NW WA Meet / BS Thread

LOL! Seriously, it's a vicious cycle. My stopping point with chasing power on this car will be around 650 wheel horsepower. After that, these motors need rods and head studs and I'm not about to go down that path.

 

650 is a good number for a street car anyways. I always tell people 350-650 is the "sweet" range for most street cars. People always want the big power 800+ HP (or now a days 1000) but never realize all the maintenance that comes with them. Or the fact they become not as fun to street drive unless you can select different tunes.

Theres a reason most supercars are only in the 500-700 hp range

 

Agreed. Frankly, any power past what I'm making now is just bragging rights and has no real-world applicability for street driving. 300-400 is a great sweet spot for cars this size because they're powerful enough to be faster than most stuff around you, but not so powerful that you are instantly breaking multiple laws when you floor it.

It's like they say, it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow.

 

Anybody buy one of these knock-off webasto diesel heaters for camping/truck bed/rtt?

Happybuy 5KW Diesel Air Heater 12V Diesel Parking Heater 5000W Diesel Heater with Digital Switch for RV Bus Car Motorhome Boats

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JNR11DY/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?smid=A48DIVGZXXS8Y&psc=1

 

Everything about that product screams "sketchy as fuck" to me.

 

Should def buy! Let us know how it works!

 

Anyone have opinions and recommendations on ceramic coating wheels? I just got a new set of matte black and seems like ceramic coating may make it easier to clean.

 

It’s done except for the fact i need new 2wd flareless bedsides

 

Where's the winch?

 

I wish I would’ve designed it originally so i could fit one, its so low profile that the bottom edge of the bumper is inline with the frame rails

 

I'm actually going to have to redo mine because it's too low profile too.

 

I wonder if there would be a way to run one set of fairleads on either side of the bumper with a tube passing through? You’d have to build a cross member to mount the winch at the right angle though you could even make a skid plate for the rear winch if you had to.

 

No more squeaks!

 

My leafs never squeaked until I drove around up in the hills near Chewella. All summer and into this winter they squeaked. I think after our 60 days of straight rain they finally got quite again.

 

Mine were on and off like that too until one day it was every day regardless of weather. But I got the AAL because I’m running more weight in the rear now and it was dropping a bit, especially when I put my tent on for camping season.

 

What exactly did you do to get rid of the squeaks? Cause mine are real fuckin bad

 

When I threw in the AAL I popped each pad out and cleaned the ones I didn’t replace, and added some grease to the pivot points on each end of the leaf pack. I’m sure it’ll be a matter of time before I have to do it again, but at least for now it is all cleaned. Even wire brushed the shit off the hardware too.

 

Alright. Mine squeaked from the beginning. I'm going to try spraying between the leafs with Fluid Film

 

I’ve heard that works too, but is a temp fix but of course: YMMV.

 

At this point even one day of relief would be a miracle