I'll check it out as well. I'm also on cicenet.net a lot, and they have some good stuff on there, though it's more autocross oriented. Always lookign for another good site, and hopefully we can migrate this information elsewhere.


Marcus, do you have any issue with me reinstalling this site on my server? You were the one that paid for the software, but due to such low traffic we have now, I'd be happy to put it on my website at www.brandttuning.com/dsmcentral just for archive purposes. Should be able to do a direct copy of everything.

sold!

Does that mean we can expect to see yours fixed up and running as well?

wow that sucks man. Where did it break at? the knuckle joint? or one of the cast pieces?

For sale is my work car, a 98 Cavalier. I'm second owner, bought it at 135k miles, now at 192k. Runs and drives great, trans shifts solid. Checked suspension and ball joints/tie rods are nice and tight. Has some piston slap when real cold, but not surprising on higher mileage; clears up after it warms up, and i always let it warm a bit in the winter before going anywhere. very minor oil leak, never have to add between changes. Very minor trans leak, add a little once a year. Crack in the windshield low on the passenger side (visible in pictures). ABS not functioning, problem in the master cylinder servos I believe. manual windows/locks. interior/exterior very clean other than some minor rust. Average about 30mpg.

New wipers, new tires (less than 1k miles), new rear brake lines on both sides, both front hubs/bearings replaced within last 3 years, less than 30k miles, new coolant tank cap. rebuilt a/c compressor with fresh charge; ac gets good and cold. Upgraded speakers in both doors and rear deck. Comes with factory head unit, and I'll leave the wiring for the sub/amp.

Located in Peoria. Asking Price $1500. VIN available on request. Got my van running good, so trimming down to 2 cars again.



More pictures:
http://www.brandttuning.com/pics/sales/cavalier/

Looking for a pair (both sides) of the front hub control arms, not the straight ones, but the curved trailing arms. If anyone has some, please shoot me a text 309-208-6687

jason

yeah, what i figured, lol

even still, what is it, a v6? Seems rather low regardless. Course maybe you're just driving it too fast

Was able to get it fired up and running. Still got a small fuel leak on the primary float bowl. Can't tell if the bowl is cracked or if it's leaking around the accelerator pump. But that's minor. Ran well, got timing set close, so good to go.

well it sucks that you have to pull the whole engine, but if the crank is only just scored a little bit, I have a buddy with a polisher. He did Patterson's crank for his wife's car and it came out well. Worth a shot at least. Hopefully will be able to get away with just a rod and some bearings worst case. Or might get lucky and just have a piston bad (pin hole whopped out, etc)

damn only 17? man that sucks. I just figured up mileage on my full size van yesterday, and it's gettin about 16.3 average, with in town and highway. Highway i think it's closer to 18,19.

Yeah it's been an interesting process. It's slow going, I don't know that we'll get it in for next season, but hopefully season after at the least.

Are you or someone you know interested in playing in the dirt with us Hillbillys? Well I've got the place for you to start. Fairbury Speedway is evaluating a new beginner class, trying to determine if there is interest enough to proceed with it (after weighing pros and cons). If enough people show interest in putting together cars, then the Board will hold a meeting with potential drivers, and decide whether to pursue the class from there. It will be a limited Modified class, or B-Mod, with target cost in the range of $5k or less. If interested, contact me directly or email fals.bmod@gmail.com, and I can provide you with the full rules for the class.


For those technically minded (and interested in the details), this class is based around keeping costs down by limiting horsepower through a 5500rpm rev chip and restrictor plate, and limiting traction through hard tires, and leaf spring or 3 link suspension.


Thanks!
Jason

Update.

Fuel pump eccentric installed, fuel pump installed and carb plumbed. Need some float/metering block gaskets for the carb, as they ones on it have dried/etc and leak. So that was prob #1.

Got MSD installed and connected up, but the ign wire i used was only hot in run, not start, so had to fix that, now got good spark.

Used a distributor for an 83 Bronco 5.0 (Richporter FD30, good quality dist). Comes with steel gear that works with ford hyd roller cams, and uses a magnetic pickup like what the MSD dists use. Has mech/vac advance. Got dist, cap adapter, rotor, and MSD wiring adapter for $120 total, about half price of MSD's billet dist at 250ish + shipping.

