EEEEEeets Aliiiiiiiive!!!! Started her up today!!! I was so happy!!! Its been at least 5 years, and to hear this thing start up was just amazing. I actually recorded the second start, the first, which was more dramatic, I was on the phone with the tech from 034 Motorsport, and only had two hands. I went for a very short little cruise down the street, it's dark and there's no headlights, and found that there was this crazy metal on metal grinding sound from the front end. Turns out it was the inner edge of the brake rotor rubbing on the lower edge of the cup for the lower ball joint. I brought it back and ground some off of the cup, the offending area is not really a stressed area. I heard it again on the second trip, so there's a little more to do.
Big thing is that I can't find reverse!!! I'll have to pull the linkage and go through by hand to find reverse. I know I could find it before, but not with the linkage attached.
Eeeets Alive!!!
I've got the radiator fans set to come on at 90 deg. The manual says 92-100 I think, for the first stage, and hotter for the second, but I've only got one stage. I can add a secondary thermostat later to fine tune. Does 90 deg sound like a good temp for the water coming out of the head, or should I let it get warmer before the fan comes on?
I also found I had really done a dummy move. Way back I had placed a black plastic plug in the end of the coolant line coming from the expansion tank so stuff wouldn't get in there. So now I'm adding water to the tank, and it's not going anywhere. I'm adding water through the main coolant lines, but nothing is happening in the expansion tank, where you are supposed to add water. Finally, I pull the hose from the tank, and NOTHING is coming out!!! I figure I have a bad tank, pull the tank, then pull the hose off the tank. Out flows the water!!! I look, and in the end of the hose is my little plug!!! Well, now that makes sense. Hooked it back up, filled her up, no troubles now. All lines get warm, output one gets hot. Radiator gets warm, fans are working just fine. I'm curious to see how she runs on the freeway without the front lip spoiler.
Now it's getting more fun!!!!
Jason