ckessel
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Got the scoop made today. Tomorrow or Monday I'll put it in then work on the other two holes.
Updating the Super Street Mopar
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More photos.
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Got the scoop secured today. The area where the rear seat goes, you can see the hooks for it, is where I plan on taking out the two 2" round sleeves and making up a couple of oval ones to put in. With the butt portion of the seat in, plus there is some sort of vertical panel just in front of it, I can make this a fresh air intake box to help feed the air into the radiator which will be on the other side. There are also two air intake ducts that go on the outside of the quarters. These will get split on the back side so one portion feeds the radiator also and the other blows across the engine. I will try to seal off the intake side of the radiator as much as possible to aid the airflow through it. I don't want to only rely on the fans to keep the engine cool.
A volkswagon with a radiator? I thought these were air cooled?
ckessel
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This will be a water cooled hairdryer. LOL! He has sourced a 2.2 Subaru N/A unit to put it. I hear thats a common swap in V Dubs. He had a custom bug/bus combo with one in it.
ckessel
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Spent some time prepping the rh floor areas. Lots of rust dust was created then vacuumed up. From there I slit the bead rolls and did some hammer and dolly work to flatten the areas out some. After that I marked the currently cut areas with a ruler/sharpie combo so I can true up the edges.
ckessel
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Got the edges evened up on the two openings. After that I measured and marked out the filler pieces. Also cut the piece for the soon to be made scoop.
ckessel
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RH scoop is made, toss it in tomorrow.
icetech
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Man i wish i had your energy.. i got home from work, it's 78 and sunny, no wind and i just have zero motivation
maybe tomorrow
ckessel
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I only put in about 4-6 hours a day on the project. Time spent on it or mine depends on how much time I have after doing the usual homeowner stuff. I also don't work past 4pm. Keep the noise down for the neighbors. Temps currently in the high 50's, low 60's. Plus I'm 67.
icetech
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I spent 11 hours at work and the phone rang twice all day.... days like this just drain more than if i'm slammed with work.. i have a bunch of little stuff to do like bleeding brakes and setting up my dist. properly.. trunk tools... all those little things..
And need to order a fire extinguisher... i know i should get a halon.. but $200 vs. $30..... kinda having a hard time justifying it..
ckessel
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Look into these babies. Really cool and will do all classifications. elementfire.com
icetech
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wow.. i had seen those but didn't know bout this
More than 5x longer than a 5lb fire extinguisher bottle
I figured they were a joke.. will do some research tomorrow... i heard the powder ones basically destroy the car. I have never had a car fire so i'm due
ckessel
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These things are really neat. Two different sizes. No harmful residue left behind, no toxic gas either. Strike them like a flare and go for it. One use only but no need for recertification, refill etc which can get quite pricey. Plus they do all classifications unlike many of the others. The size of a road flare, so space taken up is a non issue.
icetech
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wow.. thanks a ton.. i think i could keep 1 or 2 in my glove box even..
ckessel
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Have one in the house on the side of the fridge and one in my garage. When the time comes, I'll get one each for the cars.
icetech
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yeah.. $89 is way more palatable than 200... plus smaller
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