Actually did check that tonight. Thought I heard another boost leak, so I tested from the intake at the turbo, all the way up to the pipe that hits the intake. Then again directly at the intake. All was good.
. Has a gash on the passenger side, up high and toward the back. But it's sealed up for now. Has a nice, big side door. I'm amazed it made it up my driveway without any fear of dragging. And, had it drug, it's got rollers on the bottom.
My reorganization efforts have yielded me more "leftovers" to help in the completion of several projects AND the shop is getting cleaned up. Double win!!
What transmission are you going to be running? Any chance I ever see you out on the tarmac at Grissom?It's official; the transmission God has the trans for my racecar. He'll be doing a teardown and assessment, we'll discuss options then move to completing the rebuild.
16 is about what I got out of my '00 SD diesel ext cab 4wd. Towing a 24' enclosed dropped it down to around 12-13. Had it checked over once and was told all was well. Obviously, YMMV.
It's a C4 I rebuilt about 25 or so years ago. Nothing special about it other than the full manual reverse valve body and the slightly looser convertor than stock. Only reason I'm rebuilding it is because it's been sitting on a shelf in the shop for 25 years. They're going to assess it's current condition then we'll look at any potential upgrades even though it's never given me a lick of trouble other than puking fluid out of the dip stick after a hard run. Probably throw some kevlar bands and clutches in it, hardened input shaft and maybe modify the fluid ports to allow more flow thru the cooler but other than that no snake oil.
I've had several people tell me I won't like an auto built like your C4. I have been toying with the idea. Have seen a couple other guys running budget TH350 builds in the same fashion.
Nothing improves your racing experience much more than a really nice trailer.View attachment 132026
Man, it's WAY easier to upload pix from my phone now. Heck yeah.
Anyway, 24 footer, 5200lb axles, 16 inch wheels, AC
One of the trailer brake wires appears to be broken. Only one axle was braking. Should be an easy fix.
Gonna build a work bench, mount a toolbox or two, setup some tools that can stay in there all the time, buy a 2000w generator for the lights for now, then buy another 2000w generator and link them for the AC. I decided I'd rather do that than try to lug around a 4000w all the time, even when I don't need the AC. I'm super excited.
Even if I have to pull the trans on the truck, it's going to be a good year.
It's got lights in it already. I'm not an electrician, so I don't know much about how it's wired or how that kind of stuff works. I do a lot of wiring, but it's small stuff for automotive fans or gauges or CAT 5/6 etc. For all of the work I do on computers, I don't know jack about electricity. I think this is where I'm going to get to learn.The trailer lit up like an operating arena. On the batterys. I had a 2 circuit marine charger to keep them topped off when it sat at home.
The winch was inn the floor in front of the bench. The tail gate was also electric. It all ran off the battery's.
Except the AC/Heat. That required the genny.
So many ways to go but I would not go with 2 genny's. Just me.
What's your reasoning?
Over complicating something that should be pretty simple.
Transmission choice is personal; I'm faster with the auto than a 4 spd, I've had both. The added pedal, more shifting, the shock of the shift and the time lifted to shift all add up. I have a theory that if you're going to run a 3 pedal car a properly geared 3 spd tranny combined with rear gears that allows you to pull 90% of your courses in 2nd gear only using third for the longest courses.
The parts to finish the steering upgrades on the 64 arrived today. Lets see if I can still read a tape measure.....
