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There was some really cool cars and race cars there. #11 raced in the can-am series was there for demonstration and ran a few laps, very loud, very fast.
#90 was from Seattle 2500mi away. #72 is my GF's older cousin who finished 6th in class. 160+ mph at the at the end of the strait which is all up hill. He is 5th in this vid. http://vid51.photobucket.com/albums/...psigub4kpt.mp4 Attachment 1545173 Attachment 1545174 Attachment 1545175 Attachment 1545176 Attachment 1545177 |
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My Drag racing vid My very first time down the strip.
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Digging all the updates Lower! Our new place in the country is pretty close to this little road track http://eaglescanyon.com/. We haven't been there yet, but I can hear them running around a couple of turns that are closer to our house.
On your recycled asphalt (RAP) driveway install, go rent a plate compactor and spray the material down with water while you run it back and forth. It'll pack it down real nice as long as you don't get the material too thick. The water keeps it from cracking while your compacting. Since yours is a straight drive, the material will stay pretty nice for a long time. Don't forget that round-up is your friend when it comes to keeping the grass from sprouting. We used to spray RAP with diesel after compacting back in the day which really consolidated it, but these days I'll bet it's illegal in all 50 states and up your way as well. Smelled just a bit too! |
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Nice pics Lower!!
I'm a huge dragrace fan and ofcourse watched the video. Looks good and sounds good!! Bet you had an ear to ear smile :lol::lol::metal: |
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Driveway work and completed. My friend Joe came to help, my boys, my GF and me went really well. Still need a bit of rolling to smooth out some ridges, but so nice to drive on. Before I had to lift the GMC all the way up just to get out of the driveway. Now I just need ride height.:metal: OH and last weekend pulling the trailer the outside temperature was 93F/34C felt like 102F/38C
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That definitely looks much better! Great job!
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huh that is a neat idea for a driveway, is that common there? I have 200ft of gravel and its a bear to keep up
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Good job on the driveway install. Enjoy!
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So I having a bit of an issue with my compressors popping the circuit beaker I put in, mid cycle. They are viair 480's Max amp draw is listed at 40A. I have a 60A circuit beaker. It started last Saturday. I have 6ga wire to each compressor and all connections are crimped and soldered. The motors are not hot when it pops and all connections and wires are cool. Voltage without motor running is 12.5. I'm thinking it is just a crappy circuit breaker. Just wondering if anyone else has had any issues. Thanks
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I have two viairs running through a stinger relay and a 30 amp circuit breaker on each one. I had popped two breakers. One time I noticed my ground wire came loose. Another time, I replaced the leader hoses on the comps. WOW what a difference that made. Those things pumped way harder, faster and haven't had the breakers pop since.
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I had the same problem with my infiniti with a single viair 444c it ended up being my compressor, drove me insane to the point I pulled my entire airlift harness and checked for bare wires and resoldered all my ring terminals etc. But check all your grounds, swap the breaker for a fuse see what happens, if it happens again could be your check valve, if your check valve is fine its the compressor. That's going from least expensive to worst case scenario. there's a way to check the compressor with your volt meter can't remember but you'll see it spike once it gets load on it if the compressor is bad. |
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just a thought. fixed me up though, and I routed the leader hoses higher than the tank ports so that water couldnt collect in the leaders. |
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The 3 of you all say the check valves suck so if i still have a problem after I put in the fuse. I will look at them. Thanks guys |
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So I put a 50A fuse parallel to the 60A circuit breaker and popped the breaker to see if 50A fuse would hold. So far it has been working fine, so I guess the cheap, crappy, Chinese 60A circuit breaker was my problem. Thanks for your help guys.
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Nice to hear it was a simple fix. When these check valves go bad, what are you guys replacing them with for future reference?
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When the check valves go bad do they stick shut or leak open?
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So I'm up to 1400mi now and loving every mile.
But my trans is starting to slip and run warm. So talking to my neighbor who gave me the drive train he said "ya it started to slip so we put 2 bottles of Lucas in and it was good" Umm well I wish he told me that when it was sitting on my shop floor. So now the plan is to pull the trans on Sunday July 24 and take it to my transmission shop I deal with. He said should be 3-4 day turn around, fingers crossed. He is also going to put some performance upgrades in it and an new converter. Guess I should have gone through it when I had it almost apart. Live and learn. |
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No not doing it myself which sucks :( Don't have the time right now and I have lots of plans with the truck. I would have done it myself when it was still out of the truck or this winter. I could have spent all the time I needed to get it all done. I don't think it will make it that long. I am pulling it out tho.
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gotta love tranny in a bottle. although if memory serves there is a small tube of friction modifier that works great when using modern trans fluid in older transmissions. cant remember the name offhand.
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It does suck but at least it will be done and you will probably have a warranty on it now too.
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