Drift Ninjaz

My Raptor 350 shock came in, so here’s a little write-up on how to install it onto a lt230s.

As you can see, it’s about an inch longer than the stock shock

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Phase 1 of this project is technically complete. The goal was to get her running again, and that I did.

I have done the following in the past couple of weeks.

- Cleaned the carb. It took three times, but it finally started pumping gas
- Adjusted the valves
- Replaced ALL Front end bushings. This includes a-arm bearings, steering shaft bushing, and upper and lower ball joints. I don’t recall this steering every being this tight.
- Shimmed the shift lever to take out a lot of play in the lever. I also replaced the factory joints with heim joints.
- Replaced the front brake pads and bled the front brakes.
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Phase 1, Get her running.

Got her home today.
This is what I’m starting with:

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This info is courtesy of Rich…

I’ve got a detached garage (24×26) that I enjoy spending time in.  Before this year, it wasn’t insulated and the little kerosene heater wasn’t getting the job done.  Not to mention all of the moisture that it put into the garage.  Additionally, I’ve been meaning to put walls up in the garage so that I could start hanging shelfs and parts bins.  I settled on 1/2″ plywood and while I was putting the plywood up, I also hung insulation behind it.

I could immediately tell a difference with this, but the kerosene heater still couldn’t keep up with the draft that comes from the open ceiling (I might deal with the ceiling in the upcoming year, keep reading).  But I also wanted to get rid of the hassle of buying Kerosene, safely storing it and maintaining that messy heater.

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This is an electric go-kart that I built for my son.   I downloaded the plans for the itzy-bitzy go-kart from spider carts: Itzy-Bitzy plans

These are a good set of plans, but I wanted my son to be able to use the go-kart on some wooded trails so I modified the plans a bit. I changed it to a live axle setup and gave it a little more ground clearance. Of course, I also made it so that it had storage for some batteries and a mount for the electric motor. [Read more →]

This is a list of weights of Mustang items.  The list was started from a post on s197forums, however that post is no longer being updated. I have been adding to it as I see items posted.  Additionally, I have tried to confirm these weights when I see them posted by others.  If you see anything that needs to be corrected, please let me know.

For now this is just a placeholder of the mods that I’ve done to the Mustang.  I’ll add more info to this post as I go along.

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WOW, it’s been 4yrs since I’ve posted here.  Hopefully that will change going forward.

The 240sx had a good run.  I owned the car for 9yrs which is longer than any other car that I’ve previously owned.  I got the install of the LS1 mostly complete and then had a change of heart.  Well, really I purchased a Mustang and that killed my desire to finish the 240sx. I installed the engine to the point that it could be test driven, and then sold the car to a friend who has been finishing up the details and has been driving it around Northern Virginia and seems to be happy with it.

I’m going to start doing a few projects with the Mustang, in the meantime, here’s my summary page of the bolt-on mods that I’ve done so far.  <Insert link to mustang page>

Well, it’s official.

I’ve made Project 240ss part of the v8mongrel website.  I’ll be keeping track of the progress over there.  This blog will still be updated with any random thoughts that I might have on the project or anything even close to car related. 

Keep an eye on http://www.v8mongrel.com/240ss for updates on the car.