VIPDreamin
"Mr. Incredible"
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So it's been a week and I can finally talk about this after much rehab(corona) and morale support from the VB Crew and the brothern here at XR-U!
On a chilly Saturday afternoon in the Williamsburg area of VA. Brisk a little chilly but sunny and nice...rollin 2 deep through the tunnel with Yardie having a good time to go to the meet. 110 in tunnel at 9psi ahhh what a good day.
Get to Justins drop the gas tank fix the fuel pump issue and shes on here way...wait wtf is this?? A condesated headlight...I'm the CEO of Luminous Solutions...that's just embarrassing.:thumpdown:
Well we are having a good ol time putting projectors in revobreakers truck, did Gadgets 4 runner with a LS kit, ate good burgers and had good talks.
Late afternnon Steve runs out for a tune on the ole X-1 with the G-man so I say hey might as well ask the man while hes here and freshen up my tune with the new fuel pump and 75mm pulley....we got to break 300whp at some point!
We hop in the truck and head out. Do some pulls he changed some things...the truck pulls like holy hell after 3500....yeah thats what I needed....so we head back and bang a left...WTF is that noise?????? Metal on metal clanging...damn that don't sound good! Gadget says the last time I heard that sound the truck was out of oil...huh? I just changed this thing with 5 fresh quarts 1500 miles ago and the empty is on the floor. Get back pull the dip stick....bone dry!!!!!!!!! Oh holy hell!!! She takes 4qts, where did 4 qts of oil go in 1500 miles with no obvious sign of leakage or smoking? No freakin oil light comes on on a 24k truck...my 91 civic hatchback oil light comes on when its low....wtf???
So we start it back up all is quiet sounds like its ok...whew right?? Wrong......
Football and strombolies filled the rest of the evening. Then me and Vabchxrunner head south to home. We get about 25 minutes into the drive just cruisng at about 75...not getting in it, hell I didn't even boost on the way home. All of a sudeen I see my AFR jump to 9.9 and bang clang, god awful noises start coming from the engine bay..nice!! So I call up Duane who thought I was just pulling off, he busts a U-turn. Get on the phone to Justin who says I'm on my way. (mind you is about 10-30 at night by now, 20 degrees out, and where this happened well you see it on the news some nights!) State Troopper comes by runs me and Duane's tags tells us good luck. So we asess is and it don't look good....time for a tow truck.
Justin calls up AAA(thank god I owe you). We wait about an hour for the first tow truck...nice not bad ...wrong. Joe Schoe here gets out smoking dont say a word drop his chains. I politely say sir I don't think my truck will make it up there without some ramps...he says yeah it will I'll drag it up there....um negative coocheese!. Justin looks at him like are you stupid??....The guy said well call AAA back then...you gonna. Justin said just go we'll figure it out....don't get mad at us becuase you don't like your job!
So 20 degress freezing, 4 hours later finally after we called every tow truck in Hampton Roads, AAA finds a guy with ramps. This guy hops out and says I ain't seen a truck yet I can't get on this bed. He was the man!!! This guy didn't even touch the trailor hitch on the pavement on or off...:top:
So in ending the dealer tore it down a little to assess. 4 cylinders at 90, 1 at 160, and 1 at 60(bent rod). Im sure all the rings are gone. Estimate with used motor and clutch...$6500. Yikes!
So in closing the truck will be towed to my house for break down and revamping. V2.0 should be out early summer hopefully. I am rocking the 91 civic hatch with a ZC motor until then ($17 bucks to fill up!). Complete with XR-u and URD Stickers. I have alot of ideas for what I am going to do so keep your eyes open for deals in the for sale forum.
I would also like to take the time to thank some people. Justin and Jenn and Duane for helping me tremendously at the breakdown. Justin and Jenn drove 25 minutes to sit in the freezing cold for 4 hours, Justin worked the phones in my time of need. Duane for sitting it out then riding me around till 4am. Blake who is one of Justins friends....he's just the man. Gadget who is quick to call and volunteer his services for the future endeavor. Chrsi for driving me around to pick up my newly acquired beater. Ya'll run...this guy was trying to find me a motor, it fell through but it was definately appreciated. The rest of the VB crew for your support and your future help. Also to everyone who will help in the upcoming months.....I just want to thank you in advance.
The truck will be back with some changes...and well you will just have to see....I had debated selling and going to a GS400 but for some reason, I just can't.
