Project: Turbo 250

[NewType72]

yikes the word hammering and an injured wrist just makes me cringe

[longbed67]

Like I said the wrist is almost better! Here is photo of the aftermath of that burnout!

[NewType72]

perfect! was she puking something?

[longbed67]

oh yeah coolant all over the place the radiator is cracked! The bike is totaled the front forks are ratchet strapped on and as you can see the headlight assy. is bouncing around allover the place! This is the bike I got hit on! I had just put a brand new tire on before getting hit and I wasnt about to let it go to waste b/c the insurance company doesnt care if it is new or blown I get the same amount! And I didnt care if the engine blew either.

[XxCHEVYMANxX]

Nothin like letting of some steam ! great stress relief.

[racerx8413]

Longbed, I was going through this thread, and saw WAY back in the beginning you had a problem with your brakes, I sent you a PM on it, but figured it may be beneficial for a your response, if you remember, to be public here:

Originally Posted by longbed67

Ran into 2 big problems today.... 1st I got my passenger side drop spindle that's machining is off by about 1/16" give or take and locks the outer brake pad solid into the rotor. I tried using a different caliper and different pads and nope, no go same problem... but McGaughy's isnt back till monday.... SEMA Show.... next is my front air ride I posted in suspension section hopefully someone can give me some pointers! I dont want to double post but the jist of it is that the bag is not at designed ride height and I dont have any easy way of getting it there. I will post some pics that is max as in tallest ride it will go even with the upper control arm bump stops shaved. I am thinking about getting the slam specialties ss5 or ss6 bags but not sure if this will solve my problem, and not sure if they will handle the weight and if they do, how stiff is the ride gonna be....

What was the solution to this? I have the EXACT same issue with drop spindles from ECE, the bolt holes that the caliper rods go through are about 1/16 or less too far apart. Getting them shoved through, the outer brake pad seizes against the rotor.

[longbed67]

Well now that I havent touched the truck for 2 weeks due to all the BS busy work my professors feel they need to give us, I had to do something, soo.. I just about wrapped up the gauge panel, I just have to get the thread in nut/post that holds the healamp switch on the panel. But Its been rounded, brushed, cleared, and wired...

[kvn1011]

Looks good, real good!!
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[NewType72]

man she's gonna look really go inside the dash nice work

[jlsanborn]

What gears are you running? 85mph at seems tall!

[longbed67]

LOL that is just where they were when I got them from Autometer.... I am running a 4 speed sm435 trans with a 3.07 posi setup with 29.1" tall rear tires. Here is a shot of exactly what my RPM bands look like in every gear.

[paintman]

Hey longbed hell of a nice build you got going. I was wondering if you ever got your idler pulley bracket built. I would love to see some pics! By the way have you seen this trick setup by ECI?

[longbed67]

Oh yeah I got it built! That setup looks SICK though! super sweet looking! I actually kind of like how mine is run though, because I keep my AC drive system separate from the waterpump, power steering, and alternator so I dont have to have the extra friction if I decide to go to the track

[66redw/white]

nice burnout man!

[XxCHEVYMANxX]

Gauge cluster looks Bad Azz !

[darkhorse970]

Originally Posted by longbed67

LOL that is just where they were when I got them from Autometer.... I am running a 4 speed sm435 trans with a 3.07 posi setup with 29.1" tall rear tires. Here is a shot of exactly what my RPM bands look like in every gear.

This is a cool view of the rpm/mph for your combo. Is this a table out of some program or tool that I can access? I'd like to see the same view for my trucks.
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[longbed67]

This file is an excel file and can e-mail it to you. Here is another screen shot of the file... choose your tire size, which trans( has just about every manual and automatic one you can use ) or your own custom gearing... your redline, ect and it cranks it out for ya!

[darkhorse970]

I'd like to have a copy of it, can you send it to wp_keith@yahoo.com
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[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by longbed67

This file is an excel file and can e-mail it to you. Here is another screen shot of the file... choose your tire size, which trans( has just about every manual and automatic one you can use ) or your own custom gearing... your redline, ect and it cranks it out for ya!

Could you e-mail me the file Palf@myoldtruck.com

Thanks

[paintman]

Anybody know if those Clifford timing gear covers are still in production? I don't see them listed on their site.

[jlsanborn]

Here's one I found but there's many different ones out there. With this one you'll need to know your transmission gear ratios.

[paintman]

Originally Posted by longbed67

Finished the idler pulley and got it installed, The correct gates belt should be in tomorrow so I can tighten everything up there.
Got the entire front clip disassembled. Going to try and get it stripped here and shot ASAP!

Is this a new crank pulley? Is it still available at parts stores?

[Chiva1971]

Work is very nice, I will copy your idea for my chevy truck. Greetings from Argentina

[Captainfab]

I would like to have a copy of that file also....captainfab454@hotmail dot com

[longbed67]

Originally Posted by paintman

Is this a new crank pulley? Is it still available at parts stores?

Yes it is a new crank pulley. It can be bought through napa, oreillys, car quest that I know of, but it is special order. The cheapest I found it was through Summit Racing Equipment.