The Fear Monger

[camoit]

OK so here is what has been going on since the day of the start up. Day 1 Did the break in that everyone has seen the video by now. Day 2 it would not start. Added in some advance to make it run. 1 week later now it's up to needing 28 degree of initial advance to start and run. Called MSD they sent pick up coils, caps rotors crap like that. Replaced the hole distributor with a Mallory Unilite optical unit, and said screw MSD. That took 4 weeks to get it all together. Then the new Mallory failed so they sent out a new pick up unit for it. It would get hot and stop working. New wires. Had many people come over check the cam timing and everything else you could think of. We could not get it to run under the 40 degrees. Pulled the cam and sent it back to Comp Cams it came back fine. Sent it to a 3rd party to recheck there numbers. They matched with in a degree or so. Replaced the gear drive with a double roller chain. Reset the cam degree, and today I started it. And you guessed it, 40 degree of advance just to make it run. WTF,F,F,F,F,F,F,F,F,F,F, For those of you that were peeked in using the live cam feed on the first page, you saw me cussing and flinging tools all around. That's not a normal thing here on this truck.
So back to square 1. Cam is good, timing is at 107 intake center line. That's 3 degrees of advance to the cam. That's spot on. WHAT THE HELL.... So for shits and giggles I asked my neighbor behind me if he had a old coil laying around. So he gave me this old coil from his Studebaker or 1934 Ford. IDK but it's old. Hooked it up and fired it up. There was a new loud squeak noise like something starting to seize up. NOW WHAT.. It made the noise 2 times. So I figured I would back off the timing to see where it would stall. $0, 35, 30, 25, now down to 18 where it started from all because the brand new MSD $125.95 coil shorted internally. So the moral of the story, DO NOT allow a high energy coil to accidentally spark with out having a wire on it going to ground or you will be in for a trouble shooting night mare.
Now I think the trany is got a problem. There is a rattling noise from down there. IDK if it is a problem yet but I will find out soon enough when it takes a dump.

See even puppy's die new too.

[BradMph]

What the important part is, your finding the problems and doing well at it. Eventually your going to run out of problems and you and your truck can finally enjoy.

[Fordubishi]

Damn it Camoit your luck is almost as bad if not worse then mine. Blew up my Holley Blue fuel pump on Tuesday (110gph), replaced it with a Mr.Gasket 35gph and thing runs better then with the Holley. Friday night I thought I blew a fuse to my air pump, checked it out when I got home and saw the relay was melted.Replaced the relay and turned the truck on........ SMOKE!!!!!!!! Fried the new relay and melted the + wire into the compressor. Saterday took it apart and found the stater burnt and the wires melted. Took my original compressor and put the piston and head from the "new" compressor on the old motor. Did some checking and found out that the Viair compressor I ordered was a cheap 50% duty cycle clone, so ordered a true Viair 380C (200psi 100% duty) from Summit and should be here in a week or 2. Got to get a hold of the credit card company and tell them I was sold a ripoff copy of the compressor and the company advertized it as a "True" Viair not a clone.

[mopar_ja]

"See even puppy's die new too." only when they use GM products. Sorry *****, Could not resist you know I been biting my tongue for awhile. Great job, Glad to finally see it move too bad about the bad coil. Just like a whore with a bloody nose if aint one thing its another. You will get it all figured out.

[camoit]

But it was an MSD part. The only GM left on this thing is the block, crank, rods and heads. And that was pushing it. I almost went with other heads. Once I get in my new carb riser I can start to tune it. I could only find 1 builder of spread bore aluminum spacers. But like everything else I have used it will need machine work before it's ready.

[mopar_ja]

That's why they call it "Blue Printing" right! Everything custom one off, but just don't ask me to repeat the results!! LOL

[camoit]

So I figured since there was a car show not to far from the house this weekend I would put the Fear Monger in it, just to see how the car show circuit people would react to it. Every car show says our trucks are not "classic" cars. There not "Muscle" cars. As far as I can find there consisted "New Production" or "Mid Year" cars. What ever that is. So we start out behind the 8 ball during a standard show. The show I was in today I was put in the same class as any car that was not "stock" That covered nearly 75% of them.
There were 2 clubs there and I figured there was no chance for my truck. But low and behold I came in second after the best of show for the modified class. (seen below)


Some how I beat the odds and pulled out a "Best In Class" win. It was not that big of a show for there 1st annual, but it was cool. I was the only car where I had people jump on the bumpers to run it through the suspension travel. It was funny to here people reaction when 3 guys would pump it up and down. Everything from OMG to is that going to hurt it. lol..

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So here are some of the cars I was up against
Best in show left, and seccond in class.

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[Fordubishi]

It's all about the purple springs.........

[Acuta73]

HAHA, nice man.

