

So much better!  A little less on the dB's for the longer drives and I can hear the radio better.  Also having correct reading from the wideband is a plus.

I've rented a spot in my friend's garage for the winter.  Yesterday I put the 'Bird away before the snow comes and all the salt on the roads.

Now that marching band is done for my daughter's schedule, the parent taxi cab service has gotten a mild break.  Two teenagers are busy.  Plans for the winter is tear into the wastegate actuator and the gate operation.  Replace the starter solenoid and the ignition switch (I think it is the solenoid going bad but not a bad idea to replace both).

I'd like to get a caster/camber alignment kit this winter just to tinker around with the MM caster plates.
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User Rides / Re: Chuck's '83 TBird
Is it weird for me to say that I like the look from the side more than from the top?
I think that is cool and something different!
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Thankfully no surging.  Although I have only once really leaned into it.

Still on the stock computer.  I did bump the fuel pressure up a bit to make up for the brown tops.  It's an item I plan to back off once I have my setup done if the AFR is too rich at WOT.