Ontopic A Thread About Butt Mustard, For Those Who Drive Automobiles

[Hoff Kinkmeister]

When you need all the rubber:

Stratos may be my favorite car of all time.

 

[Hoff Kinkmeister]

Truckee (CA) Drift yo

 

[OzSTEEZ]

Life is so damn convenient for him.

Grammar is such a hassle.

 

[Ledboots]

"Damned convenient"

 

[Jehannum]

I had to go take pictures of the GTO for an entry into a local car show, so I put it off until the last possible moment, and got shit weather. Gotta take 'em into photoshop and see if I can bump the colors up past "holy shit it's gray and dreary out".

 

[gee]

Love the 1st picture. Even though it shows no body panel perfectly lining up, but I guess that makes it authentic GM.

 

[Jehannum]

Love the 1st picture. Even though it shows no body panel perfectly lining up, but I guess that makes it authentic GM.

Yeah, there's no angle that makes panel gap on these things other than what it is.

 

[Jehannum]

 

[Jehannum]

And the obligatory (though dirty as fuck, just drove through a boatload of rain to get there...)

 

[HipHugHer]

And the obligatory (though dirty as fuck, just drove through a boatload of rain to get there...)

Love how the AC is just stuck on there up off to the side like, "oh, people expect these now, there's some room over here, just stick it there".

Perfect.

 

[Jehannum]

Love how the AC is just stuck on there up off to the side like, "oh, people expect these now, there's some room over here, just stick it there".

Perfect.

It's an aftermarket system by Vintage Air. The other systems I've seen use the Harrison compressor (so, it's about 1/4 the length of the Sanden one) and mount much closer, but I've got that massive engine bay and no dead hookers to fill it with, so I figure, why the shit not?

 

[gee]

Dead hookers go in the trunk anyway, the hot engine compartment makes them spoil quicker.

 

[Jehannum]

Had my friend punch up the colors a notch.

 

[Jehannum]

Started installing a set of silicone turbo outlet couplers (to replace the 25 year old original rubber couplers) in the 300ZX yesterday, and then got sidetracked stripping the outlet metal pipes for powder coating, and also replacing all the (crumbling, leaky) rubber vacuum caps with new vinyl ones.

So, the 300ZX is off the road again.

Hopefully the vacuum caps were the root cause of power loss at the last dyno day. I'm fairly confident that they were, but if they successfully lean out the mixture at high boost, then I'll be happy.

 

[HipHugHer]

Why don't you just get it over with and powder coat the entire car all at once? Stop half-assing it already.

 

[Jehannum]

Why don't you just get it over with and powder coat the entire car all at once? Stop half-assing it already.

I just painted it! Quit judging me!

 

[Domon]

Started installing a set of silicone turbo outlet couplers (to replace the 25 year old original rubber couplers) in the 300ZX yesterday, and then got sidetracked stripping the outlet metal pipes for powder coating, and also replacing all the (crumbling, leaky) rubber vacuum caps with new vinyl ones.

So, the 300ZX is off the road again.

Hopefully the vacuum caps were the root cause of power loss at the last dyno day. I'm fairly confident that they were, but if they successfully lean out the mixture at high boost, then I'll be happy.

you're a silly silly man.

 

[Jehannum]

you're a silly silly man.

I'm about to replace the EFI and alternator wiring harnesses with new ones, and then put an aftermarket ECU on it, that'll do boost control, knock detection, and rely on manifold pressure instead of mass airflow.

Gonna get it up to 500HP.

 

[Darth Handsome]

That car is awesome. 67? (sorry if I missed the post saying the year, if there is one.)

 

[Jehannum]

That car is awesome. 67? (sorry if I missed the post saying the year, if there is one.)

yeah, it's a '67. '66 had the stacked headlights too, but lacked the crosshatched grill inserts.