**Sorry for the long read, figured it would pass time ona Monday at work though!**
On a chilly Saturday afternoon in the Williamsburg area of VA. Brisk a little chilly but sunny and nice...rollin 2 deep through the tunnel with Yardie having a good time to go to the meet. 110 in tunnel at 9psi ahhh what a good day.
Get to Justins drop the gas tank fix the fuel pump issue and shes on here way...wait wtf is this?? A condesated headlight...I'm the CEO of Luminous Solutions...that's just embarrassing.:thumpdown:
Well we are having a good ol time putting projectors in revobreakers truck, did Gadgets 4 runner with a LS kit, ate good burgers and had good talks.
Late afternnon Steve runs out for a tune on the ole X-1 with the G-man so I say hey might as well ask the man while hes here and freshen up my tune with the new fuel pump and 75mm pulley....we got to break 300whp at some point!
We hop in the truck and head out. Do some pulls he changed some things...the truck pulls like holy hell after 3500....yeah thats what I needed....so we head back and bang a left...WTF is that noise?????? Metal on metal clanging...damn that don't sound good! Gadget says the last time I heard that sound the truck was out of oil...huh? I just changed this thing with 5 fresh quarts 1500 miles ago and the empty is on the floor. Get back pull the dip stick....bone dry!!!!!!!!! Oh holy hell!!! She takes 4qts, where did 4 qts of oil go in 1500 miles with no obvious sign of leakage or smoking? No freakin oil light comes on on a 24k truck...my 91 civic hatchback oil light comes on when its low....wtf???
So we start it back up all is quiet sounds like its ok...whew right?? Wrong......
Football and strombolies filled the rest of the evening. Then me and Vabchxrunner head south to home. We get about 25 minutes into the drive just cruisng at about 75...not getting in it, hell I didn't even boost on the way home. All of a sudeen I see my AFR jump to 9.9 and bang clang, god awful noises start coming from the engine bay..nice!! So I call up Duane who thought I was just pulling off, he busts a U-turn. Get on the phone to Justin who says I'm on my way. (mind you is about 10-30 at night by now, 20 degrees out, and where this happened well you see it on the news some nights!) State Troopper comes by runs me and Duane's tags tells us good luck. So we asess is and it don't look good....time for a tow truck.
Justin calls up AAA(thank god I owe you). We wait about an hour for the first tow truck...nice not bad ...wrong. Joe Schoe here gets out smoking dont say a word drop his chains. I politely say sir I don't think my truck will make it up there without some ramps...he says yeah it will I'll drag it up there....um negative coocheese!. Justin looks at him like are you stupid??....The guy said well call AAA back then...you gonna. Justin said just go we'll figure it out....don't get mad at us becuase you don't like your job!
So 20 degress freezing, 4 hours later finally after we called every tow truck in Hampton Roads, AAA finds a guy with ramps. This guy hops out and says I ain't seen a truck yet I can't get on this bed. He was the man!!! This guy didn't even touch the trailor hitch on the pavement on or off...:top:
So in ending the dealer tore it down a little to assess. 4 cylinders at 90, 1 at 160, and 1 at 60(bent rod). Im sure all the rings are gone. Estimate with used motor and clutch...$6500. Yikes!
So in closing the truck will be towed to my house for break down and revamping. V2.0 should be out early summer hopefully. I am rocking the 91 civic hatch with a ZC motor until then ($17 bucks to fill up!). Complete with XR-u and URD Stickers. I have alot of ideas for what I am going to do so keep your eyes open for deals in the for sale forum.
I would also like to take the time to thank some people. Justin and Jenn and Duane for helping me tremendously at the breakdown. Justin and Jenn drove 25 minutes to sit in the freezing cold for 4 hours, Justin worked the phones in my time of need. Duane for sitting it out then riding me around till 4am. Blake who is one of Justins friends....he's just the man. Gadget who is quick to call and volunteer his services for the future endeavor. Chrsi for driving me around to pick up my newly acquired beater. Ya'll run...this guy was trying to find me a motor, it fell through but it was definately appreciated. The rest of the VB crew for your support and your future help. Also to everyone who will help in the upcoming months.....I just want to thank you in advance.
The truck will be back with some changes...and well you will just have to see....I had debated selling and going to a GS400 but for some reason, I just can't.
**Sorry for the long read, figured it would pass time ona Monday at work though!**