The Torque Converter died..

I lost the torque converter in the transmission. Thank G the internal parts of the transmission are OK..

Les

2009 Race season so far

Hey all.

Not sure if I mentioned in the past that this is my Rookie season. I had my fingers crossed that good things would prevail. I have had very little support as far as help goes.

After watching some testing videos I decieded that there needs to be some carb adjustment to make the car more responsive off the starting line. The adjustment were made and Low & Behold it worked. That was not really a good thing because I have been praticing with the slower car. So now I red light the car. Bummer..

I've run into some rear shock problems and need to fix that.. More on that later!

Video Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsSWxFmOaJI

See ya,

Les

Still out here

Race season starts this comming weekend..

Les

Back in Black

Yep.. "Back in Black" the new motto for this engine. The purple engine is long gone. I got her runnung..

YT Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4HnqTJYFcs

Check it out!

Well it's late..

Les

Ya right a few days

Gosh.. sorry for thoses that read this.. I'm back for sure.. After losing the engine to internal failure I just haven't had the energy to add to this blog.. I'm putting a second engine together.. It was givin to me so that's a + for sure.

I'll put up some pic's and tell ya more.. I promiss!

Les

I'm Back!

Give me few days to add!

Les

Getting Fit

Well.. it's been awhile again since I updated this page. I purchaced a tread mill and have been using it to lose a few pounds. At this point it's a up and down hill weight loss - gain. Since I use it after work, by Sunday I am so tired I sleep most of the day. I guess that's good but not sure. I'm pretty stressed out and feel better after all the rest.

I'm going to make Banana / Strawberry smoothies.. That will be my treat for working the tread mill everyday. I also am going to make my own Tomato sauce for spaghetti. If it comes out OK then I may try some ideas for a pizza sauce.

Well I'll try and update more and maybe add my weight loss..

Les

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Painted my Mustang

I'll post some better pictures in the future.. I had to leave it in the paint booth so that it could fully dry.. It's Perl White with Gold stripes ..

So here are some sneek pictures!

Les

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Pictures of my cam

Here is what it looks like.. not good!

Les

Bad News

Well I took the car out on the street and it had an engine failure.. It's really sad.. All of the work to get destroyed in just a matter of a few seconds..

I'll get another engine it's just back on the build stage again.. I'm painting the car this week.. It should look nice..

Here is a video of some street action just before it let go..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwzlrs1LfwE

Laters..
Les
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Sorry for the delay in posts

It's more or less uphill and it takes me time to get back to this Blog.. I've always wished to post positive comments here.. Hate to share the dark side.. I've been healty at best and still going foward with my Mustang project.. I expect a new video soon so keep looking for a link ;=)

Les
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June

Well been steadly working on the Mustang.. Lots of improvements and some stress to go along with the work.. I just wanted to update this blog...

Les

JUst another day.. right

Well.. since my day job isn't going as well.. I decided to help a co-worker with his projects.. He said he would pay me for the help.. So tonight I stayed to help him..

So on the way home I stopped off and got some fuel for my car... The last fitting came today.. Hoot! It was a lil tough to get the fitting out of the package so I used a razor blade ot open it.. That turned out to be a mistake cuz I now have a 3 inch slit on my left thumb.. I wrapped my thumb with a shop rag and continued to work installing the fitting.. I get the fitting on there OK..

So I add fuel to the tank for the first time and I have leaks.. I've managed to splash fuel on my new cut.. No big deal I thought.. So I go around fixing the leaks.. Well I look at the carb and there is fuel all around.. sheesh. I check the fuel pressure gauge and I have 12 psi of fuel pressure.. that's way too much. I change the adjustments some and turn on the fuel pump again.. Shoot, same thing only worse.. a quick glance at the pressure and it's at 6 psi..

So I quit for the day.. I pulled out all of the spark plugs and cranked over the engine to get the engine clear of fuel.. I went and washed my cut with dish washing soap.. that onlyt made it feel worse.. Sheshh

Well tomorrow is certainaly a new day!

Les
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Just an Update

Hey.. The car is almost ready to run.. I have almost finished everything.. Simply frustrated.. I took the driveshaft to be modified two weeks ago and I get the runaround that the guy is busy.. WTF either help me or not.. don't friggin put me off.. There is more trust me.. I'm just upset!
Gerrrrrr...

Les

Finished the trans pick-up

Had to make the filter pick-up tonight.. I got the material from OSH for around $4.50.. They don't make a pick-up but the company sells the pan.. I wonder what they are thinking sometimes..

Well got to run..

Les