Next step get carb seals changed, reinstall carb, then fire that beast up.

ebay?

long as it gets you where you need to go, doesn't matter how ugly it is

New updates. Decided i didn't have time to mess with tuning, and my priorities are shifting, so the Fuel Injection stuff is gone, got a 4bbl manifold from Marcus, holley 650 double pumper on ebay, MSD 6AL from a buddy. Going mechanical fuel pump, which is somewhat of a pain since the 89 engine I have was electric and doesn't have the fuel pump eccentric. So have to pull the timing cover and install one, along with making a new cam dowel pin to hold everything in place. Had to remove the return line, and reroute the primary feed line.

got everything pulled down as far as I could last night without having a balancer puller (mine broke recently, bah), and got the lines rerouted and filter remounted. Tonight gonna wire up the oil pressure and coolant temp senders, and maybe mount the msd/coil. Hopefully Sunday will be able to get the eccentric on and fuel pump mounted, then when the rest of my parts come in next week will be ready to fire it up.

Parting out the EFI stuff on my stang, need the $ for another project. Most parts are basically new, bolted on and run for less than 10 hours. Hope to get pictures of everything soon. PM me with offers on anything.

2 year old Moates Quarterhorse. 1.6 firmware updated last year. It hasn't seen more than about 10 hours of use while I piddled with it in the driveway. $250 shipped for QH AND tune selector knob ($30 value)

Any pricing on the following is without shipping.
older used:
2x A9P Ford EEC- $75 ea
Wiring harness from Fox Chassis with MAF and 2 O2 sensors for A9P - $100
stock MAF housing and pipe - $25
stock MAF sensor - $20
stock EGR valve - $20
stock IAC motor - $20
Holley 12-927 in-line electric fuel pump w/AN8 fittings - $130 (5 years old, ~5k miles, always had a prefilter on it)
Paxton 8F002-006 Fuel pressure regulator w/ fittings and pressure gauge - AN8 inlet/outlet, AN6 to hose barb 3/8" return - $100

like new, installed with less than 10 hours runtime:
80mm c&l MAF w/ green tube - $75
75mm professional products throttle body with tps in box - 69205 - $110
75mm egr eliminator plate - $20
trickflow track heat intake with 1" spacer kit (retail $529 for intake, $69 for spacer kit) - $425
annodized blue aluminum fuel rails with AN8 fittings and connection hose for back, 90 degree AN8 on front feed side - $75
42lb/hr ford racing green top injectors - $250
AEM 30-4100 UEGO wideband in box - $170
AEM Dryflow air filter, brand new never used 21-2057BF 4" inlet x 7" length - $35

I've seen a few motor on wheel concepts, and I like that design much better than having a full drivetrain setup with one big motor. makes a lot more sense, and makes for better electric braking too... supposing they can make it work.

If anyone is looking for some great dirt track racing this weekend, Fairbury Speedway is hosting the 2nd annual Prairie Dirt Weekend (featuring the 22nd annual Prairie Dirt Classic), with 2 nights of modified and late model racing. We're expecting 40-50 drivers in each class, with some of the top names in dirt stock car racing. Free camping all weekend, tickets are $15 friday (5000 to win late model, 1750 modifieds), and $20 saturday (10,000 to win LM, 3000 mod). Nascar driver Ken Schrader will be in attendance competing in the modifieds. Kids 12 and under are always free. Camping is also free (no hookups available)

Note to self: When purchasing a fuel pump, make sure that said pump flows the required amount. After replacing with the correct (and not nearly as cheap) fuel pump, van runs like a dream! Now a few more minor things to address, new fuel filter/chunk of line, reseal exhaust leak, and good to go!

yeah E85 you need about 40% more fuel IIRC. But there are bigtime benefits, especially boosted

cruise in that day. been so damn busy lately i don't have time to think!

I'm going to see what options we have. I know we liked the IP Board stuff, but honestly if I can get a conversion to PHPBB working, that would be the way to go since i'm so much more well versed with it, and their new anti-spam stuff seems to work fairly well. We may have to come up with a better option for things like the garage, but I know there are other ways to go for that as well. I have a test platform I can play with, so may try and pull down a copy of the database and see what I can do for conversions.

IMO, Facebook is a decent place to have a presence, but I know a lot of people still don't like it. So to have it as your forum, you're going to lose potential contributors. I myself prefer a standalone forum like this, even though I do use facebook. I check this a lot more than the facebook forum.

And sorry for the delay. Had to do the honeymoon thing last week

wish we could've made it, too late of a saturday for both me and gross. How many cars were there? Hope you had a good turnout.

On a side note, maybe we can hit BWW sometime before the end of the month. Gross in town till start of july.