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I've done a few repairs. If the hole is large enough(and through) make sure you have a backer behind it or the resin/fiber will just sink through. Few layers of heavy tape should do the trick. You'll have to dress it up on the back when done. Blend it out and rough it up so the resin has plenty to bite into. Make sure to grind out any cracks. More to fill is better then burying a crack underneath. You have to work fast with the resin as it starts to get stiff in a few minutes. Have it all ready, then go quickly. My latest work when someone smacked the bumper on the race car with a golf cart:

Nice work. Love those stripes. I am working on a hot rod and the painter is also there. He works on everything from daily scrapes up to Ferrari restorations. I hear all the hub bub about painting today and the technology. I'm used to a can of Enamel, some hardner and a spray gun! It is crazy today. I always enjoyed laying down paint. Prep work, not so much!

PID Reunion. Gassers, slingshots, Funny cars, and of course our stick shift group is running elims both days. http://www.typicalgearheads.com/keystoneracewaypark/images/Flyers/2016 Nostalgia Flyer.pdf

Looking good. That's the right tool for the job. Neat Power Wagon too. Some sort of crane set up? That could be neat to play with?

Happy you got it out and drove it. Just fair warning that you may find that you don't care for it after taking a trip with a trailer on it. That big pipe will really drone badly, no matter how tall. It's the resonance, like a big gong. Dynamat around the inside of the cab will help drastically. Just the sheet I put on the firewall really helped mine. I put some on the inside of the doors to help with the tin can sound when you close them.

6" pipes? Do you have any kind of muffler on it? I know the drone(large diameter pipe) will wear on you quickly. I ran a single 5" pipe many years ago with my Dynomax muffler under the cab. One trip, one hour away and I was holding my ears on the way home. It was horrible, no matter how cool it looked. I bought a stock muffler and tried that. Even that was horrible and on long trips I was getting headaches. I quickly put the Dynomax back under the cab and a single 4" stack. That was bearable.

Sat Oct 3rd? I think you mean the 1st. Like to make it someday, but have a race that day.

I'll be at Pittsburgh raceway this coming weekend if you want to check the truck out. I'm coming over Friday afternoon, be there til Sunday evening. Not hard to find. My car is easy to spot also:

Wow, that sounds like quite the set up. Thus the reason I run a mech tach, no two step, no shift light, just me, three pedals and a shifter LOL!!

LOL!! Did ya catch on to that LOL!!!! Ya, it is kinda fun to drive now. Sounds good, runs good. My buddy made reference to the fact he has time now and will be starting to work on pieces to fix the bunk. Yea! I really hate the way the back of the truck looks with that wood on over the opening. But, what was I gunno do?

Have you thought of using "the grid"? I was talking the other weekend with a buddy that runs one in his supercharged(blow thru) mustang. Really cool piece with LOTS of tunability. He takes out timing in one cylinder to help with detonation and hurting a rod bearing.

Seems pretty happy. It actually doesn't rattle as much as it used to. Strange? Though after seeing so many post with much larger engines in from of one of these I'm a bit more relaxed about its longevity.

Are the brakes caged so you can spin the yoke and count the revolutions?

No, haven't heard any issues, though I only have one friend that runs a digital 6AL. The rest of us still run the antique analog version(after 20 yrs). I've had thoughts of updating, but then get to thinking "what if" and just leave well enough alone. My luck I'd update and end up with a Samsung version that would burn the car to the ground!!!!! DOH!

Well, did a little more tinkering on the fuel linkage. Seems I still didn't have FULL throttle. I was blocking the pedal down and adjusting the arm to fit the hole on the arm at WOT. Well, that is all well and good, but the return spring is pretty stout and was actually pulling the throttle closed(due to flex in the throttle linkage coming from pedal). So I was still missing WOT, even with the pedal down on the stop. So I readjusted it again so that even after hooking it up to the spring, it was still WOT. WOW...what a difference> Much more peppy, still only 15# of boost, but definitely feel a difference in power and acceleration. I want to change a couple things. Get a slightly lighter return spring then make a spring loaded throttle linkage that won't damage the pump at WOT, but have some give from being able to stretch a spring. Have to run to Pittsburgh again next weekend. Kinda anxious to see how it does with a trailer on it. I took it to a party tonight just to see how it runs. I'm liking it.

If you look at the one engine shot, the turbo inlet air goes down under the fender panel. If you look at the rear shot, you see a large black tube coming up by the a/c condenser on the passenger side. I'm guessing the air cleaner is there somewhere.

Yes, should be easy enough to turn out of slug of steel. Looks like a companion flange from a transmission? Similar to my aux box:

It didn't include any tip turbine? Or maybe it was just not on the motor and laying separate?

Ughhh...jealous as heck!!! Nice work. Wanna start on mine?

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^^Interesting information. Man, I'd like to have that cab.

Nothin' too shiny, but...........still out there doing its thing......... or

Naw, 300 goes right in. Looks like plenty of room around the tip turbine. Some day I'd like to find the parts to add to my 237.

Don't feel bad, I have a friend that LOVED his Festiva's. He had about a half dozen red ones(just always found red ones?). He would just keep parting them down to keep one running. Around here they rotted to pieces so you had to keep a few around for parts. He thought they were better then sliced bread LOL! I despised having to ride in them, but what could I do? If you leaned your butt cheek against them, it would dent. Just did not feel very safe to ride in a car you could mangle just leaning on. I've sold/traded in a few pickups. Kinda miss them in certain ways, but miss the good times I had in them. Definitely takes me back to a better time when I think of them. Like my new '96 F350 dually that I put a supercharge on. Man that thing was as HOOT to drive. It ran with the Lightnings of the day and that was pretty good for a big truck. Back then you didn't have all the Dodge/cummins that run like they do today. To have a dually run in the 15's in the 1/4 mile was pretty impressive. Wouldn't wanna have to pay the fuel bill in todays market though.

Got it put on Tuesday night, took for a short spin on Weds night. Everything seemed good. I had a race on Saturday and it ran well. It will pull 15# now, though not at 2100 rpm. It tapers off, but down about 1600 or so it will max out at 15#, then as rpm creeps up, it will fall off slightly. Runs well. I think the extra "flat" I put on the pump has helped some with acceleration. I know it really bellows the black the first few gears, like I remember all 237's did back when. Won't really get a mileage report til I go to Pittsburgh in a few weeks. As long as it stays over 8 mpg I'm happy.