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Congratulations on the awards.

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thanks for the pics!

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Thanks Jim lots of really nice rides there.
Thanks I am honestly blown away. I guess I did something right.
Thanks it's nice to see other people like what I have built.
I love seeing the personality that comes out in a vehicle that someone has built.

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So the brown truck showed up today with my upgraded transmission controller. Going from the Quick 1 to the Quick 4. Tons more options for setting up the shift points, pressures and firmness per gear. It will also hold 4 different shift patterns and can detect trans slip. I will set up to my liking "normal", "trailer", "burnout" and "dragrace". I hope to get it plugged in and set up next week, it uses the plugs I already have.
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That's really cool you can set your trans up like that.

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Great for the boys on the award

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Ya if anything bugs you about an auto you can change it. I can even make it a manual shift.
They both cleaned up the Jimmy, so it's great they got an award.

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So some big news at my house.... I'm building a shop in my back yard. Just a little 30X40 with heat and hydro and a 4 post hoist. I'm so excited I have never had a heated play house before. Construction should start around the end of July.
Something like this.
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Lowered

I'm in the middle of building my 28 X 40 shed with hydronic radiant in the floor, using a 50 gal hot water heater. Still working on the details

Do the research on what to do for hydronic heating for your area I guaranty if done correctly, you'll wonder how you lived without it.

I've done this before: 6 mil visqueen, 2" Styrofoam, 4" expansion joint for the perimeter, net wire fence (it's cheaper), to zip tie the tube to the netting (I'm going 8" on centers, with no run longer that 300") then the concrete, I recommend 6 bag mix to lesson the cracking. Stricke the concrete don't saw cut!!! up front costs is twice the cost of other heating systems but much cheaper to run. No more cold floors, and work when it is below 0, coldest I have experienced is -20. I know in the states we don't know the cold that you folks have in your neighborhood.

I'm running on, PM if you have any other questions. Your truck is fandamtastic.

Strong work.

Keep on keepin on

NC

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Lower congrats on the shop build! Looking forward to the updates.

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I'd love to have a space to work in. More than just truck stuff that is for sure.

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That's awesome..do you have to take down your garage first for accessibility to the back yard

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Thanks NC. I am planing on in floor heat, my brother put it in his shop.
Thanks I'm real excited.
Oh it will end up being a hang out spot as well.
No I am cutting the back wall out to make garage a drive though. Then putting barn doors on both sides.

Construction is planned to start end of July. :metal:

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So Fathers day turned out great. I took my dads car and my truck to a "Classics against Cancer" fundraiser. We lined up with 7 friends rides and made a day of it. It was the perfect fundraiser to bring my dads car too.
1st all our rides
2nd this chev was on a F350 chassis a drive train on air with my same motor and dually
3rd A very nice blown '34
4th I believe a '64?
5th you don't see Delorean's very often.
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1 Our friend won peoples choice with her dads '57 BelAir
2 I won Most Radical with my truck
3 How of you have seen inside a Delorean
4 A pic of the rear air bags of the F350 chev, they are off a transport and runs them at 10psi
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Very cool, thanks for sharing! Great job on the "Most Radical".

I see he has a 12v flux capacitor, much less energy to run than 1.6 gigawatts!

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Lower, congrats on the win, and for sharing the pics...Jim

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those bags look like they would move a house.

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Congrats on the garage, I personally am into garages. Sure make the gearhead life easier.

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Thanks man. The 12v flux capacitor is probably cheaper to buy as well lol
Thanks Jim I am amazed every time I win something
Yes I wonder what they are rated at?
I agree, can't wait for construction to start.

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So this Saturday I'll be entering my first burn out contest. I got my used tires mounted today from my sponsor shop Woodside tire in Kitchener. I just have to get them on the truck. I also got my upgraded trans controller hooked up and I'll program tomorrow.
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Have fun and enjoy it! Congrats on the award with your truck too! The new trans controller sounds killer. I have a 95 F350 with a 7.3 and when it dies it's getting a 6 cylinder. It would be cool to use the E40D but I don't know if I will or not. The adapters are still big money.

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:burnout:Ready for the smoke...Jim

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Ya making some stuff work together can be real tricky or expensive sometimes.
They give 30 seconds.

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Went out and programmed the trans today. Wow this thing can do a ton.
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