mhr

Im jealous! Wish I could drive mine. Won't be before April

azbanks

This was the first time I'd driven mine in days. We've been getting a lot of rain and 1 1/2 hours north of us in Flagstaff has been getting a lot of snow. They've gotten close to a meter in the last couple days.

EliteThink

agreed, thanks for posting.

My cab has always had a heater which started working almost immediately. It now takes at least several minutes for hot air to come out of the vents. Any ideas on this?

azbanks

It's a surprise. I'll take pics tomorrow.

culture

if you listen carefully you can hear the actuators working to open/close the heater valve when you adjust the temp. fi theres no problem there, then wonder if you have a semi clogged heater core. its not hard to pull it out and check it. less than 30min.

my temp control is kind of erratic. sometimes no or 100% heat then slowly leveling off. i wonder if its just old.

EliteThink

right, i think i'm in the same boat. I'll need to pull it out eventually, just don't really enjoy working on my car when it is 40 outside... thanks.

azbanks

I did some work on the factory headlight covers. I could just have them welded to the header panel and forget the big plexiglass cover.

I took the car to a dyno day yesterday. 197 WHP. Sadly, it was one of the lowest HP cars that showed up. That will change when I get the engine rebuilt and the turbo on.

culture

its almost futile to compare/compete with newer cars, especially since everyones going forced induction these days. it blows me to think that a fiesta ST can give my car a run on the street. i feel a lot more confident in the curves, but that scenario doesn't play out often.

then theres the whole how much $ do you put into a motor to NOT feel left behind and keep a 26 year old car relative hp wise. i don't DE my car and for my current driving habits, i cruise more than WOT, so i'm leaning more on rebuilding with massaging and staying NA to maintain turn-key reliability and better gas mileage. by the time i get around to it, who knows what options will be available.

fwiw, my car doesn't feel slow in real life driving compared to what the stat sheets say. but i STILL WANT MORE!

azbanks

I started to replace the power steering reservoir and the hose going to the cooler loop split so now I have to fix that before I can drive it.

Fixing that hose means taking the whole thing(hose and loop) to a shop that replaces hoses that are permanently attached or buying a new hose/loop combination.

In any case, I had to pull the whole front of the car off just to remove the cooler loop(splitter, turn signals, header panel, and bumper). What a PITA!!!!

EliteThink

yikes, what a bummer. hang in there.

azbanks

I'm curious if hi-temp re-inforced silicone hose is safe to use for power steering hose?


I finally finished running the wires and boost line for my A-pillar gauge pod.

culture

finally bought a trickle charger…yay!

EliteThink

nice, i use mine weekly. btw my heater wasn't working because my coolant was low, always something.

EliteThink

as a quick aside, i just launched an investment group in Phoenix, and would like to make it down there a few times a year. 'Hope to connect some time.

mhr

Started getting parts for spring projects.

Front rotors/pads
Fog light bulbs
Led lights for the cluster
Random components to add USB ports and Bluetooth

March 15 winter tire law ends here and the first dry day I will drive it back to my house to start working on it.

Can't wait!!

Mark