logosmall
 

MEMBER BLOGS

rubn1out



COMMENTS BY rubn1out
1/4 mile from my shop
New plates on the saleen mustang
East Coast weather report
Shelby gots new feets!
Winter projects update

Good news...bad news

blog Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 12:02 PM
  2497 Views








 


 








 








As my 2nd week of R&R comes to a close...it also goes out with a bang...A BIG BANG!

Her's the recap of the last 8 days leading to the York PA JEEP JAM show:


 


when I got home...SWINDLE was about 98% complete minus a sound system...this is where I SHINE and it was my job as the TRAIL and STREET CUSTOMS LLC owner to deliver and contribute to the project.....(at this point in the project my team was 9+ months of time as well as $30 + k into the build) yes folks...as you know this shit is expensive!

 i spent an average of 20 hrs a day for 6 days straight on fiberglass panels and woofer enclosures and amp racks.."oh my" the beautiful garage my wife meredith remodeled for me looked like Home depot exploded next to a fiberglass boat factory....(i promised her i would clean it ...as i'm standing there with a heat gun while knee deep in black carpet, red marine vinyl and spray glue...

i started working on the last part of the project on friday morning...jeep show started early saturday morning and we had to drive an hour to get there...good thing we registered early...there was a point at around 4 am saturday where i didn't think we would make it..with zero sleep for over 24 hours....I was exhausted and zombified ready to fall over...i ran through 6 pots of coffee sprinkled with saw and fiberglass dust...by 9 am (we were supposed to be there at 7 am) i had applied the last vinyl covered facia for the amp rack...(wiring was ran but not connected)...the glue was still wet when I stopped working...jumped into the pool as is clothes and all...2 minutes later i threw gel in my hair... a spritz of AXE ...changed into dry shorts...loaded SWINDLE onto the red hooker and away we went....Meredith drove as I tried to fall asleep in the trusty Durango to follow Stu to the show...i couldn't sleep as the site of SWINDLE completed and on the rollback was just amazing to me and OMG can I just tell you about the many many people who slowed down next to it on the highway to snap a pic...i was all giddy lol!....

we pull into the fairgrounds main gate....Stu pulls the hooker to the side of a narrow 2 lane road that circles the fairground...we go to download SWINDLE and low and behold...no keys...we knew we had the key to drive it up onto the rollback..but now we couldn't find them...we spent 30 minutes...ALL of us....searching high and low...no luck...so Stu..crawls underneath the rollback...and as the luck of the GODS shined upon us...there were the keys...with Mojo Jojo's head (powerpuff girls cartoon)  peaking his head out from over the frame rail under the flatbead...we all were relieved and hi-5's all around ...mind you while this was going on...SWINDLE was SWAMPED with spectators oohing and ahhing....we download SWINDLE and off to the staging area...by this time it was 1130 am...4.5 hours late..judging had already started...

Lets just say...when we started it up...every head turned...I swear it was like "whack-o-mole" felt like I needed a big mallet to bop all the popping heads! The cam chosen was a bit more over stock then I wanted but it did the job of demanding attention..

we stage...we set up camp....i passed out in the durango with AC full blast for about 4 hours...rest of the day was spent taking pics which I will post and checking out all the vendors...it was extremely muggy and dusty....dust was getting everywhere

Sunday am Meredith made a MC D's breakfast and coffee run while I wired up the system...I learned that big cams do not go well with a quality sound system in an open air vehicle...you have to crank the volume waaaaay up to overcome the sound of the engine...so we eat and I head out to the car wash to de-dust SWINDLE...so as I'm coming to a stop at a local red light I heard this gut wrenching sound of metal on metal contact emmiting from the engine bay...IMMEDIATELY i shut it down....WTF!?!?!?!? at the same time literally I get a phone call from Meredith saying I took 1st place!....Stu rescues me with the rollback...we were the only jeep driving a victory lap on a tow truck....never did get to wash the dust off...so we get home...pulled the plugs....number 3 spark plug was smacked shut...HARD....springs too weak for cam choice...this was NOT my or Stu's call to use this bigger cam...I won't get into the blame game...I know who's fault this was but I am too diplomatic to spill the beans on a public forum as we all live and learn...I will be having a lengthy conversation with a certain someone today after we are done pulling the engine...

so...we won 1st place....but we lost performance....still? well worth the hard work!!!  