Is hard to put a truck, particularly a race-type or utility-type truck, in a show. Just no good category for them, if it's not a "classic" or a "resto-mod"...then it gets lost. Hell, in my own opinion, that beast looks out of its element!! (still bitchin lookin, though)

Got a nice shiny to put on the wall for the thousands you spent now. Congrats!

Have to agree with Fordubishi...musta been those purple springs.



Edit: Million dollar question- Drive it or trailer it?

[camoit]

I guess now it's a real Trophy Truck. lol

[irotagrup]

That thing is fucking sweet!

[mopar_ja]

See now its Official! for those who didn't believe MM50's rule! Now you have dash plaque to show its certification. Pure Bred Mutt!

[BradMph]

What a day to party, Ground Hog Day!
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[ikeepzitclean]

awesome award man.. where was this show at?

[camoit]

OK check it out. When I build version 2.1.37 It will be the street track version of my build truck.
So using my version of photo shop here is what I envision the next truck to look like.
Just keep in mind it will get standard NASCAR rims and nice street tires.
So what about your thoughts?

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[ikeepzitclean]

hell yeah.. NASCAR truck FTW!!!

[camoit]

So today was the last trip back to the SMOG referee. Once there I was the proud owner of a sticker with a bar code on it. Now the truck is exempt from SMOG.
My next stop was back to the DMV. I was able to get there right after the SMOG people. That took about 2 hours at the counter. The poor guy behind the counter was at a loss on what he was to do. He had me fill out some papers that I already filled out on the first day. Then he asked how come it took 3 years to finish it. Well Rome was not built in a day and neither was this truck. I just went about doing this the backward way. Normally you would build the car first then hit up the DMV. I wanted to have my exemption from SMOG first. One thing I took advantage of was the vagueness of the way the law was written. It says nothing about having the car first. So now I have a paper plate good for 4 months while I weight for the new one to come in. The only cool thing about the plate is it has the letter X in it.


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[camoit]

Now that I have been forced to put in the windshield I need to build carbon fiber roof scoops to pressurize the cab just a bit more and stop the reverse air flow that is undesirable. Nothing like 190 degree hot air blowing in from the back. I was hopping that there was going to be enough turbulence to keep this from happening.

In the video the first minute is about 30 MPH. Then I speed it up to about 60 MPH then slow down and then back up to 40.

[BradMph]

Looks like you Bagged the Monger on the trailer shot.
They have a front bug deflector thing that fits on the front of the hood of vehicles that could help also. Just a subtle air displacing should help and being so far forward of your windshield should throw the flow higher over the roof.

Also, where you get that software for the turbulence video? Don't be holding out on us now! lol.

[camoit]

It's called Flow Illustrator. It was free from some university. It's kind of cool. I need more of them.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/aeronauti...llustrator.htm

[camoit]

So I had some one ask me how is it when working with foam in building a plug for fiberglass you keep from burning through the Bondo and hitting the foam?
The answer is pretty simple. Use a "China Marker". AKA grease pencil.
What I do is put on the first coat of Bondo. Get it roughed in and mark it with the china marker. As you sand it will show through the Bondo when you hit 0.003 inch. That tells me when to stop sanding and add more Bondo where it needs it.

Here is what it looks like after I add Bondo.


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[camoit]

Ready for primer and paint. From here I can make the mold.

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[camoit]

So I finally received my license plate, hip. hip, hurray.
I started to place on the decals and the last 3 carbon fiber parts should be done some time soon. Now to see if some magazine will show any interest in the truck.
Oh and the appraisal came in at 185,000.00 I think it's safe to say this the most expensive 1979 D 50 I have ever owned. All thats keeping it in the garage is finding insurance.

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[Fordubishi]

Time to hit the streets and run over Ricers............ you should be able to get a few feet of air off a Civic or Skyline

[camoit]

Well I'm finally down to the last of the nitty gritty stuff on the punch list. One problem was fuel would pull away from the fuel pick up tube during hard acceleration. I figured it was because the fuel cell needed more foam. I was correct. It only had 3 small chunks of foam in it. So I made a call to fuel safe and ordered more.

This shows old foam compared to the box of new foam.

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The next problem was how to get it into the tank. It was a lot of foam and a small hole.

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Needless to say with some time and blood things do fit. It was not a 10 minute job to say the least, but I got it done. That took care of the problem but caused another. Now it takes fuel just a little slow for me. Now I will remove the center peace and trim it down to allow for more surface area so the fuel can flow through it faster. I might even put a trench from front to the rear of the tank in the foam so fuel can flow in two more directions as the foam allows it to pass through.

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Well it looks like I will need to dig in there one more time to get the foam and the fill rate to an optional flow.

After the fiasco of the SMOG referee and DMV I finally had to put in the front glass. Now that caused a problem I was talking about in the above post # 108.
Well the first part is done but I forgot to show what the finished look of the part. Here is the plug ready for molding. The part will be carbon fiber.


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