Bringing it back:, Improved Original for 4742910780 Options

[Van B]

Oh yeah that on ramp was a real loss… damn. Is the off ramp still there or is it gone too?

[wonkipop]

Oh yeah that on ramp was a real loss… damn. Is the off ramp still there or is it gone too?

used to be a one way sweeper on ramp. on ramp in the sense of on ramp on to a major road which led straight on to bridge over river via a dedicated lane. so no need to stop.
and it was uphill all the way. used to come out from under the bridge on the road below which was a nice little dip for a thrill, straight into sweeper and keep the foot in it.
with a 1.8 you were in no danger of getting into it too hard half way around.

i've got no baffles in the tank post rhd conversion. you lose half the bottom of the tank to do the firewall pedal box. so always had to make sure i had more than half a tank of gas. the fuel guage would swing far left and she would cough and cut out if the tank was too low. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

all gone now. its like a two lane sweeper without constant radius. its sort of there but not as sweet. much narrower with a concrete divider wall so if you lost it half way around you are going to do some damage. which was not the case in years past.

i'm basically down to a couple of short little sections where i can give it some stick and then i have to back off. the once free land of australia is now chock for of contract camera car operators who are real smart alecs where they hide. the cops don't do static speed traps anymore. its all faceless bureaucracies. the cops can still ping you with their in car radars and do the old lights and siren thing but its getting to be a rarity.

i will miss their on the side of the road lectures about taking the lead out of the soles of my shoes. the few times i have been pulled over in the 914 it usually ends with them wanting to look all over the car. you know. what is it. nice car. etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

EDIT when i say two lane sweeper i mean two way. perfect corner for 914 fun ruined forever. at least i got three years or so out of it. specially during the lockdowns.
man it was fun then. no traffic.

[Van B]

Into December now, work slowed not because of the holidays, but because I had to deal with some more surprises i.e. rust lol…. Only this rust was from a villain of a dapo.

This was the rusted leading-edge corner on the drivers door that was caked full of bondo with -zero effort to deal with the rust. I had to cut it out and fabricate a patch panel:

[Van B]

Then there was the passenger side that was basically the same situation as the right rear quarter. Someone definitely turned into a pole in a gas station or parking lot. The whole section looked like it was rolled out like dough and then done in with a slap dash repair:

[Van B]

For the rest of December, I went to work on stepping up my air capabilities. Since I’m renting and not able to convince the property owner to give me 220v in the garage, I bought a second Flexzilla 20gal compressor and put them on a dedicated 120v 30amp circuit.

But the real game changer was making up these aftercoolers. Took a fair bit of research to find parts and figure out how to build them in a streamlined manner, but man the results are well worth the effort! And I decided to work with rivets for a change of pace vs welding. It was kinda fun once I figured out how to make holes line up right.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9-Al-JUvOw?si=tuGLFTyBkCk52u-n



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmsJlc3wWds?si=TTCq5fVC9uV-uq4B


Numbers don’t lie! I can now bring ambient from ~60-70% humidity to a desert dry 13%!