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My Daddywagon

Discussion in 'Other Builds' started by nelztaco, Sep 28, 2013.

  1. Dec 11, 2017 at 11:06 AM
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    I definitely want to. Should I invest in an action cam? If so, which one? Maybe a dash type cam?
     
  2. Dec 11, 2017 at 11:07 AM
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    There is also my ugly mug on cam! Maybe I should hire a stunt driver?!
     
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  3. Dec 11, 2017 at 11:22 AM
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    Don't know much about cameras
     
  4. Dec 11, 2017 at 4:08 PM
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    Like everything else I will research the best methods and equipment to video a vehicle and weigh against my budget and implement accordingly!
     
  5. Dec 11, 2017 at 4:12 PM
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    Decided to size up the competition. The Daddywagon won’t beat the Magnum just yet. But with the added torque and displacement of a 351w I am hoping to be competitive.
     
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  6. Dec 12, 2017 at 6:23 PM
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    Looking good in here!

    Foxeer BOX is a good GoPro alternative for an action cam and produces great footage. Not as user friendly as the GoPro but for half the price who cares!
     
  7. Dec 12, 2017 at 7:22 PM
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    Stuff, things, this, an ADS
    Glad to see you stick with it and not give up.
     
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  8. Dec 13, 2017 at 5:38 AM
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    I will definitely look into it. I think I would like to record some in car footage of me driving the car to and from work. Maybe an angle that shows me driving and what is coming at me as I drive.

    Thank you. To get this far has been amazing. For a while there I was headed to the “project car for sale crowd”. Driving it, I say to myself, “Imagine if everything about the Daddywagon was ‘just right’!” Now I am working towards that. 351w and fix all the little things that need fixing.
     
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  9. Dec 13, 2017 at 5:43 AM
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    Like, so many.
    This is a fun thread.
     
  10. Dec 13, 2017 at 6:54 PM
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    Thanks! Hopefully soon I can put some video into it and take the Daddywagon to the limit. Haha!
     
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  11. Dec 13, 2017 at 6:55 PM
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    I have to helicoil the head for an intake bolt. Bummer.
     
  12. Dec 15, 2017 at 8:25 AM
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    Helicoil repair is done. I just have to install headers and distributor and balancer and flywheel and clutch and upper intake ans injectors and fuel rails and coolant tubes and all front accessories and... Then install into Daddywagon!
     
  13. Dec 15, 2017 at 8:59 AM
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    This is gonna be the ugliest 250 horses ever!
     
  14. Dec 15, 2017 at 8:48 PM
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    I've always wondered what the best applications were for helicoil vs timesert? I could probably Google and find out but why did you go with helicoil over timesert?
     
  15. Dec 15, 2017 at 8:50 PM
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  16. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:57 AM
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    I had to look up time sert. Never heard of it up until now. Helicoil is very widely known and used. The time sert does look just as good if not better and I might’ve used it had I known about it.
     
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    It’s not gonna fit under the stock hood.
     
  20. Dec 21, 2017 at 1:22 PM
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