Cascade Crew

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

ok. UPDATE!
so i get to my dads house. i drove. i jumpered the "G" port on ALDL and primed the fuel pump and drove with no problems. so i started testing electrical. i could not find the relay, could not find the fuse (but since it primed once i jumpered i assume relay and fuse are ok) i checked the voltage at the pump and was anable to get any reading. it's awful cramped. then i bypassed the oil pressure switch with ignition on and the fuel pump ran. so i assumed that was the problem. but when the fuel pump ran it ran kinda rough... so i figured the fuel pump is on it's way out and this switch is bad. so i called napa and ordered a new switch. figured i would replace the swithc friday morning and let the pump go for a week or two until i pull the rearend to do the brakes.

on the way home i stoped at the napa to see about ordering brakes and when i went to leave, the fuel pump would not come on even when jumping the ALDL port. but i could hear the relay under the hood clicking on. so i called AAA and bought a fuel pump (they stock it). now i am back home taking a quick warm up break before i get started. the time is now 11:20 am. i have until 4:00PM at the latest to leave this house in order to get to school on time. if i do not finish by 4 i will have to leave my T/A here over night and drive my dads huge suburban (it has a bigblock 400 Very Happy

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ok wish me luck Cool

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

well. it's now 1:30 and i don't even have the tank out yet. i have the rear droped. i have removed the brake line mounts and i aaaallllmmmost have the heat shielding off. i needed a stress relief break so i came in to pee, warm up and update the board. might order a pizza too. Smile

it's looking like i might be taking the suburban to school today and finishing the fuel pump the morning of dyno gathering day one! Shocked

do i qualify as the closest call yet?

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject:

WOW

thats a tough one to beat. well funny story. i call up my favorite hillsboro pizza place "pizza in paradise" and ask if they deliver. normally yes the guys says "but our delivery drivers car broke down" Laughing

i got a kick out of that. so i have a "papa johns" medium ham olive and mushroom on the way. yummy. Surprised

well back to the car.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject:

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject:

pizzas here. so i will update yall again. i have a full 3 gal fuel tank sitting in the garage along with four milk jugs full of gas. gas weighs lessd then milk by the way Laughing

. i have the tank out. i sawzalled my exaust out, screaming like a madman ( i always scream while using power tools) the drive from here to the exhaust shop is going to be fun Cool

i used compressed air to blow all dust away from the tank opening. next step is to pull the sending unit and pop the tank back in. i am not going to finish this today. Sad

and my dads suburban has no radio No no no...

i think i am going to gheto-style it with a battery powered boom box in the passanger seat.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject:

... or have your tranny puke fluid up out of the filler hole as it dies a horrible death ON the dyno.

Dyno #1... good times.

-Schultzy

iansane · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject:

Dude are you doing this alone?

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject:

John's Dyno Saga....

Year #1. I lost my job 2 months before dyno, of course after we had set a date. No money, no Dyno.

Year #2. The infamous clogged cat. IIRC, my HP peak was at 2100 rpms. Rolling Eyes

Year #3. Missfire on the way to the dyno. put down a killer 104hp. When I got home, I found the #7 plug wire, disconnected from the dizzy. Doh!

Year #4. Finally a clean run! Although I was fixing the nitrous system in the parking lot of dyno. Thanks to everyone who threw in a hand, helping to wire, and wrench (or if needed, stragicly place a bottle cap under the noid, to support it) (BTW, the bottle cap is still there!).

Year #5... I'm praying nothing goes wrong.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject:

with al the huge bank you put into your car you have a bottle cap repair? Laughing

Dewey316 · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:04 am Post subject:

Yup, a bottle cap repair.

I have also used throttle return springs, to hold my throttle cable backet in place. Laughing

There are more things than I care to count, or think about, that are held on by zip ties....

I know we have ghetto rigged my car more than just that, I would have to sit down and really think about some of the other stuff though.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:06 am Post subject:

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:07 am Post subject:

I find it is better not to think about it. On a related note, paper clips have a lot of applications.

-Schultzy

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:26 am Post subject:

theres nothing ghetto about zip ties. Cool

i have not ghetto rigged the GTA yet... the 6 though.... i cut out the "battery tray" on the intake side (that does not hold a battery) to allow fresh air in, only problem... it allowed fresh rain in and i dodn't want to hydrolock my engine. so i drilled a few holes around the cut-out and cut a piece of mud-flap rubber to fid. then i used GM door-pannel retainer clips (plastic christmas tre things) to hold it in. it's still there. Very Happy

then on sunny days you can remove it Cool

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

hehe 'THE' coffee can.

Tony,
I forget, does your 6 have the front air dam? Functional inner wheel well cover? I cut my tray for a cold air intake but water doesn't get up in there.

-Schultzy

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject:

mostly and yes. no ground effects. i think thats what does it.