 

POSTS BY rubn1out
Re-post for rollcage pads-n-covers
(0 comments)
1/4 mile from my shop
(6 comments)
East Coast weather report
(10 comments)
Shelby gots new feets!
(3 comments)
Time to knock the dust off of it....
(2 comments)
How many of you are driving around naked??
(1 comments)
GS brethren ...Help is needed.
(2 comments)
Popular opinion....
(13 comments)
It's been a while.
(2 comments)
Project Timmaaay almost completed!!
(6 comments)

OTHER BLOGS
blog Project FrankenRanger
1457 views with (1 reply)  REEF93
blog New Job!
20214 views with (1 reply)  J
blog Saleen dreams for wedding...
24933 views with (9 replies)  Nicoleb3x3
blog Commitment: Getting the K...
77021 views with (2 replies)  Nicoleb3x3
blog Super Coupe in a 'Stang
1238 views with (4 replies)  plstktnkr2



MEMBER COMMENTS
J
Jul 19th, 2010 @ 6:29 PM


“”

Thats awesome man...   Sounds more like a clearance issue or something wasnt measured correctly... wrong push rods?

azzazal
Jul 19th, 2010 @ 7:47 PM


“”

congrats!!!   and sorry!!! 

gunner_501
Jul 19th, 2010 @ 8:23 PM


“”

Congrats on the win Tony. That is one AWESOME ride. The hard work sure shows. I'm sure the engine problem is only a minor set back and you will have it up and rumbling in no time.

rubn1out
Jul 19th, 2010 @ 10:04 PM


“”

Thanx guys..yes J ...sounds like either pushrod or springs or both...this was assembled 3 months ago or there abouts...we'll know more in a couple days...meantime..the Stang still runs great! 

J
Jul 19th, 2010 @ 10:07 PM


“”

that really sucks though man.... catastrophic... I would be so upset with the engine builder....  I can understand if you were pushing 10#s of boost or something... 

rubn1out
Jul 19th, 2010 @ 10:13 PM


“”

I know right...we did wire it for the supercharger but opted to not install it until the motor was broken in....we just got the "broken" part... 

GTNBY2
Jul 22nd, 2010 @ 8:45 PM


“”

Noone deserves a 1st place more bro!!! Sorry to hear about the engine trouble...I to am very familiar with this aspect of our "hobby". I do agree also with the big cam/ LOUD stereo delimma!!!!My (our) Alpine NEVER sees less than half way up on the volume! (not that its a problem for me) haha Again, Swindle is awesome and you guys did a BEYOND professional job on everything. I'd hate to be on the other end of the STEERN discussion your about to have with said engine builder!!!! Be gentle! lol

Later....

rubn1out
Jul 22nd, 2010 @ 10:11 PM


“”

 

Thnx bro....I want to go off on the guy...but i will need him later for other shit...but the point will be driven home to stick to what you know....this was a $3k mistake

jsdeering
Jul 24th, 2010 @ 9:18 AM


“”

 Congradulations and sorry about you know what..

91GT347
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 8:55 AM


“”

Awesome man !!  You'll get it straightened out. After what you've put into that thing. This is nothing in comparrison. Hopefully you can just get the right pushrods, and springs then call it a day. So you wont have to tear the shortblock down.

91GT347
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 8:56 AM


“”

...oh, and a new plug. lol

rubn1out
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 9:10 AM


“”

too late...we already broke it down all the way to the crank...should be back together by monday...never never never ever ever ever run big cam with stock pistons unless you change the rod length and spring strength....EVER!!! this all could have been avoided by following that simple rule....i didn't find out until later that the original builder went with that decision.....since then he has expressed tremendous apologies...

91GT347
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 9:16 AM


“”

damn. Did he not check the clearance ?

rubn1out
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 9:23 AM


“”

nope! WE ALL asked that question! you have to press clay into the cylinder to check the clearance...this "quench" height is a dead giveaway as to whether or not the valves would be prone to smacking the pistons....pisses me off just thinking about it....BUT...optimism prevails for round 2
 

91GT347
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 9:47 AM


“”

Yeah man. Same on a 302. ALWAYS check PTVC.  Especially with stock pistons. Is that a 360 in that beast ? Also just noticed I hadnt ranked it yet. Dropped a dime on it !!

91GT347
Jul 29th, 2010 @ 9:55 AM


“”

What size valves are in those heads ? Ofcourse if I remember correctly, you had a blower for it ? If so, I would just get some good forged pieces for it, and be done with it. A monster like that deserves a nice set anyway, IMO. lol



SHARE BLOG

 
Fuel your mustang love.
Leaderboards
gotstang owns

© 2004-2015 Gostang.com

All product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies

gotstang.com is not affiliated with Ford Motor Company